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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  . I set my own schedule. I don’t have to travel to eat (actually, I don’t ... . Snow days here don’t imply a “get out of school free” permit. They mean ... , professors’ syllabi don’t change and students’ productivity doesn’t increase

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there ... happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start ... the rest. Except when you don't Because, sometimes, you won't. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  sympathetic to the academic viewpoint that it should be open source. But I don’t ... anyways came from playing poker during work, so I don't think they were too ... ) "You get more vitriol from political people. People in sports don’t take

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  meal plan, I don’t have to do this Sunday – Thursday), be social Saturday ... fraternity Given that scenario, here’s the problem: I don’t go to my UROP ... don’t want to treat it like a technical class; I don’t have time for 4

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  Princeton 2012 Commencement. His address was entitled "Don't Eat Fortune ... rationalized. People really don’t like to hear success explained away as luck ... success was somehow inevitable. They don't want to acknowledge the role

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  tl;dr: CPW is awesome. Meet EVERYBODY. Don't you dare be shy. If you ... live there (I don’t). I gawked at nerdy shirts at the COOP, which I would ... . I brought my homework. Don’t bring your homework. If you're doing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  when you just need to pick up a carton of milk or orange juice and don't ... don't overload on coursework and manage your time well. Something else ... laboratory setting while pursuing their research projects." Honestly, I don't

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  feel like this sometimes too.) But don't fall victim to the TV or FB this ... their time. (You don't need links to find out what types of cool things ... more..... And don’t underestimate the importance of being away from home

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  . Don't ask me why; I don't like being busy, but here I am enjoying myself ... remember exactly where I was and how I reacted. I don't mean to compare ... ? Regrettably, I almost certainly did; fortunately, I don't remember them. However

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  don't ever blog about what we do. Laura did field hockey, I'm in pistol ... MIT pistol team has its very own turkey shoot! No, we don't shoot real ... , our turkeys are made out of endearment and love. Don't think of it as

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  wah wah wah..." and called back in alarm. We don't know where they came from, we don't know who might have put them there, but they were quickly ... me so I don't know how to make my browser go back to how it was before

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  Saturday, 07/07/07, was my birthday! I usually don't plan anything ... (bad bad bad - don't do this at home, kids). Then my friend Ashley ... the east coast? It's not like they don't have fries, and it's not like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  group decision. Don't settle for a satisfactory living group when you ... you don't die on every page. Well, maybe somebody dies.. we'll see ... know, you get temped in a dorm, but if you don't like it, you can opt to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life ... fights with their parents because their parents don't think their major is ... you're truly making your living group decision. Don't settle for a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  -frosh had asked about class schedules (don't worry, Minh, I haven't forgotten ... brain was really in Cambridge, even then. I don't regret my decisions at ... .01 (Physics- Mechanics) and 7.012 (Intro biology), and don't really regret

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Cabral '07. I have a ridiculous expression on my face. I don't photograph ... don't think of or look to the UA as a mechanism for solving them. I ... respectfully disagree. I believe that senators don't bring these resolutions

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  .0, C = 3.0, D = 1.0, and F = 0.0. This means that, so long as you don't ... system when you get a B+ or a C+. Time management and grades: I don't ... Saturday nights, no matter how much I don't wanna. It's gotten easier to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  will be very humble, but I don't care. To me, money isn't needed. I just ... the most hilarious cursive you have ever seen. I honestly don't even remember how to write in cursive anymore, and don't know how I managed it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  would be a perfect spot, assuming you don't want to use your main essay ... motto means "Mind and Hand." In other words, we don't just want to see ... . Passion, passion, passion. Quality over quantity. You don't have to do a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  a biologist, I don't really think I'd recognize them by sight, but it ... don't think I can just change recitations or lecture times, since I ... don't have to take a HASS-D your first term. The HASS people want you to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005