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  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It’s ... talked to me throughout so that I was distracted, they said. It’s not that bad. Well, it really wasn’t. During my lunch break, I went to Walker

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

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  sort as a high schooler, it's kind of crazy to be fiercely passionate ... suited to an online platform, so it's a great means of bringing students ... /lectures we have planned and know that I'm going to learn a lot through it! Work

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Edgerton Center staff. If you want to use the Edgerton Center, you can sign ... guarantee you can find access to some awesome power tools to get it done ... there lots of CNCs? Is it okay to use the shop in the wee hours of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  for a few seconds, as if to convince me it was real, and not a spark of ... , it introduced me to astrophysics, a field I adore and that I’ve been ... independence, responsibility, and skill needed to thrive in a place as fast

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  ready to give it his all so he can pursue a career in robotics. Studying ... dozen Boston Latin School graduates each year head to Harvard. "It would ... material - not just getting the right answer, but understanding how to do it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  formed the modern MIT education. And that's what it uses to explain what ... very long time. It will be unsurprising to longtime readers, therefore, that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  . Apparently you can add it to lots of other things too. Was it good? Yes ... . Was that the right ratio? Who knows, but it was convenient to use the ... . Some other ideas: You can cook your rice in broth. It doesn't have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  . It's also considerably louder than I'm used to. I've been hiding ... allowed us to use shortcuts as long as we wrote a proof and taught it to the ... "smart" and it would be a pity if I didn't get to use my brain as much as I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  and it makes coming to practice each day something I look forward to ... -athlete: “Being a student athlete at MIT is definitely worthwhile. It’s nice to be ... can talk to for help.” Squash student-athlete: “Being a student athlete

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  supplies. Kirsten plans to major in 2 and 20 to make robots that can gently ... ;   She can move her ears independently of the other and she ... front of him sang the song he was going to sing (he didn't make it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  taking it in high school, and always supported me in my endeavors to be ... you <3 <3 In addition to honoring my own mother, I thought it ... gets, I can always go home on breaks to an amazing meal cooked by my mom

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... an online drop request to your advisor, your advisor approves it on their end, and then you submit the final changes to the registrar. It isn

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  lots of ceebujen (fish and rice). And I got to film it all happening ... any musical background whatsoever to start playing with the group - it ... end this blog entry without using "check it out," but you should

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... , so I wouldn’t have to go up to strangers and say, “Hey are you the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  're going to try to premiere it at this week's men's ice hockey game and, if ... you get here, since it's sure to be legendary by the time you get here for orientation: You're supposed to read it in four rhyming lines, like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Even if you want to boil water really quickly, don ... their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass... and that is not trivial." According to Ben, it's got some factual errors

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  to bounce off ideas and formulate a method to approach your question ... to MIT? A: As cliché as it sounds, follow your passions and seek ... ’re immersed in. It will broaden your thinking and give you something unique to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  ("having lots of work to do", "sympathy for peers who can't go to some fun ... planets. Kind of cool, really. You can go to a different living group and ... I hear Early Action decisions went out. Congrats to those of you who

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... with. The traits that make you whole. Does that sound scary? To me it ... confident. Use the active voice. Avoid “I think” and “I believe.” Don’t try to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  , that we use our creativity. I thought it would be cool to have a sky ... "advising seminar." (There also used to be RBA/residence-based advising, where ... someone to talk to if something went wrong. So far, I am LOVING it. You

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018