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  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  . [annotation note="or if they do, they must have a secret or not-so-secret artistic talent that can be celebrated"]Nobody is going to do a great job ... I am not a fan of icebreakers. It already takes a not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  be too much. I’m doing a [annotation note="through MIT’s program to ... Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  UROPs. You've heard about them before, but here's a refresher. At MIT, we have lots of professors doing research. We have lots of undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  brigade, we had dentists... A functional lab that could do blood, urine ... classes on Thursday - I started writing this entry. =p Summer 2008 was a ... , relaxing after a year of MIT. Took a short family vacation to Nagoya, Japan

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  . (Although I do not currently have a picture of it, my favorite costume thus ... writing the way I do, you might consider writing a game of your own. A ... example, or painting a mural on the wall of their room, or writing short

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  things here and there on the blog, but I'd be doing a lot more of them were ... send me a picture! So while you're doing all of that, let me explain ... a honey mustard chicken sandwich. I think I'll have to do this more

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  often as needed (personally, I do it about once a semester, but the ... ’re left with a clean board! (As best you can, always do the circle ... pictures or doing parts of a problem, the vast expanse of a single surface to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  the same things that quicken or MM do, BUT it's totally free! It's a ... house or a car or something like that. When you do, they look at something ... do that is to use a credit card. A credit card is a HUGE responsibility

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  this summer, I can very confidently say that I had a lot of fun. I do ... I do a MISTI summer (unpaid) internship or apply to jobs that will ... [a brief hiatus from the baby bloggers' intro posts - don't worry

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found ... apparently if you want a job, the best thing to do is join the MIT cheerleading ... 've done and call them blog entries! Hooray! I know a lot of people are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  my freshman year. How do I feel about freshman year being over? A ... got straight A's in high school and had a blast doing all of my random ... mit is as a prefrosh, to a rising sophomore whose gone through all the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  do anything too serious; I give a small tour to some people who are ... One year ago, before sophomore year started, and before I became a ... "]REX[/annotation] chair for Next House. This was a stressful time—along with a co-chair and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  you spend a lot of time doing your makeup, you will somehow end up with ... will go by, and you'll get a crazy idea to do a cross-country road trip ... . You're a little wary when you get in the car, but you know what to do

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  cards from your deck raises the average strength of a card you do draw ... for a slightly better chance to do lethal? [caption id ... You may have noticed that I've been playing a lot of video games

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  are better if you do them with the big crowd, and for me, given a chance ... .01. Either of these three paths have quite a decent number of people doing it ... doing yourself a favor understanding 18.01/2 before going into those

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  MIT website: I'm an AFFILIATE now. No longer a student! Maybe that ... a lifestyle change: *     *     * Post-MIT life involves a lot of airports and train stations. Yesterday, I was at LaGuardia waiting for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique ... into a lecture hall or classroom and serenade a lucky individual. Last year, the Logs burst into my Quantum Lecture, and sang to a boy in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  , stretching, taking a walk, doing ab exercises, etc.) Watching things ... do this in reverse order I get easily discouraged when a problem is ... I should do first. Making a plan calms me down and allows me to focus

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to ... description, nor is it in Matt's. It's something we do in our spare time because we think that keeping in touch with you guys on a personal level makes

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  updated, and I think it's a good overview. I'm hoping, however, that current ... this thread and add their thoughts on the topic. What qualities do you ... , social, and otherwise? Do you have any anecdotes from your MIT experience

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007