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  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  sense of mysticism. Sudden rains on a sunny day happen when may kasal ng ... . Getting rained on, naulanan, causes sickness, often colds. Lots of songs ... shower, a drizzle. Ambon is the kind of rain that a light jacket would be

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

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  ."]MIT[/annotation] work experience. There are a lot of blogs on UROPs already, so I won ... max of $2400 a semester (Fall/Spring) or $7680 for summer More info on ... students who call out on behalf of the school to speak with alumni about

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  new random obstacles along the way, like the herd of wandering cows and ... loops on a highway of rainbows. There is no way to uniformly describe how ... that there is very little of a safety net. On a standard multiple choice

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• 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 ... tons of nooks to study in on every floor of building 9 (except maybe the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  of person who might love it. Life moves fast here: there are many more ... 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

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  getting it on. So fast forward a bit: I'm there again at the end of August ... internet this fast again. And you will cry yourself to sleep because of that ... being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  2 layers of cling wrap on top of the table 3 layers of paper towel on ... running 3 times as fast as a car on the highway. [caption id ... content warning: discussions of roach uwu Roaches are curious little

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  heading back to MIT (well, South Station in Boston) from my hometown of New ... dorms are all on the western half of campus. There are reasons for the ... there was plenty of space on what land they did own. When the decision was

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

   a new bike (also orange). I’m living on campus again, but this time as ... fair kid. I’d been doing a long series of projects on the effect of radiation on the growth of plants, and, to cut a long story short, got to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  physics calculations. Lots of teamwork and designing. Also get to go on ... Rico) to work on a project that would improve the quality of life in his ... connecting with the world outside of MIT, and where I could actually work on

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  first-days of classes and reading through new syllabi, I also frantically ... .[/annotation] Then, you see the O on your transcript, thinking nothing of it, until you ... do when Life’s Coming At You FAST"]little bit of planning

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  the first time, which meant a lot of new logistics to sort out. I got to ... both of these :)) on something with real-world impact. As it turned out ... excited for—and I’m giving a talk on plane crashes to one of our internal

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  was making them. It was kind of like I was “trying on” all these ... these kinds of problems on a larger, more grandiose scale that could lead ... insights on how to go forth and study a range of different subjects. Plus

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  Nowhere, New Mexico - out on a Navajo Reservation. Did I mention that I ... 100% Navajo, and about a quarter of its students go on to graduate. Even ... flip a coin. What’s the probability of landing on heads?” Freshman: “I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
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  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  people are often really scary, but important. I kept a list of new ... of your comfort zone, so take opportunities to try new things. Finding ... of difference. Do laundry in the afternoon on a weekday. You will have

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how ... thursdays, essays on sundays... and you will feel like every minute of every ... just talking a problem out is enough to offer new insights on it. I cook

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  old iterations of the MIT Admissions website (back to pieces from 2000 ... current bloggers asking if anyone was on campus this summer and would like ... mission, as it were, was to dig through this mystery box of old DVDs, CDs

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  highlight some of the awesome things that MIT students are working on, I can ... chose all my schools (including MIT) on a whim. I picked a variety of in ... put in a lot of time and effort to take college classes or take on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  down” “Pants on fire” There are so many figures of speech involving ... fast paced nature of computer science research. Conference peer review ... determined based on descending amount of contributions."]third author

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  immediately. I would go home in the middle of the day because I was on the verge ... talking to most of the people I once knew. And whenever I meet anyone new, I ... overnight--it’s a long, long road, with a lot of checkpoints on the way, like

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017