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• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  , whether I’m moved, frustrated, or sad. There’s one Google Search Story that ... dollar for every time my mother told me to lower my voice, I could probably ... fit for MIT, and I think the program she started is cool. I like her

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  These past three weeks have been really hard. And I'm sure that for ... heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with ... failed a test I studied two days for. Then I slept for three hours a night

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  could get the argument out of the way in advance. I googled for various ... was waiting on... but that's a story for another time."]EA decisions ... before her decision!"]enough,[/annotation]and they were, for the day of. I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... my first midterms. MIT has redefined the word midterm for me. In my ... .02 (Calculus), and MAS.110 (Media Design). You can Google each of my classes and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) for a while, but ... . If you have time for only one Yultide post, stop reading this and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 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…

  

  alum who now works for Google on Project Ara (a modular cell phone), (2 ... : 1. Take the candidate outside. 2. Wait for the familiar rumble of ... . My reasons for choosing aerospace engineering (Course 16), however, don

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my ... :30-9:10 -- Check CC, everybody's blogs, Google News, and a bunch of Live ... Macgregor Convenience for my morning Froot Loops and 20 oz. Mountain Dew. The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  " was code for "depressingly early sunset." After a lot of writing and ... submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the students complete their army service (2 years for women, 3 for men) and even

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  [annotation note="Google Can Children Learn Creativity from a Social Robot? for ... 'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to CHI PLAY 2020, an "international and interdisciplinary conference for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  for 21W.758 aka. MIT.616). I'm usually really bad at talking to ... course) for the blogs after the semester's over, so I'll write more about ... can't wait until Christmas break.   1:00pm arrive for meeting at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my ... bicycle has several benefits, especially in a city like Boston. For one ... . There are great regional bike maps - not to mention Google Maps Biking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  . I came to experience several things for the first time. These are some ... Donalds, they were relegated to Hollywood cinema for me. We washed our clothes by ... ’d never stayed up for more than twenty four hours, not to my recollection

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  print for writing-centric high school classes like US Government and Psychology. With that said, invest in your own printer for college – might just ... bomb! How come I've never used Doodle or Google Docs before coming to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  . It turned out to be for my grad student (I say “my”, but in reality I am more his than he is mine), so I intercepted it for him. When he ... student) would normally afford for dinner. I never missed a group meeting

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’ve changed. Then, I need to account for my own “MIT-tinted googles”: for the ... memory of visiting the Broad Institute, and some Googling suggests that Dr ... note="rip"]Google Hangouts[/annotation] which means that I can literally

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  amount of research involved. But, thank you, Google Books for not forcing ... . That is, no matter how much time is given for an assignment, it will ... must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately ... hours dedicated to grinding out reports for this course, I have finally

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  difficult for those who may not even realize the immense potential of ... subjects.  So for a while now, many discussions have been going on within a number of communities for minorities here on campus about ways that we as a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  ’t understand (and can’t easily clarify for yourself with a quick google search ... I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know ... yes to most of them. Never say no, especially if it makes for a good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015