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  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  us out, the project is split into six chunks (GR1 to GR6), each chunk ... sketches, etc. The end of a GR is usually marked by a four-minute class ... videos and asinine rants about the newest way a celebrity is embarrassing

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I ... here is a puppy for your trouble: If you just skipped directly to ... very well, which is why I told Firefox to just remember it. It worked

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  can't begin to tell you how quickly these past two years have gone by ... you'd get to meet and interact with your adviser every week. But this ... all the choices you have to make when starting your first year of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  for you. The only way for your children to make this decision is to ... it is you need a shoe horn to get their heads through the door) This ... , don't be surprised if the 2nd question is "How am I supposed to get to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  way about your own writing? Once again, the purpose of the essays is to ... college admissions essay was supposed to present all the best sides of me ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by ... the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you ... eventually found my way back by walking in the direction of the Prudential

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... facts, and I’m involved in the Action Challenge, which is a challenge to ... feeling it will start to get more detailed as the week gets closer. Some

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  .03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field to get an answer.)
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  quickly, but by the time both cars made it back to campus to pick everyone ... , by the way its glow darted from one corner of the sky to another. Then ... Albans City in Vermont but, early on the way we then decided to go to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  for the rest of your life. Here is a small piece of advice I want to ... belong to the world.  The commencement address will be given today by ... difficult done to you, is trying, as hard as you can, to tend toward the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  -assing everything in the name of being productive is so meaningless...so i want to use ... way to doing this! i'm reading Americanah with the goal of fully ... not have time to read at all, i know how inane it is to pursue the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  website.   Q2) What is a Maker Portfolio? A2) We want to see how you ... . That is why the questions are very specific.  Similar to the MIT Application, we ask you the questions we want to know. Imagine that you get into

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  perfection. If you think about it, the CPU inside your computer is basically ... post, it is almost certainly powered by one of the following three ... quickly and reliably over huge distances and are immune to the noise that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  the pertinence of writing to science. The answer was: writing is an ... Institution, but the rest is open to the general public. So, if you knew what ... , and why all of this means that you will be able to get the scientific

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  -day cards signed by all the bloggers. This means that we sat down, faced an ... 350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I, and perhaps some of the other bloggers, took some time to make some

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  ." There are a variety of ways to take these courses. Each of the science ... your choice to form your HASS concentration Unlike the science core, you ... the normal student using 8 terms to get a degree, most take at least one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  according to the MIT course evaluations, Schrock is considered one of the best ... week is routinely characterized by setting my alarm to wake up super early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  during the pauses in my days since getting back to Boston (the river is ... Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  and pursuing them is, again, going to be the best thing for them and ... , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can ... brought to you. And then last thing, and this is the thing that's the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  advise you to find your local EdUSA office and look through the resources they have there. One of the best things about my job is I get to travel ... Boston to Frankfurt, and then Frankfurt to Almaty, the cultural and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015