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  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  probably get them then. If you're not traveling a long way, though, then by ... on this one, just because a) it's a fun way to get to know your ... pillows, but most of them don't, so getting your own is a pretty good idea

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  professor or faculty member who helps you to manage your schedule, get a job ... . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but ... night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  section. All eyes are on you, as you lift your instrument to your mouth ... measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in. It's your chance to play whatever you want! Maybe this sounds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  improbably old. According to science (and by science I am obviously referring ... things that I've tried to live by or maybe wish I had realized when I was ... to actively put yourself out of your comfort zone as often as possible

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting ... have agency: own your decisions. What do I mean by that? I mean that at ... the first place."]in your hands.[/annotation] You should do your best to

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

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to ... ambitious in job-hunting (may turn out to be a problem when I get out of ... getting paid $10 an hour to go to lecture. I taught SAT Prep for ESP, which

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  . Most movies like this go by without my notice. But last month, I heard ... . According to the Wikipedia bio, this is Stark's background:   ... really like to give these kind of honors to fictional MIT grads, though. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  Question #12 on your 18.03 problem set, which happens to use a lot of ... was hard to deny that MIT does in fact wipe the hard drives of your high ... you'll excuse me, I need to debug my Faulkner MATLAB script before I get

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  's like and to represent our dorm. By the end of February, we've submitted ... activities in Zoom rooms. It's a lot of fun, and getting to meet and talk to so ... , to get to know each other, we'd failed to attract all the students. For

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump ... reflect it. Students get complimentary access to campus gyms, so it’s easier ... . It also has a speaker system you can connect your phone to to blast

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  -assaulter. (If by some equally beautiful coincidence you're reading this now, Matt ... -value level of what you're about to learn is on a par with the Tooth Fairy not being real, or your high school econ teacher going to the same gym you do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  important thing to do is to get your bearings. Whether it's your dorm, the ... that it’s possible to get more enjoyment and better results when you’re ... 'll listen to, but you're also choosing the atmosphere you will live in and the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  in you to move forward, fueled by your determination and goals ... statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think ... who was able to get through the door you wanted to, or through a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... the path you choose gets difficult, it will be very helpful to rekindle

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  so much =p, and you have to narrow your list down after you get the ... of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors ... ? Sure, it's safe to get strawberry (that's what I always get. XP) But why

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

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  of your essays to do this for you, but it doesn’t hurt to do it yourself, too. Take a step back, and while reading your essay, try to answer ... trying to get across, then you need to fix something. If you don’t like the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  inspired to write this by an MIT confessions post, where someone complained ... do not want to be limited by exclusivity. Some people prefer to ... attention to what their friends (or your friends) say, as often it can be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  already know why he isn’t getting to them. He isn’t sure how to start. I ... start with a few in your head and see what happens to them as you begin ... will get them to come. In my writing group we do an exercise when we all

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  lecture at 11, so I rush to get ready at 9:45, going through the motions of ... .832: Underactuated Robotics. The latter I was convinced to take by the graduate ... struck with the feeling that I might never get the chance to, again. When

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  ), that PDF application gets seen by many, many eyes, from the time it gets ... like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... a page and seeing cold numbers on a screen to getting attached to you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011