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  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  tabs open on my phone to see if such a post would be worth doing. it was ... > weather," that I got it down to about 1300, which is still pretty bad. then, I just decided to write about the most recent (I think?) 105 tabs open

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible ... your toy yet?" "Um, no, should we?" "Well, you're about to pitch your ... patent." "Oh, you're right, um, ok, to an Athena Cluster!" Elizabeth and I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  pretty sure that you're going to MIT?", "What are you going to major in ... encourage your child to attend CPW, to see if MIT is actually a good fit for ... relevant to life at MIT in 2005 than talking to pre-1970 alums. And if you're

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  gets done, but you worry some, I know But who wants to live forever, babe ... TSAI wish I could go along, babe, don't get me wrong You know you're ... HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK:  It can't be said I'm an early

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  , at least.) So, yes, textbooks help, but no, you're not going to get an ... , "Cool, you guys actually get to use index cards and reference sheets. But ... they're testing isn't your ability to memorize and regurgitate (hence the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  midterms was not much better and I began to get really concerned. My fiery ... when you’re debating you expect people to attack and slash to bits your ... after researching for weeks and giving up my entire Saturday to get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  , they will get your letter in to us. And we are much more flexible with ... your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  to see your ID. "Uh...." "You need to be over 18 to buy Tylenol." "So ... Square) So which way to Harvard? MIT student: You're at MIT, bro. Kayla '12's FB status: orgo, i'm ready to kick your ass.

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  a set amount of energy or money that you can use to play your cards ... are an adventurer ascending a spire in order to slay it. Your cards ... . But it's also important to remove weak starting cards from your deck

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... , so we get a long time to decide our final schedules. I've been ... sessions that I'll be going to over the next month, and then I get to take

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends. Hope you're surviving the snow! Speaking of snow, we've gotten a ton of it. This morning I got to go to class as it rained ice (yes, ICE

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Chun To: Us Subject: Your Mission v2.008 Your mission should you choose to accept is to build 50 yo-yos including at least three parts. This ... Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... getting serious and deciding what to keep.  It also means unearthing things ... about.  Free t-shirts seem to be for everything at MIT; classes

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about ... get taken. the third row goes from just me, to another person near the ... to think of not on its own, but in contrast. If you’re in your room

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  your psets and tests and it's much easier to fail a faceless name. Office ... to get a question in edgewise. TAs also look to avoid these OH and they ... try to go every week. It's also best if the TA that is staffed is your

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  information. If you are having trouble contacting your assigned EC, please email ... sometimes takes a while to hear a response. Some of this may be attributed to ... her spam filter. My suggestion is that if you email your EC and don

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  confide to them your sadness, and i’m unsure whether they trust me yet ... academic environment, you most often turn to the people around you for ... here, i already feel indebted to nearly everyone on hall. when all is

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to ... gets below 60 degrees here, we cry. So not only do I have to wrap my head

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  CPW. Trust me, athletics won't make or break your acceptance to MIT ... : To answer your question, Karen, their colors are red and grey. I ... group called "When I was your age, Pluto was a planet," which I found

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  (everyone's got to do them but at the same time, you're all thinking "pass ... I really need to explain this? If you're reading this, you probably get it all too well. Then I went to a selective public magnet high

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006