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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  out" but that's a tough philosophy to motivate yourself on. As astute ... of the hilights reel. To start things off, I'm working in the new ... pertains to our adorable half-scale prototype. Right now I'm working on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  material to rely on for strength. But hey, if overworking is your thing than ... 've grown, I looked to the past. I put on my oxygen mask and took a deep dive ... ashamed. Two, if you're really determined to overwork something, at least by

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  car. In one sense, I am bringing the old me to a new place, where they ... bags to make our car dip just a little bit. To my left in the line for ... of those," my dad laughs. We are headed to Cambridge, to MIT. My

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  of your freshman year, Cs and above are shown as a Pass on your ... time management decisions on being a frosh that doesn’t need to worry ... /bitter/tired “I can’t, I’m not on PNR.”  It’s hard to explain the grip that PNR has

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are ... than for students who choose not to interview. Also, get started on ... repeat the whole process until you're happy with them. Give them to a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  them. For the I-9 form you will fill out once to receive access to all on ... case or bag. You will take your laptop everywhere. Also, don’t save $$ on ... pillows. Not on your first week of college. -- chairs, bean bags, and other

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  is only eight to twelve hours from Boston through New York City ... up early from a field trip at the Pittsburgh Zoo to go on a road trip ... just discretely cut three people. That was very sneaky but I’m on to you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  on in the world, only able to scan the New York Times every couple of days, relying on WILG’s resident Course 17s to explain to me the riots/reforms/goings-on ... then tended to be on well-defined routes. To my grandparents in Utah or

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  This past Thursday on my birthday my floor BMF organized that week ... dishes). I want to share them with you, to the extent that I can share 1 ... this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  courses would allow me to explore new ways of bringing visibility to this ... have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom ... 't regret it. If you're applying to college this year, my best advice is to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  standardized test on your own--this worked well for many people. If you want to ... to pretty much anything, so if you’re still doing some last ... chance before early applications to get my best possible score on each, so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  knowledge of passions and dislikes, new hero-professors to aspire to. But an ... . They invite you to their offices to discuss your papers. It’s bizarrely ... something new and edgy to do in the outside-of-MIT world. I’ve enjoyed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  , I go to many classes and drop them quickly. If I buy junk food and I ... Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT ... Zoom University. Instead, I chose to work. Unfortunately, nobody was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  stress on long days and avoids the temptation to skip meals, which is very ... , slouched in the corner of Howard Dining Hall with a melancholy look on your ... only took two weeks to drive me insane, so I quickly dropped my meal plan

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  Hillel after this incident. In short, I was invited to a "Jew-au on Ice" in ... supposed to vote on slogans advertising a party thrown by Hillel, but I do remember the slogans that we were supposed to vote on: "From the window... to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... shoot me an email, and I can forward it on to her. Watch the videos! You ... those things - and a Truman Scholar as well! I got a chance to interview

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  zones away, I had to throw myself out of bed by 6:45 am. But on the plus side, I got to kick back on a couch sipping on an ice tea while browsing ... proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... commonly) are free to put as much or as little money as desired on the card ... Simmons offer made-to-order stirfry, so you can "have it your way" without

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  time to time, during the academic year, it's all about catching up on ... on the blogs came to mind, and i was curious so i checked, and allan ... thoughts. we'll see how this goes. feel free to send thoughts of your own

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  .Imagine a piece of paper, do cross-multiplication on your imaginary piece of ... . Rationale: when evaluating the most direct route to your goal, be it the ... -twisting parking maneuver, you don't hesitate to overshoot your target and then back

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009