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• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  like. If the project that you want to discuss relates to your major ... advantage. The question is designed to allow you the maximum flexibility to ... the valedictorian. Just do your best, enjoy your high school courses and

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  moving point charge before learning electrostatics? By the way, the problem ... HINT #2: The circumference of a circle is 2*r*pi.” “What about your ... as mildly painful as getting punched in the kneecaps by someone wearing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  Engineering Tools." 2.670's job is to get students familiar with the tools and ... competition to see whose engine ran the fastest. This year there is a new ... ," which was the easiest to spell on a 7 segment display). Tomorrow is some

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  feeding me theory along the way, too. The ultimate goal of my UROP is to ... for this UROP by the UROP office (as opposed to receiving credit), so ... lab are all fantastic; Martin is good-natured to the bone and genuinely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  JT would get back to them with the changes to the schedule for that ... just getting across the blue line before the puck went back the other way ... game too. One of the benefits of being at MIT is access to the MITAC

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  scanner. And my job, my one job that morning, was to get the check scanner to work. And I failed. Getting the check scanner to work is a tricky ... question got pointed to the help desk pretty quick. A lot of students come

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  MIT is for the hosed students who want to “burst the MIT bubble,” that ... the white carpet, so we got to sink into the clean softness, get ... still, but education is what thrills me the most, and I don’t want to miss

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  think the best way to combat these moments is surrounding yourself in a ... own personal biases as well. I think the best approach to MIT is really ... dorm or group is like and instead, take the time to form your own

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  come out of the dryer, and being able to fall asleep so quickly will net ... . Which is also just about the best thing in the world, now that I think of ... middle of the night to the basement of Building 4 to get some chinese food

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  probably the first ones to go when your brain begins to deteriorate. i wonder ... ending)? (by the way, i hope i’m not giving you the impression that i ... humanity desperately needs to attempt. that way, you can live with your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a finite time horizon. Infinite games where the goal is to keep ... the way people practice everything from philosophy to ai or even math

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  occasion as any to get something out into the world. As I started writing ... delivery I ordered to arrive. The sun was out today, fully, in a way it hasn ... , kind of? I feel aimless, but in the best way. Life goes on. Things are

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  Chaplain. This inspired a letter to the editor of the Tech by someone who ... , it gets heated pretty fast. My personal opinion is that the original ... out what they meant by that. He posed the following example: "If you're

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A ... , then called the office and was driven the rest of the way by a kind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  to see how the totals turn out. 13. Get ready for your freaking sweet ... something like, "On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer you admission to the MIT Class of 2012." Which, don't get me wrong

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan   ... ~ but it didn't start out that way. I spent the first few weeks trying to ... :   But the city is starting to warm up beautifully: Graduation

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  to buy food to get by, which fed into the ongoing emotional turmoil ... MIT. Here’s how we do things here—and, by the way, we’re so glad to have ... . It is a tedious process, but I cling to every instruction we get

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  ; initially I struggled to adjust, but by late 2020, I had gained more confidence in the area. Some cool opportunities came my way: I was invited to ... , because I was surrounded by people who wanted to see me fail. This dynamic

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  ridiculous. The going advice is that you shouldn't go over 30% of your credit ... credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a number related to your credit history, which is something that people like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  should get on that. Anyway, the point of this entry is the tables. I just ... wanted it, but mine turned out huge. By that I mean, we built it to the ... lounge, where it was quickly claimed by Yuki '11. My room is beach themed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008