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  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... meeting ended something like this: Me: Do you have any suggestions for ... the name of the author. Let’s call him (again, for privacy) William

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  one, you can get one. One night, you're getting ready for bed when you ... to be asked for your resume, so you might as well make one now. That ... ’re looking for a UROP in the first place (I trust it’s something other than “I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... 's only pay attention to the dominant traits. For students who are

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent ... I was at MIT, I cheered for four years and was captain for one; this ... do dorky things for each other; for example, for our one-year wedding

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  wear once — over my running shorts. I'll sit and stretch for awhile, and ... look around for my mom and dad, who always try to see me off; last year ... MIT as a staff member for a few years, knew my way around the Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  . I love MIT, but but there was no good reason for me to want to be anywhere ... I got in and when I left for MIT. I wish I had. If I were you—which is ... dragons you’ve already conquered over the past two decades. At least for me

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  originally sign up for four and three-quarters, putting the last class on ... have lived in for the last three years, shutting the window because ... where I will ultimately end up for med school (that comes in a few weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  You Do For Pleasure ("pleasure" - 100 words), Department at MIT ... admission officers ("adcoms") are not looking for "standard" answers, and you ... you if they do happen to be things that you do for fun). Just be honest

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  ="107775" image5="107776" /] I made this book, “Conversations for Beginners,” for ... for Beginners," it attempts to parody, pick apart, and find comfort in ... Morningside Academy for Design']blanket quilting workshop[/annotation], and now

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  I got an email this morning from someone working for MIT News ... freshman year, but generally the first person I went to for help with ... during high school. Competition here is more difficult for me to spot

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  .   Learning About D9s D9 is a shorthand for “Divine Nine'', a casual ... reality for her at least during her undergraduate career. But, when she ... . However, during [annotation note=" Rush is 'a chance for new freshmen guys

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  for space police, and a Wookiee stuck in a tavern in the middle of a ... , the glorious time of year when classes aren't as big of a deal for most ... many of my friends to sign up as I could. The pandemic's been rough for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... wrote flashcards for myself and tried to teach myself course material I ... usually at the end of the semester, occasionally mid-semester for half

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  inputs for length, width, and height. Make a rectangle using your width and ... too limiting most of the time; they're a good starting point for ... well for different styles of cuisine, how to utilize different techniques

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again, unable to pick, unable to think about picking, for about ten minutes ... off several local options. I paused for a beat, then a few more. "Uhh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  bootcamp and lived alone for ~3 months with a job and a nasty commute - my ... where you instantly figure out what you want to do for the rest of your ... for group psetting, it's okay to want to work alone. Maybe you work

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  I have finally made it home for the holidays. Let me tell you, there's nothing quite like being at home, even if it is just for two weeks, and even if it's so snowy that nobody can leave/come to my house for anything

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  student group that runs educational programs for middle and high school ... for everyone else I emailed.[/caption] Josh replied after a few days ... , so I dropped it for a while. With a spark of inspiration, I looked

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
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  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  you’ve had; on the other hand my wish for you is that through storms and ... that. Chop things. I don't know what reference to give for how small ... best as I can remember, it was three cups water to one cup barley for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  to the extent —  and only for the reason —  that it is “narrowly ... legally prohibited for decades. As the law stands now, the only reason we may narrowly consider race for individual students in our process is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023