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  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  prediction when I got an email. I remember sitting at my desk in the Google ... through my email when I saw the subject line “Decision made for ….’ flash in ... had been rejected for a number of opportunities earlier that week, so I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  will work for me. I'm not a big google calendar user, unlike some people ... different, and each of us has a different capacity for extracurriculars ... . for me, four classes (one of which is secretly like 1.75 classes), doing

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  . For most students, college will be their first experience largely ... B, Example C from a quick Google search). However, with enough adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  . for instance, i remember when i was in elementary school, my parents ... every time an adult passed me i’d tense up and brace for the possibility ... you to great outcomes that you otherwise would never experience. for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  outlining my goals for this quarantine. i also made a habit tracker for some ... day of the month. but my streak for filling said chart out lasted a ... , i thought i'd have much more time for personal growth. turns out

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  bouncing around my head for about a week nonetheless.   In the summer ... school anyway (scholarships, man). For some reason, I went to mitadmissions ... app was a lot friendlier than a lot of what Common App asked for. Then

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

    Hi. Meet my Google Calendar, the metronome to which my life ... . It was not for anything XFair-related. "reg day meeting" In the afternoon, I met with my advisor ("reg day meeting"). Typical protocol for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  originally drawn for the awesome Aquil Fannis.  But I decided to take a break ... past semester in the Destiny Lounge of Random Hall, an abode for ... unholy amount of Netflix. But we were better off for doing it together, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  Six for those without Google Translate), an annual Family Weekend event ... to do laundry by myself or to know which medicine I should take for ... I had to wake up early enough to clean and prepare for their arrival

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... -up company called LiveScribe. They flew us into California for the weekend to ... , so you can check his blog out for some videos showing the pen

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  at work (written back in August, but still perhaps true?), but for now ... with the big front wheel? They provided hours of fun for us when we were ... adults. The rules were simple: Modify a Big Wheel for racing using all of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  split the class into 10 teams of approximately 100 kids, and for every ... Red Sox, but winning is fun and I wanted to have fun. For the first time ... stadium cheered for the red sox as Enmanuel Valdez hit a single with only

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  for the past month: And, before you ask, yes, I refuse to use Google ... of a simplification for how engineering works, because much of its ... beam made of wood. And while this works often for general calculations

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting ... classmate next to me opened up her Google Calendar (complete with tabbed ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  created for a certain author or artist or show. so you made your own, and ... meaning to do this for months. since march, really. and you've probably ... 't call for another month, but here you are now. "hi," you say. you clear

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  what shoes to wear for summer. And no, it wasn't some peer-pressure thing ... six years younger than me, but he's sometimes mistaken for the older ... teen fashion trends. For example, any baggy, ill-sized article of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  ="Support Communities For First-Years"]SCUFFY,[/annotation] [annotation note ... though—you can't live there for a good while, and neither can we. but ... people who'll stick by you for your entire time at MIT. and living groups

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  . I believe it qualifies the company for the “Best Intern Recruitment ... for MIT students to perform research at Automobili Lamborghini.) 2 ... very close to classes. Anecdotal proof: --- For five years, I'd had a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  Google Calendar or other similar online planning apps/websites, but we just like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... for pretty much the entirety of the semester. And now that, for the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... undergraduates and alumni for miniature, month-long internships. Externships are

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016