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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  test scores to prove it. 4. Get off campus at least once a week. It ... exhausting routine. At the very least, take a walk. Get to know the community ... Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  [/annotation] rollercoaster. Our paper, titled “Paint By Word,” was on using input words to ... . Ultimately, “Paint By Word” was rejected by that conference, which happened to ... of trust in me. I would get to shape the story, develop key methods and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  have done to help you get to where you are, not only by telling them so ... might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been ... opportunities and has made choices about how to use those opportunities. I won

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  campus. These parts are defined by roads. Everything to the west of ... good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it ... refers to those buildings by number. If you focus on the Buildings 1

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  through to associate ourselves by department number (visualized below). I ... suggested by their major or by the choices they made. Major choice seems to ... So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean ... come by and cheer me up by making fun of how I dance to Fergie*. I ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  forge. Generally you more often get burned not by red-hot pieces, which ... and slammed it against the anvil to get the two pieces to separate ... , which is the temperature needed for iron to turn red"]cold[/annotation] by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  . They try to remember their students’ names and passions. We get a ... I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through ... the heart. I got by on 3-5 hours of sleep then. Soon, the lessons

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  function of how far you want every dollar that you spend to go. To get my ... swim: Get comfortable and acclimated; try not to panic.My classes ... ? Yes. But then I asked myself: could it get any worse? And I had to admit

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  entered MIT. Now, four years later, I get to post my own version - courtesy ... 'm serious. 10. Take a weekend trip to NYC - Chinatown bus. $15. Gets you ... - how else do you get to the airport? lol. I'm too poor to take a taxi

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  reflect it. Students get complimentary access to campus gyms, so it’s easier ... and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump ... ’s so easy to just sit on my phone or get distracted; being around others

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... to be said, but for now I'm going to get back to the reading... ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  decisions, let’s cover some procrastination tips, brought to you by Someone ... to ride in a chariot, it was priceless to see the reactions of passers-by ... great way to waste time and you’re sure to get a laugh and a memory. And

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  their intake process to get an initial appointment. i had my meeting with ... formerly joyful turned to chores. like being blown by erratic winds, ones ... , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  to wear velcro." I have never, ever been one to get anything done ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and ... possible way for me to get done before 4 AM. Here's exactly why it took me so

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  already know why he isn’t getting to them. He isn’t sure how to start. I ... will get them to come. In my writing group we do an exercise when we all ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  (cofounded by Cecil Green '24) Kendall Square (w/ 130 high-tech tenants) E*Trade, cofounded by MIT Sloan alum William Porter Electrical ... Modern urban design The theory of cosmic inflation, developed by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  they should retake to raise them by 30 points. I hope that it gives you ... was a middle-school cross country and road runner, I used to get ... possible for me to get into MIT without foo?" The answers to these questions

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  ?). The smog is believed to have been caused by the volcanic event, but has ... problematic for my soft, smooth chains of Pockets. To protect against getting ...  critter react to captivity? My critter was carried from the forest to the desert by

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020