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  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth ... your parents, don't give it to your siblings, don't give it to your teachers, and don't give it to MIT. Those people can all make decisions that

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  to make. Then, we got to 3D print something of our own! We didn't make ... instructor helped us make designs we wanted to laser cut, which we spent about 20 minutes working on. When you make a design, you have to make lines

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  number related to your credit history, which is something that people like ... confused taking initiative for being alone. You have to act on your problems ... don't have to worry about your problems all the time. Sometimes I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  most people, you don't have to learn anything about your body for your ... different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of Infinite since I came to MIT, and I highly recommend it. There's a role for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  Campus, what do you eat?” My answers have varied, from “Free food!” to “A lot of things,” to “Uhh… I mean… I certainly did. I actually have no idea what.” At one point I turned to a friend and said, bro, what did I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  for my last two years here, because it makes it easier to explore parts ... Friday nights are great. Assuming you’re not in one of those classes ... deadlines. The only struggle is picking something to do. With so many good

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  time to make orders and then end up messing them up. This is fair because ... you don't live at Simmons, you're not going to walk past every other ... way to make conversation and are just generally nice

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your newest grades, and give you an opportunity to mention other updates since you submitted your ... should then submit your midyear grades to us as soon as they

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  , go to docs.new (the most useful website shortcut frankly), and put ... to help prevent burnout and introduces some variation in your life ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  make sure that your ideas stand up to all of them, which is ikispiration ... tend to have study breaks and go on trips mostly with your floor. Because ... reacted to different shapes and velocities, the researchers did make

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  Monday.   How do you make friends? What is your community at MIT ... ’t choose to come to MIT solely because you want to make a lot of money ... Last week, high school counselors from across the country came to a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  listening to a nurse say "puff our your chest like a girl puffs out her boobs ... that I couldn't make it to the evening's Class of 2014 semiformal. Not to ... to pop one's shoulder back in: "puff your chest out," she said

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  now it’s February... But this one is pretty close to my heart, and I ... ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... to my second class. I grabbed lunch with some friends, and then trekked

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and ... , the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up ... followers. 3.) Trace the outline of your hand (preferably the hand you do not

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  middle school self had sent a letter to their senior year self, making some ... your aps and stuff, but at least you didn't have to do fencing or ... I think that if I do pick up fencing again, I'll be able to make

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or ... mutt 015. Your fears? death, it sucks 016. Goal you would like to achieve ... ? responding to email 072. What's your current desktop picture? my kids 073. What

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day. That's not bad. But to be honest, I make more as a consultant, and I find ... own consulting company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One day, the story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  technological edge that you need to really make progress." These days, he said ... genetics. So now, he said, it makes more sense to locate brain science in a ... Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  way to interact with organizations before you have to make your ... prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month ... how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  to activities like skydiving or a Red Sox game, and the rest of us lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want to see this year's full event listing. I only had two final exams this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014