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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  intend to see it through, no matter how ridiculous the titles end up being. Thanks to ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ for reading and giving comments on ... about submitting a Monopoly board based on your team. Andy made an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  ’ve only ever walked on this bridge to get to this Trader Joe’s. Otherwise ... University, to name a few. To get from Cambridge to [annotation note ... major delays on the Red Line, or a stroll to Jamaica Plain on a summer day

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  how it occurred later on this week.) It's hard to get time to yourself ... +. If you go to your professor's office hours, which they'll post on the ... router. Someone on Burton 4 declared loudly that it was all due to those

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  getting in, reducing getting into MIT to a coin flip. On the ride home, I ... song) but listen deeply. Close your eyes and let it move you. Then get to ... Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  learn the material in your classes, but you will also learn how to manage your time, how to study efficiently, and how to use your resources ... As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  that list: Intro to Trading, a crash course about how markets work ... other part of me remembered how much better college is compared to high ... Andrew L. ’22, a freshman at the time, was gushing to me about how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  and to quickly dump their knowledge on how the club/performances should ... on David and Alex to make sure the paper gets written and finished ... , and other lab members would give suggestions on how to tell the story

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

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and ... professor or faculty member who helps you to manage your schedule, get a job ... get to work on our own projects. Since I've only been to three sessions

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

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  company instead of graduating. This term, I’m back to get out of student ... like the ends of the earth when I was an undergrad before). I tend to get ... commute killah. Need to be on a bus/train/plane for a long time, but not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• 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 ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a ... already know how valuable it can be to learn to write and express yourself

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  , which is this: How do I get in to MIT? And here is what I tell them ... speak to students or their families, be it on travel or during a campus ... them something they can do that will get them in. Maybe they need to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  7pm.  Figure out how to find a doctor when your ear gets ... arrange to have your transcripts sent back to MIT and figure out how to get ... two weeks, and hope that you get your passport in the mail on time

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like ... 't stick exactly to all of the words, but you'll get the gist of it. Best of ... ’s no chance of getting in when secretly your heart/brain/stomach is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  One What does it take to get to know someone? I hate the feeling that ... walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to ... get to know them. Two Once upon a time, my defining feature was being

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  , being able to just switch your brain on for a few minutes and crank out ... work until the next time you have to kick your brain on for some project ... guarantee one thing:   You're going to be crushed   Now before

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco ... figured out how to successfully achieve multiple "food systems" goals ... . "If you're on SNAP, you're paying 1970 prices for fruits and veggies." They

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  two will describe the mechanics of how I got those gigs, how to use ... find cheap plane tickets and the ways I tried to not get [annotation note ... soften on the asphalt if you stand around. You’re three hours past a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  the Boston skyline; figure out the best way to get to your dorm to ... them during your time here. Learn how to work Stellar; have a heart attack when you check exam grades on Stellar. Set up your laptop to print

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  , and how exactly this relates to the emphasis on science here I wouldn ... from Google Earth to help with comparing to how it looks today ... . Remembering that parents are watching, the focus changes to a short segment on

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  - how else do you get to the airport? lol. I'm too poor to take a taxi ... free food is on campus so you get some variety and don't have to keep ... entered MIT. Now, four years later, I get to post my own version - courtesy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011