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  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  't let them define themselves by doing things only to get into certain ... classes get rejected. Why? Because often these kids knew how to grind, but brought nothing else to the table. And that's not who we're looking for at

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  . (Now if only I thought that way.) Back to studying. Followed by: Various ... My grades for the semester so far: This should keep me motivated for my final tomorrow. Final Exam 1 of 1 Wednesday December 20, 2006 9

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... challenged ourselves to get full use of our all-access passes and ride every ... classy!! It is company policy for most companies (I think) to provide

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... requests for tours" before they even started marketing it. It's nice to see ... is supposedly setting a new standard for environmentally friendly

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  year starts with 1,100 studious new freshmen who are ready to experience ... having just finished registering for classes. He is ready to go and succeed ... Exhibit B. Exhibit B Then BAM!!!, like a kick to the face delivered by

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  . We're now ready to play a short psychological game. A private ... first final showed that everyone* interviewed found the answer by one of ... Hall's lounges at 11 pm on Sunday. 1.Take 7 times 4, multiply by 10, add

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  an email on my radar as something to send, and then forget about it for ... having to work out a plan for me to do the requisite work during IAP. Despite having been given three weeks to produce the final paper for my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  to my love-hate relationship with physics by now ... get an 18C degree as compared to a physics degree. This semester, I am ... -bogglingly few classes that I realized it doesn't make sense for me to not finish a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something ... greatly for your submission to Annalen der Physik. After a careful review of ... for your submission to Annalen der Physik. We hope that you do not take

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... that may be six, since I'm still waiting on one. You do want to get involved in research early. Some students wait until their senior year to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  like looming deadlines and assignments to really get the procrastination ... it filled me with renewed vigor to get better.   [caption id ... sad to me now that for the past year, I’ve been making very slow

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

    Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  and opportunities I've been given, and am very grateful for, by ... adults who want to live vicariously through me, as if I'm being pursued by ... just eat at the dining hall for free? (This means I don't go to Boston

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  need to wake up, shower, get ready for work, and then travel to the T ... at the classes I have to take for my major (Mech E, course 2). Every ... class I instead have to be at work by 7:30 AM. I work in Rhode Island

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice ... -- and ours had to be "custom configured" by Adam since Macgregor has

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  lab--I even got to train some new UROPs. I finally cross-registered for ... hard to build the friend group that I craved. And for my first year and ... apprehensive to go back for Junior year because I felt like I'd regressed from

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and ... : Kickstarter, which is today launching a new funding category specifically for ... with plans to support the creation of 10 new community fabrication labs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I need a mule. I also need to train for ... the bellows to the camera body, readying it for its first (and hopefully ... are 8 inches by 10 inches in size. For an illustration of this

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting ... benefactor of the Museum, Koch is also a passionate collector, described by The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  that the interview is not only a way for us to get to know you better, but also a way for you to get to know us better. Show up on time ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005