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  Above Ground now breathe

  

  ground. I'm no longer drowning, and I'm just antsy for some project to get ... to care slightly more about my [annotation note="maybe I should do a ... Program (DRP). The DRP is a program run by the math department in which

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  get roughly 5 hours to come up with a design pitch of a solution to one ... ) senior capstone class, which is essentially a course on "How To Make Stuff And Not Have It Suck" as it is related to microbes. We spend a semester

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  things I want to and need to get done than one in a day -- when there are ... of bacon of comparable value to your kidneys in the living room with a ... one thing in a day, like get groceries, I can almost guarantee that I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  'm just getting a stick figure to "walk", but we in the research world like ... calligraphy class where you get to learn different strokes, characters and ... on taking [annotation note="Introduction to Design Intensive"]4.02A

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  spent a lot of time troubleshooting and trying to get the HTC Vive they ... anticipated feeling burnt out, and really wanted to give ourselves a break. Plus, we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  get to by car and that were more woodsy. We’re more of a “cute cabin in ... .  I kept thinking “wow, this would be a good place to get murdered right ... become manageable. I was allowed to bring a few guests, so spring break

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  everything. ben&ben has a song called branches, and when i listen to it i ... singer as a fire for the cold listener. compares themselves to a river and the listener to a dove. but then the dove has to fly away. there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  QUOTE: "MIT is a very good place; I'm not trying to put it down. I ... 't get a good sense of proportion there, you do get an excellent sense of ... . Pyrolysis and biochar. It's a little bit hard to imagine that all of these

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  once a week, I get to eat with the brothers whenever I want. Being the ... $4133, which averages to just under $10 per meal. The Full 19 is a little ... are still more than a Chipotle burrito ($7.50 after tax at Kendall). To

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... to grandma, and a certain jolly old elf that lives at the North Pole ... help us to determine if a student is a good match for MIT like creativity

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  written a while ago, but I've been unable to publish it until now. Enjoy ... laptop hanging from the rafters with a note pinned to it. (not really, but ... ….) This blog is a bit more serious, (get it?….bit?.....and we were talking

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  get delayed. I got to the airport approximately an hour and a half ... , 1:57 PM ​Flights been delayed by an hour and a half 😔😔 Imma try to ... to get there Okay well i googled and like Is it gonna be a run instead

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  that you wish to change from EA to RA. Financial Aid is a different ... get too stressed out! Go out with your friends. Give out candy to cute ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  spray to help it release and I dipped the balloons multiple times to get a ... There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... semester to create an object and then turn the object into a vessel. For a

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  to a really nice dinner with the fellows (mostly professors) of the ... a chance to chat with students and professors in our major about ... . We only get a 3 course meal on a daily basis. Haha. No joke! But that

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... find a few ways to pass time. I wrote. I wrote a lot. I taught ... during Christmas. We got to stay near a beach, and watched the waves pound

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... spin class, and I was butthurt, but also determined to take a formal ... tries, and had to swim more—not a great strategy. But the adrenaline only

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  it finally became time to find a new solution. My solution for the ... when I don't have to worry about the legibility of my notes when I get ... It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  attack by swiping down. So a bull market is one in which the market is moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to ... -Lab is. This one's a nice overview. I'm too sleepy to add much to them at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  able to get above a C in this class. Normally I'd just tell myself that C ... ."]MEng[/annotation] later, so things got a bit trickier there. Unfortunately, you have to get ... 's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023