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  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  Question #12 on your 18.03 problem set, which happens to use a lot of ... was hard to deny that MIT does in fact wipe the hard drives of your high ... exaggerated clarity and make a point of crisp, rapid pronunciation in everyday

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  it. From long phone calls with airlines to making sure everyone in our ... feeling to know that you’re not alone and that there are so many people ... level used their platforms to advocate for others and to make sure as many

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  . It also has a speaker system you can connect your phone to to blast ... and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump ... . While it has several good machines, the lack of space makes it hard to do

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  universities that you can go to for your education. It's not like MIT teaches ... hours without sleeping makes your thoughts indistinguishable from someone with a severe mental disorder in an MRI. This makes me want to wear a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... we admit that kid? What happened to that other person? Did he make it ... , but we had to make unbelievably tough choices. I tell this story not

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  done to trust your gut, especially when it tells you to make a choice you ... always tell yourself that you’re not going to overwork. That you’re going ... . So the proper way to think about an NFA is not by making a transition

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  self arrives to campus, you’re given a booklet with pages and pages of ... , I joined an upperclassman who invited me to help her make a duct tape ... , they come with a price tag of your time and an expectation for them to be

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  to actively put yourself out of your comfort zone as often as possible ... finding out how to go places through MIT, email me. Here's your first hint ... my children. If I hadn't been brave enough to make that change, I don

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  prone to accumulating indigestible dirt and debris, which makes them more ... Emergency! A volcano has erupted relatively close to your critter's habitat ... have started making masks for themselves, but some have started to evolve

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  tuned me even more to the subtleties of what makes a good TA, though I ... -value level of what you're about to learn is on a par with the Tooth Fairy not being real, or your high school econ teacher going to the same gym you do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  was so gorgeous it didn't matter that it probably makes little sense to ... to lose yourself in. oh, you're losing sight, you're losing touch all ... relate to a different thing from college admissions. but there are points

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  . I get it. I know it. I was there. I thought I'd make something to ... all to acquire your MIT wings. There's nothing wrong with taking a look ... between you all that make it absolutely imperative that you are kind to one

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  surprising amount of momentum behind me, but i don't think i managed to pull off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had ... ! i didn't really think senioritis this semester would turn out to be

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  trying to make things better, you're making things worse. If we ask for ... want your child to succeed and to encourage them to do well, threatening ... think) lectures are actually detrimental to your learning. Sometimes it

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  to make 5 bottle openers, since I already had a few from last semester ... didn't make this one long enough to have proper leverage, so it only ... promised. I decided I wanted to make a sword. How better to combine dragons

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  MIT, you get to make the choice not only where you live but who you live ... write what everyone brought because I don't want to make you jealous. But ... REALLY important to your MIT experience. Don't stress if you don't feel

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  need to make sure that the people they admit are able to do the work ... activities and qualifications against which it runs your application to see if ... have to be creative. There are a lot of ways to show your creativity in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... hope your brothers and sisters will be kind, July. I'll try to be kind to ... me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  of the term. It was doubled by the work I had to make up from the ... .” “And what are my priorities?” “You’re willing to maintain your mental health to the extent that it helps you be a good biologist. You’re willing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012