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  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  going to pick up a new hobby. I haven't started that goal, and I was getting really bored. Besides, I wanted a faster way to get around campus ... also makes falling a little safer, since you’re closer to the ground. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  to get your leg somewhere and now you’re on top of someone; or they did ... pounds of me, were to get in a fight, the last thing I’d want is for it to ... feedback — ‘you’re not quite crushing my windpipe yet, move your elbow to the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  what you want to research. And then, perhaps completely by accident, you ... and I will probably get to work with another language - R, a statistical programming language - in order to do some data analysis. Compared to your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  that obstacle down brick by brick, go the extra mile to get around it, or ... you're finally going to take that shot and how magnificent it's going to ... do it” (Amelia Earhart). So if you get scared, “don't be afraid of your

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  evalute your strengths and weaknesses after. Allow yourself to change. In ... remember we’re human. Don't compare yourself to your peers. Learning from ... let that guide you to find your strengths. Let your friends be the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting ... classmate next to me opened up her Google Calendar (complete with tabbed ... this lack of organization was partly due to never getting used to having

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  Campbell is? Like, 50? And then what subset of those 50 want to get a book ... potatoes. What did my mom have to endure to get to her favorite pizza in the ... , everything else is a gimme. It's like getting a double Yahtzee bonus. Also, New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in ... awhile I do get that itch to come back and write something. And thus I ... contacted by someone living in New York! :P Second of all, since I was such

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  time to be concerned about building your college admissions resume, or ... learn on your own at home.[/annotation] I want to reassure you that we ... to help us understand how you might have been impacted by COVID-19 or

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  -dead, "I get better every single day..." My roommates and I decided to join ... going to code in Johnson Ice Rink surrounded by a million other people, so ... taught me how to use Github, which I'd always been so confused by in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  popular at MIT." Hi Farai, So to respond to your first question, I think I get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... Farai asked "I was wondering how you get by day by day with the

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  "]Hosed™[/annotation] to put effort into a blog post, so here’s what you get instead. Me ... protein bar for breakfast, getting to the testing room super early, and ... , for example, is How to Phone Your Old Man. The other readings for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  backgrounds. I was a little intimidated by them, but after getting to know them ... low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by ... rejected by them, teehee. Essentially, I wanted to join a business club

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to ... or forget to check Google Tasks, as I am wont to do: "Feed Kristina ... for twelve weeks and I didn't get to touch a kitchen this summer, I ran

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  'm at lab, and my cells need some new media -- but I will get to it. (And ... going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are ... , though, because I'm not really getting to the heart of the issue. Spaghetti

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a ... , mentor, and (now) admissions liaison since 2002. Before I came to MIT, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a ... having a life will apply wherever you go to school next year - but you're ... find a good new release (or an old album by a band I'd never heard of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill ... leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new ... , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at ... seniors. You do, however, have a book that you're returning to the Coop ... dolphin. The stack of paper is your course notes. They were written by your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  that it is collaborative and that they constantly get to explore new ... to getting to know you. To tell you a little about myself, I’ve had ... . Because I’m new to this place, I’ll be learning about MIT just as you are. I

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005