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  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  where this guy says he was trained from birth to withstand pain by ... to help me get food in the cafe. So, I'll be fine. In any case, it ... Update: thanks to Sam, this now exists. www

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  college student gets you all sorts of discounts at cultural institutions. By attending MIT, you can even get into events for free. Last weekend, I took advantage of a new opportunity that allows MIT students to visit the Isabella

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you ... earlier this week: Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' YORKTOWN HEIGHTS ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  d'etres. (Oh god, don't know French, don't know where to add the ... class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in ... as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  in one night, but intentionally working to get caught up and do well in ... can focus my time to get stuff done before two in the morning.  My ... don’t have to get 100% on every single assignment you’ve ever done in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  that the earliest I can start is in August? (I like to get things done ... would try to get your SATI Math over 700 as well if you can. There is no ... Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  vegetables. You have to start somewhere, I get that. But sometimes I wonder if ... . Because the movies are made to be watched by Spanish speakers, and not ... . This was a pretty good whim. The second is a novel written by Gabriel

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a ... this later, by which I mean, after I make some slides to actually present ... note="in fact, I started this blog to avoid reading it! but it has now

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  corner. You’re excited about getting to finally be your own person.You can ... essays are not unique enough. You’ve put in years of hard work to get into ... ’s okay to just sit, surrounded by your emotions. Because, that is also an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  allow engineers to so transform our world. By studying the ways that ... few of my friends in DUSP, and their stories about getting here ... office in Ghana   When I came to MIT I knew I wanted to major in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  . And getting paid any reasonable amount to do what you love is basically ... major, biology, 'useless'. Shocked, I asked her to elaborate. She felt ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ). Basically I wanted to get the most fun out of my stay per unit time. Hey, from ... to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by ... that getting into MIT was for real, and not an accident. I didn't want to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  began the semester by learning some basics: how to format comic scripts, what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic ... -nature to skim through these emails, glancing at the subject lines, letting

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  the best: (1) Examkrackers - I didn't get to use their "1001 Questions ... straightforward and similar to practice tests I'd taken. The bio section, however ... know that this entry won't be helpful to everyone out there, but

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  with the Musical Theatre Guild. Should really get around to watching ... may take a while to get used to ("Look! A real life MIT student! And it ... An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  , I lied, we turned around just before getting to the island. But that ... managed to get a degree from the Sloan School of Management or something ... 'core'" "to supernova temperatures" and also fly "by heating the air

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  clubs, extracurriculars, and other opportunities to get involved as a ‘24 ... , and I was not ready for the task. Managed to get one plane down, but I ... stuff, and voila you get to see how aerodynamic the original object was

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  've come to recognize my podmates by their eyes and foreheads, despite having ... placed at exactly the distance it takes for your body to warm up, so that you have to stop and lose that heat and start all over. But then, when

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  managed to break away and get on the plane. If there’s anything I learnt ... was not founded by John Harvard. He just donated a ton of money to the ... good forum to interact with upperclassmen and get to learn how to MIT

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  thing is that I was so careful this ENTIRE summer to not get injured, but ... asked by the universe to grow. Sure, it’s hard to adjust on the fly, but I ... Killian court with my East Campus compatriots by my side. I’m smiling, I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019