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  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  Today, I will p-set. Really. I wake up at 7 am. I shower. I try on ... exams. I’ll need them eventually, right? I put on socks. I realize I’m running out of socks. I spend an hour picking out socks on the Internet. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  Guest post today from Mark F. '15, who was working on this essay for ... in a wood cabin. As the raindrops patter on the window, you seek ... Drenched If you are reading this, you are lost on the path to MIT. Your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  year. Since then, Prof. Maier's book had gone on to win: "10 Best ... putting the finishing touches on her book when I took her class Spring 2010 ... so well after working with her on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  have to rely on my kitchen for dinner, not a dining hall; I have to wake ... terrifying. For almost five years of my life I had been set on this one path ... (“with a focus on Biology,” I said, since I’m course XB) could do for each

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  Gregor, one of the two MIT undergraduate dorms open for those of us living on ... sprawled on the ground, chair practically on top of him. Long story short ... that this was in fact the case - and we limped on our merry way back to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  check out by noon on May 21st. Conveniently, this was the day after my ... book drives before, but the stuff that was going on here made it seem ... Arena on CNN. He delivered a great talk on the government's role in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  title of this entry. If you haven't thrown up yet, hang on. My friends ... , celebration, and other shindig going on; if you've been living under a blogrock ... mostly stopped arriving, we were greeted by a video on the absolutely giant

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  decision you’ve made/ You’ve put a stamp of approval on every part of the ... important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was ... much time on something, commit to it” (He was trying to make me explain

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  background on your topic", stripping down the details but not the concepts in ... 't get bored. I hope we don't actually get graded on the second criterion ... far through my gruesome post. On Tuesday, a local farm sets up shop in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  social creatures, and learning from what our friends do and taking on those ... these activities, inviting us to climb at MIT's bouldering wall or go on trips to caves on the weekends. As another example, there are loads of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  President Quincy to mark the anniversary of his birthday, on which he entered on his ninetieth year. The meeting included almost every member ... public in New England to give way, on the ground that the Union should be

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  ' take on this program because it's one of those "you get what you give ... that the hands-on approach helps this program stand out from all my ... closer to finishing than I was a few hours earlier. On his way through the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  impressive in my opinion when I have UROP, Track, and play rehearsals going on ... (hang on, I’ll get to that), I decided that was a perfect time to make ... eating uncooked cornmeal if I don’t get some French toast up on this plate

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

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  you can squeeze out is a patchy tuft of fuzz on your lips and cheeks. Or ... nights on campus spent tooling. By the end of the week though, it's clear ... sets in. Your beard has grown on you (hurr hurr hurr), and the two of you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  ’re apparently low-stress enough to be called “quizzes,” even though the one on ... Linguistics, this test doesn’t deserve the label “quiz,” because it’s a full-on ... have the worst grasp on the material… wish me luck! I’m also taking 18.S

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  with her roaming all over London, getting all paparazzi on palace guards ... :) ~*~ This IAP I went to the Philippines with Yuri ’10 and Anita ’11 to work on ... develop project ideas for MIT students to work on. We spent most of our

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  eleven classes in one year, finished my MCATs, and embarked on the ... -minute bus ride from my apartment, where I work on developing a novel medical ... stopped in the middle of the street to see what's going on. I still have my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... me blabbering on in plain text for pages. Sorry about that. Something ... huddle around the one light bulb, or one candle, at one store on the corner

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact ... moment on campus… and I’m pretty sure that it’s safe to say: Mission ... 7 at 11 PM on Friday. ¬∑ When I visited the headquarters of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  Hey all - On the night admissions came out (two nights ago), my good ... your field. Now, I hope you don't obsessively dwell on this blog in the future. It's time to move on, so I will bid you adieu with an inspirational

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010