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  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  is on their way to the World Solar Challenge in Australia! Support them by following the event on their website here! ... On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, when the sun has not yet heated the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so ... your boat too close to the wind. but that was the principle. "i'll show you when we get on the boat," said john. "since this is your first time

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance ... the opportunity, but rather to fully capitalize on it. As much as I ... benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  might want to install Linux on your computer and start using it for ... terminal and the Apple GUI depending on what I need to do. I also like the ... dignity. A waterproof laptop sleeve for your laptop to hide in when you’re

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  something to put on my resume. A: Why do you need something to put on your ... "]reason."[/annotation] Aristotle goes on to argue that that virtue is itself a [annotation note ... "]prodigality[/annotation] and stinginess. Aristotle acknowledges that it is hard to hit on the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  passed it on to us. That was awesome. I spent a week wandering around ... just go to the MIT home page, click on academics, and then read through ... only got a 760 on the SAT I math and I don't have time to retake it and I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to ... away, unwilling to try to understand a dish of something new. Eventually ... somewhere new and starting fresh that enables people to be more open-minded. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  Adam's CEO finished undergrad here in 1979, then continued on to do his ... sophomore, my friend Carl '07 introduced me to a cute curly-haired aerospace ... August 2006, he asked me to marry him in Killian Court with a bunch of tour

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  voted on which product we wanted to move forward with. Concert Lift was ... wanted to spend 12 hours on 2.009 in one sitting again. [carousel image1 ... Tony, who was on the MechE sub-team, not Software, came to help as well

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  speak to students or their families, be it on travel or during a campus ... on a slant route over the middle. Terrifying? Yes. Required to be ... you want to do it, DO IT. But don't do it because you think it's your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  anything and everything else, once you’re on one side you do not want to ever ... , and on Tuesday the professor emailed me to “check in,” which has never happened to me after a test, ever. I talked with her on Thursday morning

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  ’ll let you come to your own conclusions (and read other gems from the ... (pisces, cancer, aries, virgo, etc.) based on your date of birth in the ... old and cranky to have a comment on any of these things but numerology

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  having each other to lean on." And also: "You can't take any other ... something else interesting to work on. And I figured I could continue taking ... 2000 The place: Stata Center, 32-141. The time: a dusky 9:00 AM on the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  about your college applications. You can study like Hermione Granger to ... can determine whether you’re offered admission to a school that have ... motivation to apply to a great school like MIT or any other top university, you’re

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  want to focus on making next year. To summarize my thoughts in a sentence ... -painted chipboard and is meant to be taken apart, overlaid on top of itself, and ... join a local weaving circle back home in California, to learn a new skill

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  again—on walks to and from work, at my desk while writing, and lying in ... paradise, to starting new chapters, to Premiere Pro’s easy to use effects, to ... tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  the first place."]in your hands.[/annotation] You should do your best to ... of this advice is not that your intent necessarily matters to the overall morality of a decision, but rather that it matters to your personal

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  semester, an exciting new resource called Interstellar was born! Interstellar seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats. Students can use it to share the classes they're taking and see the classes

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  rain cloud above your head persists. It's never enough to be unbearable ... you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you're ... from Signal Number 1 to Signal Number 5, which are based on the maximum

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021