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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell ... these parts. Anyways, the point was to visit the Writing Center, and get ... , for one-hour one-on-one time slots, to brainstorm, to edit, to go over

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  to see your responses to this entry. They will give us all great suggestions on future travels. Happy fall and here's to good eats! ... Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  to get up early and put our running clothes on.  I wasn't incredibly ... Chris Peterson "Damn you for being so inspiring, you're going to get me ... .  "Perfect!" I thought to myself, "I did MIT, I can do this! Besides, I get 6

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  time here, looking down on all the stairs that I climbed to get to where ... you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second ... first). I was lucky to get the opportunity to be here. And while luck may

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  feedback on how to revise our proposal for the future (basically our timeline ... main thing I want to get out of this course is concrete project ... transitioned to our group project that we will be working on these next four days

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  teachers sufficient time to write on your behalf, they will get your letter ... letter on your behalf. Please recognize that teachers are very busy ... write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  ", because you have just enough room to extend your arms all the way. Coffin ... single.) First step to moving in: the room required a paint job. Getting to paint your room and walls is a pretty big upside to Burton

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... tooling problem sets with your friend at Baker, you don't have to walk all

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  .042 midterm of the semester, which took place on Tuesday. I managed to dedicate ... was due on Friday. I could go on, but you get the picture. And the ... I didn’t do so well on, after which I convinced myself to work harder

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  Six minutes ago I was supposed to be out on my flight from Los ... , trivial updates to, no one to call on Discord and watch Adventure Time with ... someone to cling on to and someone to turn to always. Now, I'm kind of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out ... penalty of law and all that stuff concerning your right to privacy, I am ... related to your intended fields of study for quite some time, while others

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  better in jello"? Now's your chance to prove yourself on the field of ... when I ran REX events (still not). This year I get to experience R ... observe and absorb my and your experiences and fun to compile a project that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  favorite TV show (no, really). If you're here, don't miss out on Boston. Get ... exactly the way we are is not what brings us to MIT. Pushing to find your ... 't forget to be happy. Don't make time your enemy. Sure, take 8 classes, but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  the Movies" here on the blog on Monday. Your picture will get bonus ... As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the ... here: To celebrate the movie release, I am declaring this weekend to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  is: you should be smarter. You really should get around to reading all ... now i mostly just want to learn a lot and work on meaningful technical ... ’t think your ambition needs to be particularly challenging or impressive

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  to get your own, you don't need much. Consider: Grimgrains, a blog ... thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  when you graduate and get a place of your own, it becomes difficult to ... part of MIT means we get our own SafeRide stop. If you're on campus past ... 's a post on MIT Independent Living Groups (ILGs), another alternative to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  percentage to like, 75% on its own. But I do feel shitty and sad about getting ... was, so I can't quite give myself 100% on this. Sidequest 2: Get my ... the sailing class next semester, so maybe I'll get this to 50% before I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  sweating. It's also pretty sad to think about all the effort you're expending ... this be a warning to all pre-frosh deciding how much junk to bring to ... before Reg Day, which is when you meet with your advisor to choose your

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  time on the team, requiring us to learn how to build a custom gearbox ... first be a good engineer. 2) Learn on the job Nobody tells you how to ... who were willing to take the risk and get their hands dirty. 3) You’re

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025