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  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 ... advising options for freshmen, and it's very easy to get overwhelmed among ... to the person who is supposed to give it to you, even if you spend all

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

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  shape and we could probably go out on submission (send it to publishers ... first round of revisions and sent it back to Penny. When she replied with ... revisited my MG novel again, it wasn’t the story I wanted to tell anymore. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  Charles River. And I can't help but think that it's a beautiful day to bid ... quick exit interview with my professor - and that's it. Done. A beautiful ... maxima culpa! You might say I've been living life too thoroughly to blog it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  ’ll be using infrared data to learn how the Milky Way formed. But before I can do any of that, I need to learn some German. Fulbright agrees, so ... years ago that can improvise music and jam with a live human player…it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  lay in its ability to transport me to another world, another story, and ... personal experience, I can attest to the fact that the faculty members here ... material can be a struggle, but open office hours are a great opportunity to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who ... MIT believe that they can go it alone and be successful here. Even more ... as GPA, class rank. He is quick to shy away from any action that he

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  ="I've chosen to primarily use the simplified in this post because it's the form I ... I spent it at MIT, and partially because I've been trying to avoid ... giving it some thought, I answered: “to make the most of this last year of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  I want to dabble in it. I used to run a YouTube channel dedicated to ... 't quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I've rewritten it so ... stable, obviously voiced a little hesitation. It took me a while to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life ... not being home."]summer[/annotation], and to ask if we can work remotely ... skype and email, and shared our work via google drive. It all worked

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  't sure what method to use, by writing 2 answers on the paper, you actually ... application.' I wonder if MIT can be equally forgiving when it comes to a couple ... optional interview claims to be the part of the admissions step that can help

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  ongoing event in rolling text". Apparently this used to be something that the bloggers used to do more often on MITAdmissions. Essentially, like a ... 59-minute walk according to Google Maps, but 40 minutes at a New York

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  . And though it's hard to put into words, I can only think to label this ... think it's going to be the same, but it's not. And you're going to sit ... into tech when I know it's not what I want to do at the end of the day

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  falling down? It really was sinking into the River Thames, so in 1968, the city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... ,460,000, and the London Bridge was dismantled block by block and moved to remote

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  be a lesson to all of you – use your Google calendars!) and thus missed ... in the past year and a half, I’ve come to realize that it’s truly the ... all the Ivies? Well, for one, CPW. Go to CPW if you get the chance, it

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  something illegal, and also because it's part of the Hacker Code of Ethics to never claim responsibility for hacks. Think about it- it really adds to ... guys; I can only imagine that it's really frustrating and upsetting. Just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  figured I'd blog about how and why we did it. The Idea According to my inbox ...  Elizabeth Choe and current sophomore Loren Sherman to figure out how to do it. At ... August that is so beautiful and soothing I'm going to embed it right here

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  but I have to run off to a meeting... I'll add it later if I can ... requesting to join - it's how Emma and Michael (the admins for the facebook ... are differences to celebrate. (It's the fundamental pulse of the process

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  . And it links it directly to the item that basically controls my life ... number of resources needed to take care of them. The idea behind google ... up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  worked it out such that I'll get a new hard drive mailed to me, completely ... everything else necessary to restore my computer to its original state. Do I ... the "Oh the memories, it went by so fast, if only I had more time" crap

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  that comes with it. It hurts to break myself down—and my past methods ... and gathers as many points as it can before time is up. Coding ... major. “Is getting through this courseroad all going to be worth it? Or am

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022