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• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  For a lot of incoming MIT students, the story is the same. Four ... ’re finally starting something new. Regardless, the end (or is it the beginning?) is the same: you come to MIT, most likely as a freshman, bright

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  . Oh well. I had already gotten myself into this. I yelled again. "IS ... Internet, the American public's #1 fear is of public speaking. I couldn ... , is how a cripplingly shy fifth grader grows up to boldly ask an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  Campus Preview Weekend, none is more important than the CPW booklet, a 96 ... discussed, possibly because of the challenge describing it poses. It is the difference of CPW and the events; it is why years of blog posts detailing the

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  This post is way overdue, but I figure - better late than never. Here ... car they have is a PT Cruiser - which, although I'm not a huge fan of ... is a bit pricey, but it's quite tasty. (And plus, MIT pays for my food

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  It's official: my first semester at MIT is over. After finishing four ... to CPW - I really had very little idea of what college life is like ... tell you something: when you get to college, change is neither slow nor

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  start speeding through it because surely something is better than nothing ... week is not much better. My brain is probably full of cellular debris ... my poor performance is [annotation note="I do remember enough to say

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  [/annotation]. One of the first projects that comes to mind is when we asked Alison to ... , please disregard that last sentence. Vandalism is [annotation note="most of ... about the other new member of the secret team: Margaret ’23. Margaret is

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  Delivery is a major milestone where sophomores receive their brass rats to ... is sheer and flimsy, I also bought a couple of yards of black cotton ... million reasons why Margaret is so cool, a few of them being the creator of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  set i saw during a music festival last fall. Tame Impala is one of my ... ="burton conner communities, as you might imagine. burton 3rd is where i lived ... the floor trip we take to Maine each November, except that California is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what ... , which is pretty special"]painting my door;[/annotation]it isn't done yet ... turns out that a minority of buttloads is still most of a buttload. The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  the extent to which they're amenable to idling is very different. I don ... game has an element of mystery, and it's not quite clear what this is ... . Very polished graphics and sound effects. The browser version is only a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  What follows is a guest post from the Chop Stir Hack team. CSH is a ... . Today, Chop Stir Hack is still a vibrant, student-led effort which has ... recipe. A delicious example of a recipe we received last semester is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  it is extremely rare for freshmen to get internships. Often times ... hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore ... hosts the fall career fair. This is a pretty big deal at MIT, where all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  they set foot on campus. One of these papers is the famous list of "101 ... last semester! Feels good to be identified not just as a child (as is ... freshman to declare course 6. Is it earnest advice? Who knows. Change your

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  into MIT, and that might suck, because waiting sucks. Everybody is ... . Here is a photo I took of a collision at Weeks.[annotation note="as far ... drag coefficient is too high, consider changing your design

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  reason i am blogging about this is to bring out this 2007 meme ... [/caption] To follow the picture, [annotation note="perhaps the graphic is not as ... [/annotation] and continue upward. The largest contribution to the speed is probably

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  I had psets to do and exams to study for. My doctor is really nice ... forgot to carry the actual cards. This is why I live in a dorm that’s close ... reality, this is my fault, so I try not to glare at the attendants as I wait

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  CPW 2019 is happening this week, starting on Thursday! There are ... out if MIT is the right place for them. This amazing blog post by Yuliya ... excellent time! The one thing her post is missing is a section called "how to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build, and present ... at the end. 8 Number of teams the class is divided into. 24.9 The ... , and companies that have come out of 2.009. This class is as Real Life

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it ... because I like knowing stuff (which is still true) but because I had a ... survive. Is it my duty to give back in some way? I was big on duty in high

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018