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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  prototypes.  But the high speed motors I'm using don't have enough torque to ... just as important, which designs don't work) will save loads of time and ... 'll be working together with in 2.008, 2.009, and other team projects.  Don't

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  or blogging or whatever. But honestly, don't worry too much about the ... here.  Don't waste it doing activities you could do in your parents ... okay?" Yes!  One of the best things about MIT is that you don't have to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  don’t talk about them, maybe we don’t have to think about them. The ... . (You guys, my hands don’t just hang there awkwardly anymore!) So, here

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  that it's pretty explicit (so Mom, don't let Ry watch it! He already ... school. I also don't think there are many people who share my enthusiasm ... get points. But the rules are made up and the points don't matter, so

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  , list experiences or ideas that highlight that quality. They don’t all ... implies a very meaningful epiphany or plot twist; if you don’t deliver, the ... were. Good luck, and have fun. Please don’t spend Halloween editing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  several benefits. First, I don’t have a bedside table or shelf, which means ... -hour naps were a staple of my freshman year. Don’t let them take over yours ... because I don’t want it to roll out the window, so when I do use Clocky I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  . Don't forget that when you get to the Activities Midway, held on the ... Live, install it, and open everything up. What if you don't know how it ... sure that you'll be going out that much, don't worry - your MIT ID

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  looks like (don't panic - take it from a reliable source that there is a ... to the bottom after realizing that Steve and I don't usually sleep till ... is my firm (and often vocal) opinion that you don't have to be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  , "Slam is a safe place." In some important ways, so is MIT. If you don't ... stuff. Talk. And don't always feel like you need to have a p-set in hand ... , but the top prizes don't just go to the teams that place in the top four

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  our identity. 9.00: don’t you see our love is real? My hand is stained ... badly on Thursday, and we are still not on speaking terms. Since I don't ... didn't write this class a sonnet, simply because I don't think I could do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  stereotypical “jocks” or students that don’t put academics first. And now I can ... , but I really don't remember. What I saw also was some of my peers who ... are. Most of the time we don't get to play with my childhood toys

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  application "should be". There is no "should be" college application. You don't ... the math team in sophomore year (cough, cough, me), don't prioritize ... driven to write. Anna: A final word from us: good luck, don’t stress too

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  walkways (because they don't exist), any sympathy from people who live in ... are at MIT. Even if you don't have a general feeling of IHTFP at a given ... here with falafel and other related foods. But don't worry: some of the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  . This decision is bigger than just the money. D: I don’t know Q. I mean ... bunch of bills to pay and I don’t really want to be a burden on them. I ... when you don’t know what questions to ask. D: That’s a good point. That

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  thing to do," because after high school, don’t all good students go to ... any reason as long as students don't apply elsewhere. "It's reached the ... ." [...] "I don't think there's any rational explanation to just run to college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don't ... ) I don't think I got a grade lower than a 70 on any test or quiz until ... , and I really know -- I don't just hear people say it -- that failure is

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  glory. I am pretty sure that I don't have pink eye because I've had a red ... . Unfortunately I don't have pictures from there, but I did get one of this evil ... with on 18.022 when we don't get distracted by watching movies, playing

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  in order of importance if you don't have time to answer them all. It ... don't know how well you know the math department, but do you know where ... pummeling me in the face. Live and learn but don't Lagrange. Lagrange isn

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  sure to make an appearance.) It's only been a couple of months, but I don't ... pretty smart. Then Susan Hockfield got up and made another speech. I don't ... alternating graduate and undergraduate. Don't worry, it's nearly impossible to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  about and look at science? 21. Even if you don't want to major in science ... , as a complement to my life (aka. I don't have to actually "major" in it ... don't think anyone can deny - that MIT does have a higher proportion of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009