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• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  requirement for my high school--every senior gets the month of may off to pursue ... way to cope with pain, as well as who gets to laugh at that pain. i ... was working at the front desk at my dorm to get free summer housing. i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  't really seem to get rid of. it gets in the way of your coherent thoughts and ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA in your head. this is fear. a close cousin to anxiety, but not ... reactions, though it's results vary from person to person. your body will

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  want these to be your ideas, not mine, but to give you the kind of thing ... head:  how to help prospective students (and their parents) more ... Courseroad and Firehose have added so much value to current students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May ... -acclaimed International House. < more shameless plug> Video bought to you by yours

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  or ask too many people (especially strangers) to read through your ... essays to passive voice. The most important part is your distinctive voice ... also be true if you use AI to write your essays. Give yourself time

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  ,[/annotation] so I drag myself out of bed by 7 and get to work. 8:00 AM By 8, I ... train to arrive, and the trip itself is around ten minutes. I get off in ... lot of luck with getting the model to produce a useful result. To make

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  whatever it is that you're feeling, you know that there is only one way to ... that you are feeling right now. As you get through the day, I'd like to remind you to listen to the world around you. To the rhythm in your

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  from going to the types of social events that are just barely getting ... , so this is my favorite way to order food. In addition to getting to ... Friday nights are great. Assuming you’re not in one of those classes

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  , you tilt your phone to get the little jumper dude to jump on platforms ... TA responded, "oh you're supposed to draw one yourself." We learned ... the course staff), so it was simply faster to get help from a classmate

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college ... your essays, cut down your extracurricular list to the top five

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  apply your excellent educations and skills to making global changes. ... The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  mention get to know the halls of our new dorm, so we decided to visit each ... a guy offers to install Athena on your computer, he's hitting on you. If he offers to install Debian on your computer, he's really hitting on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another ... hometown area. There's no need to bike/fly/hitchhike to Boston for your ... will waive your interview. It is your responsibility to check your My

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... blog would never get written - so here goes. I'm also going to stray ... the way to junior fall. Oh - and take 5.111 (or 5.112!) if you're

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  examples to illustrate the benefits of getting to the solution before ... need to get it through the limited working/short-term memory. There, we ... , according to Prof Mahajan, the rule of thumb is: if you get a quadratic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  the interior spaces around you. If you’re lucky enough to have access ... your coffee as often as possible, and try to keep the plants alive if ... you’re interested, you can subscribe and you may get an email someday

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  and launched our website and our annual CTF puzzles and managed to get ... schoolers (called Blueprint, and if you’re a high-schooler you’re eligible to ... battling wordpress to get this out so it's a little over for me"]I’m crunched

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  ="600"] they had some actual Commodore 64 computers there!!! I need to get ... requirements for getting licensed as an architect, which is what 1) allows you to ... and 3) allows you to start your own firm. Turns out, the process is way

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  opportunities for me to get my work in one of these. I argued that even something ... idea, and we’ll be making plans in the next few weeks to get it done ... step is when things get technical; last Friday, we were asked to compile

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011