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  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  ambitious in job-hunting (may turn out to be a problem when I get out of ... getting paid $10 an hour to go to lecture. I taught SAT Prep for ESP, which ... high school friends, getting to do undergraduate research is a pretty big

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... , and I was even contacted by a company to have a coffee chat about 2020 ... hosted by various student groups and companies that have come around to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  Messenger group chats to do a little analysis and see if I could get any ... for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about ... seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  survivors who get to say pana-panahon lang. [caption id="attachment_67059 ... season ends around May, and the rainy season ranges from maybe June to October. Overnight, the winds would abruptly switch from amihan to habagat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled ... article that actually made me go like this:  <-- (I actually look like ... know you all are all: so I will take you there. I will take you to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  Summer hath come to Boston, as demonstrated by the fact that bitter ... a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  summer. When they offered me another chance to get involved in the program ... , it also involved a fantastic team. I was lucky enough to get the ... months to even get acclimated to a company like that, so I don’t see myself

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  acceptances (which is comparable to the average 3.5 acceptances by MIT ... out the parts of the original article that I believe to be correct, and ... impossible to get into a top med school without research from MIT (I know many

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  my brothers were trained as engineers; I, by contrast, come to this ... ambition. I began by Googling homemade power racks and quickly discerned that ... which to stand, and slowly, surely get stronger with the help of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... am trying to get Adam to stop studying for his 16.06 test and start ... Christine Walley to get my HASS concentration form filled out. You're supposed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  Troubadour" by Tom Chapin  Which brings me back to that Thursday afternoon ... on which I would allow myself to be captivated by the skyscrapers I ... gut wasn't churning with worry-anticipation. And so I decided to get a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  AeroAstro. I figured I was fascinated enough by planes and rockets to get ... gets distracted by airplanes flying overhead, and gave Professor Darmofal an opening to introduce the Jim Mar Test. Used by Mar to evaluate

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  intimidated by my judge's shirt to borrow her phone because I couldn't get mine ... minutes before I could get the page to load. Oh yeah, my mother screamed. I ... reasons similar to M.B. ‘17’s ice cream: if I got in, she'd get hugs. If I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  was getting chipped away at, bit by bit. Here is an excerpt from ... there were steps I was taking, that we were going to get somewhere ... laundry, and this helps you get back to a place where you can work on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  force I should apply through my legs to get me where I think I thought I ... and get chopped in half. Don’t let this happen to you. Finally, back up ... The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  different social network sites, and been syndicated to CNN among a bunch of other sites. Here are some excerpts from the article, written by staff ... determinist by any means. But there is still something to the law of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  convert’s hair. I get to ride the Big Flipper at Next House and sharpie my ... conservation of energy you can’t go full circle. We get to watch preparations for ... was, and I finally resolve to get up. Behind me on the fort a string of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  , back in London, my friends and I used to hide in trees and alarm passers-by by bursting into song; Davie said that he used to do the same. At 4 ... student. Sorry. There is a way to be qualified to come here, and that's by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  out into the world and get lost someplace new, and it’s just as nice to ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding and moving to an apartment together with my boyfriend Cory and our close

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016