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  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  everything I want into a cheat sheet, I have to get my handwriting down to ... formulas and facts laid out for me isn’t enough, I have to know how to use them and to think on my feet. One of the biggest differences between

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be ... need a PhD, how often will I have to move, are there any jobs available ... you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  copy) if you want to do your own digging: COOL DATA HERE Quick Numbers ... on Massachusetts Ave., a very short walk to Target or Hmart, so it must ... on the necessity of AC. 81.3% — Maseeh, as the closest dorm to main

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  I didn’t know how to do half of them. There were days I got three S^3 ... welding and working on research and making a leather mask and getting cheese ... a bit more, and promised myself not to pset when I was on shift for a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  meetings. It's a great way to start off the week. How are your Mondays? Mine ... Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and ... your advisor every semester to talk mano-a-mano about which classes to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  finally figured out how to open the trunk to look for the ice scraper Zipcar ... unhealthy. We decided to get the bare necessities for lunch sandwiches ... 'all posted as to how I do this month about staying fed. Maybe I have too much

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus weekends for some crazy consulting company, you're probably going to end up ... to turn in your permission slips!), you're going to see the High Water

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

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  I'm working desk for 4 hours tonight to get a head start on my 10 ... 'm going to see MTG's Star Wars: Musical Edition on Sunday, so I really have to get a move on early, even if it means tooling the night before a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  doesn’t match? So you have to be on top of your game all the time. I love ... , they’ve become my closest friends, my shoulders to cry on, my ... often time people get to know me, and then learn about my Islam due to my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  repeatedly in your lives is how to use the talent and the education that you ... much to those of you who watched the webcast and saw me get my diplomas ... youth, your talent, your demonstrated commitment to learning, and your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  -term freshman to nth-year grad students) in August on one or more pieces of your ... high classical style, I had to learn how to improvise on piano and do ... ! - Wenhao Sun As far as late Beethoven goes, I'd really like to get into him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  . Classes are in full swing, though I’m just getting acclimated to how much ... takes time for you to settle down at a table and get all of your materials ... to use your imagination to fill in the blurrier pixels. Gene

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  disappointments and failures; do yourself a favor, and learn how to move on from ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... you ask "SO HOW DID IT GO???" and you have to break the news, when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  information...let’s get to the most important part of REX -- our events!!! We ... art and make door decorations to liven up your new dorm rooms! While ... overlooking the Charles River! Casino Night Come on down to the MC^2 Casino

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  to click on that link.) I taught two classes: Intro to HTML, which I ... just goes to show you how cool he was. To fully appreciate this story ... encourages students to form teams and work on developing technologies which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  school - whether you get into MIT will ultimately come down to luck, so you're ... at really getting to know somebody. And you're right that there isn't a ... chances of getting in????? Depending on my mood, I may respond to this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start ... understands how I feel about being stuck in an Athena cluster generating graphs ... in the cluster with me may have some idea as well. ...On an almost

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  interested to partake in social activities. Though to be fair, you get what you put in, so my detachment is on me.     There’s an innocent energy to ... I am learning to bow my head, breathe, and move on. This is unlike

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  amazed by how well i'm able to bounce back and keep facing forward rather ... hang out with me as i wrangle my worms or make spontaneous plans to get ... and alex, ever getting advice from cami on certain matters of the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of ... astronomers over cocoa. Later on, you can find out more about how the first

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015