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  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  make for my room. When I came across some[annotation note="MIT has a big ... with a coffee table. I planned out the shape and size over IAP and bought ... the Before Times. We got a U-haul to get all of our stuff back from EC

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  a schedule now If you have absolutely no clue how to pick classes, or just want a starting point to jump from, here's infallible advice ... me[/caption] Pick a science General Institute Requirement, like 8

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while ... hope someone might be able to connect or learn something from a few of my ... ironed blue slacks, and a brown belt tucking in a semi-buttoned pink and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  If some of you have been reading the blogs for a while, then you may ... on since my sophomore year. I worked to design and build a longer lasting water source for a town, Muti, in my father's home province, Kafa

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  could be a little bit warmer. I’ve been sitting outside the Stud for about ... choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... write. It's been a while since I've done that, in part because I've been

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  of my work at MIT. Each year, we welcome a small group of transfer ... , public, and international universities. Some took a so-called “non ... students, and all of them are exceptional. As a way to share a glimpse into

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  Sam, because that is not his name. As we sat on a bench in Lobby 7, Sam told me that he had a problem. On Pi Day, he had been admitted to MIT, which he considered his dream school. A few weeks later, however, he was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  -years. It may take a while to adapt to life at MIT—indeed, it took me three months—but, eventually, you’ll get there. This piece of advice is a little ... decisions in a vacuum. Decision-making and identities are highly situational

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  Right before school started, I sent out a survey to all the dorms ... listing 205 classes and why they loved that specific class. Here is a summary of those results and a full list of the classes submitted! All the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  something like “exhausting and overwhelming, but fun.” I don’t think that’s a ... of frats hosted a boat cruise, where my friend took me along as his date. We were standing outside, staring into the surroundings. “It’s a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the YouTube community, and it's basically a month when a bunch of (usually smaller/less well-known) vloggers all try to post a new video every day. It's less

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  Meet Catsby: He was a sweet boy who loved food, sleeping in the ... of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT.nano where I immortalized one of those pictures as a solar cell! [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  hopefully help you proceed and answer a big question: Where do we go from here? Take a step back, relax, and revel. First of all, and perhaps easier said than done, relax. Give yourself a pat on the back. MIT is one of the most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I ... embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... them, I promise :)))) what makes a study spot attractive? I started by

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate ... course, this process is a little smoother—return offers from post ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  now. What used to be a maintained sting like an open wound, now merely tingles briefly like a paper cut. Since we think our thought process is ... definitely NOT. It is rather one, among so many other valid options. It's a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  ’re walking in. I spent a few evenings last summer and this winter so far ... (both free), and all are clickable for a larger view. The first snow of ... on the right. Zooming in reveals a snowman and a snow dalek in front of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  know, as well as a poignant and accomplished blogger. Enjoy! *** Precisely one year ago today I sat drinking coffee at a Dunkin Donuts with one ... respective first choice schools early decision. "I have a really good feeling

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  Tetazoo has historically been friends with Blacker, a dorm at Caltech ... over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to ... strips of colored LEDs lining the hallway, a bunch of the hall frosh built

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  'm sitting on a train that took me from Washington D.C. where I had just met ... with my new best friends and a bunch of current and future nobel ... computer, opening up the MyMIT page that I hadn't visited in a few months. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014