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  Numbers Sigh.

  

  me. He says 'hi.' lol...) But today, I wanted to make some time and ... same goes for your SAT score. I will be the first to tell you that it ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  than trying to overcome one very large one and makes me feel more like I ... if I need it makes me feel secure enough to try for a little longer and ... satisfying to feel like you're actually getting somewhere in accomplishing your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  learning to make human-like text, based on whatever prompt and parameters you ... for anything again — you can just trot quickly to your destination ... I didn't know what to write this week, so I made GPT-3 do it for me

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  use the provided parts to make air cannon to get a ping pong ball to ... how hectic my schedule is I always make time to hang out with my friends ... try to take naps if you’re stressing about making a deadline. I

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  ones. But I think the heightened ability to make choices for your life ... need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  Spaghettios to make them not worth eating on a Saturday afternoon in your ... shop. But few simple things can make you feel so at home as walking up to ... . Even if they are outside your field. You just have to be able to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  try to always make the best decision, your life will later read back as ... fortunate. This is the point I tried to make in my blog post Life is Improv ... about serendipitous fortune over the years is that you have to make space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  the fridge. If you make her recipe, though, I think you need to add a ... woman. Seriously! Just look at the Special K website as compared to, say ... Heya! So, from 7:00 PM on 7/11/05 to 7:30 PM on 8/8/05, a total of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  also remembered that if a snake chases you, you're supposed to run in a ... this as A Sign that it was time to keep Jennifer company, so we turned ... 't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  , it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is ... broomsticks (left to your imagination). We've even started a political movement ... what it's like to worry that you're not going to belong, or you'll have

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  leaders, I am part of Camp Kesem with Hamsika, working to make the most ... So it's pretty interesting if you take a step back and look at your life for a second. Whether you're a current senior and getting excited

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  subjecting the entire admissions committee to your well-intended, albeit ... 2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the ... to wait until the very last minute. While I certainly won’t extol the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  things. So I went with My Suitemate Linda, and we learned how to make wontons (which Linda already knew how to make, so hers looked a lot cooler ... learned how to make mochi, which I didn't like much because I don't like red

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  : Provide a link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. If ... all. Do not feel that you need to "clean up" your existing blog for us ... intend to use it on the admissions site. (If we can trust Laura to make the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  A few weeks ago we posted this video to announce our decision date, 3 ... figured I'd blog about how and why we did it. The Idea According to my inbox ... students their decision letters in tubes, a practice that dates back to when

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on ... email: "Every year, the Laboratory for Chocolate Science makes truffles to ... hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  : Carmeuse   Since my freshman year, I have seriously wanted to ... plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  ’ll do my best. Shortly after we were told to pack up, I had to make a ... to rush into “making the best of a bad situation”. Personally, I ... the world and the people in it would make sense when I needed them to

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a ... the pictures from the night, check out 2007 Ring Committee's website.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was ... , my studio professor from last semester: “If you’re going to spend that much time on something, commit to it” (He was trying to make me explain

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011