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  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... 's probably acceptable to hold it by the bulb, although wine snobs might still ... stuff in your teeth.  That's grody, dude!" After Charm School: [whispers

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your ... taking the time to enjoy your last semester in high school. I don't know ... the time in the last months of your high school life to appreciate the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  , don’t fret yet. Make sure to finish your other applications, find where ... I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the ... now. It is where I am the person I want to be. Even though I have been

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  you get judged/criticized by your peers at MIT? That's a tough one! MIT ... Thursday, 10/26, 7-9pm EDT. That's over now, but you're welcome to email me ... 't promise to get to them soon, but I'll try my best. For reference, I've done

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time to get to my UROP at 10. Eight hours of sleep. SKILLZ, I TELL YOU ... sometimes I get on my computer to check my mail and somehow spend five hours

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  advice blog (written by someone who went to all her Tuesday classes with ... managing your time since the beginning of the semester. (Note to future self.) You don't have to be on your game at all times, but it's a good idea to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  by a friend. How did you come up with the name for your blog? This is ... Matt McGann. I was introduced to him in January 2005 by a mutual friend ... to get advice on UA stuff (I still do this - Ben teases me and says

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  library. (Fun fact: you can get your very own BPL card by showing proof of ... blog entry and get back to one of my two 20 page term papers. I will ... crackers one night, it was time to own up to the fact that I was going to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  open if you'd like to rant or vent or get out your frustrations. Scream ... senior year and I know how scary it is to package your identity up into ... across the world. I know how frustrating it is to hear "It gets better" or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  .010) This assignment was by far the most fun. I had to make a poster about the ... telluride, hematite, and fool’s gold. I was extremely lucky to get LCO, which ... Engineering’s website because it has a neat background graphic that I wanted to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  getting your footing, it's not a requirement by any means. It's not a ... embarrass you or for you to wear around your head like a crown, grades are a ... 't worry about your grades, it's an opportunity for you to figure out what it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  "MIT Shuffle," so I usually try to leave at about 8:50 to get to your ... have to get there by 4 PM to pick one up. With a bike, this is no problem ... 's a pretty sweet deal. You get to learn the International Phonetic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  be in now because it's not easy to get into some dorm in the re ... to be able to stay there. And well, it's easier to move your stuff ... overstating it. Drew, you should make every effort to get into the optimal place

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  Arts at MIT." And since we don't want to ruin your dinner, we'll just be ... and Circle Center Mall. It is linked by the indoor skywalk to the Hyatt ... hope I'll get to see you!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  portfolio enough by the end of this year to get a research job in industry ... learning that students are offered, it can get tiring to constantly shove new information into your brain using these mediums that are not conducive to your

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  values, methods and tools we can adopt for us to start to do better ... we'll post periodically. And just generally, feel free to get in touch ... /labmates from when I was in my master's program have gone on to build careers in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  rejecting and get some free food. You're not expected to switch dorms, but at ... assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  .A.S.T.'s many projects. Hopefully we'll get a student from the class to guest blog ... hopefully we'll get someone to cover it for ARTalk. SIMMONS ARTS INFUSION: I ... is obscenely large, but I am trying to make good use of it by cooking

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al ... , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it ... 'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  get into MIT. Being deferred means you're going to get another fair ... and Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear grades ... recipient and we'll add them to your application. You may not rewrite your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014