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• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  RBA program on their website. And as always, if you want to hear more ... . Also, every now and then, somebody will whizz by on a scooter. It's a ... seriously. I cannot stress this enough. Try to pick a place that fits you in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  pictures, which speak for themselves. The Big Rocks have a lot to say, just ... . So I try to turn to the thing that usually does a good job of making me ... 'm not on a Big Rock -- seem less deep. Sometimes it really isn't that deep

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before ... . Before I take off on Saturday, though, I have to deal with what I think has ... than a few Greek guys who choose to live in the dorms - like Alan '09

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  motivation for my project was to test if we could quickly prototype an API (a ... Minecraft bot could do, I decided to focus on food recipes. Ideally, a human ... This last month, I was a micro-intern on the Semantic Machines team

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little poster on which are listed "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate". Out of ... disappointed that this year's didn't include a couple of things on last years

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  promptly thrown into a slew of new experiences; they have to learn how to ... conducive to functioning on your own. you'll also miss a lot of social and ... fucking idea" and to enter a relationship with someone almost done with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  goes by so quickly. However, I've felt inspired to maximize my remaining ... have to leave the house to carpe diem. Help make MIT a better place ... weren't running regularly due to the 3 ft tall piles of snow on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  ) in 2022, they also introduced a new numbering system to fix this mess ... about my class projects here. A major contributor to my enjoyment was ... more of a reflection than a guide because there's no definitive guide to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  new and start on a side project. To do something fun and creative. To ... breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to ... of summer vacation, we're still riding on a high, fueled with

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  been, a "morning person". When I was a child my mother used to start the ... now live with on our campus. According to the job description, RAs serve ... play a similar role to that of the Graduate Residence Tutor (GRT) in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New York Times; also, Ben and I had a nice conversation about the Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems. A stimulating morning. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  plan on eating at the dining halls a lot, but it would be helpful to know ... close attention to this especially if you’re moving farther than a quick ... purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  relevant to engineering leadership. After much discussion, we settled on a ... didn’t have enough Legos to make satellites on its own. Some teams had a ... second-year GEL student (hereafter referred to as a “GEL 2”) is that the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  kind of writer I am. Would it be a good idea to submit a new one or just ... to send video work on DVD to you as supplemental material? I've done a ... feel like a slacker... so without further ado, here are some answers to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  , one of our new freshmen was moving into her room, which happened to be a ... this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of ... other things going on which I will not bother to ennumerate here. The

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  New England clam chowder Walk the Freedom Trail Go on a Boston Harbor ... shopping on Newbury Street See a Red Sox game in Fenway Go to Faneuil Hall ... the Freedom Trail Go on a Boston Harbor Cruise Check out the New England

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  to work as a third rider on the MIT ambulance. Basically, anyone who ... may have heard of. Towards the end of the year, we also got a chance to ... current lack thereof. Second, every MIT student has to pick a HASS

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  simply a formality. Oh, and sleeping is overrated. Here's just a quick ... been a group of people on the MIT '11 Facebook group that have always ... 't know who she is. So what adventures did we go on? Allow me to steal the

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  already now is definitely the time to get a new one on Amazon.com if your ... might want to look into getting a new area code or a different carrier ... to be offering this $200 rebate promotion on a wide selection of phones

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  around and snuggle close to on a warm summer night. It's a house that ... and a few grapes (to be linguistically fair, you know?), sailed on the ... takes on average 20 seconds to wriggle the drawer back into its proper

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009