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  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I ever pset-partied in} The hardest thing you will do in college is ... you will do in college is do too much. Try it. On the 1st week, you only ... . Working too much is easier than working too little. Takes the pressure off

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  , catch up with mates, go out on friday/saturday nights, or is the lifestyle mainly academia orientated?" Now, the short answer to this question is yes ... describing what the group is about. Different dorms are very different, and it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  shelf.* This is a wonderful book - it captures the lifestyle perfectly. Me ... , at least the ones you come across, which admittedly is a self ... ’s not as if it’s his first book and he is dying to have an undergraduate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
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  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  called “Minute Math”. Some of the strongest memories of my childhood is ... . and. a. half. years I have not given myself compassion. With the help ... own, it means four hours. Not the time that I hoped for, not at the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  ground is not. When you run the Boston Marathon, you are assigned to a ... muddy, which is why I'll be wearing the sweatpants — the ones I'll only ... four and five hours after I begin. This is the third year I have run the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  using the agenda). Each Sunday is marked with a gray vertical line. I ...  what I really got out of all of the confusion. High school is what you make of it ... is to stay indoors nearly all the time; how lonely it is to barely see

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  complete my distribution. The first assignment is called "Critter": the goal ... ! Though they are far enough away to not feel the effects of flowing lava ... ?). The smog is believed to have been caused by the volcanic event, but has

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  to live, and is currently one of the oldest and proudest residents of ... negligence w/r/t basic testing, not to mention the logistical curdles posed by ... from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  One of MIT's oldest student groups is the Assassins Guild. We're the ... desert storm. And one of the Guild's oldest traditions is the ten-day game ... 2008 and in 2009. In fact, that 2009 post is from Paul B. '11, one of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  cortex, which is implicated in the processing of not “trying harder” but ... There is empirical evidence to support the idea that males have a ... -geared tests have significantly shrunk in the past few decades, which is

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  where you go to college is ultimately not the most important thing in your ... college. Try not to become nocturnal, despite The Blogfather’s advice. You ... practice exams—the emergency brain kicks in when the exam is right in front

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  blogosphere. The MIT+K12 Videos Program is managed (and executive produced) by ... , they developed some digital media literacy – what I would argue is the ... is part of why my vlogging experiment for the Admissions Blogs is so

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
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  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  (the Julian calendar is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar), which means it is customary to make wishes and toasts. I toast the adventures you’ve had; on the other hand my wish for you is that through storms and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  working harder for the sake of it seemed stupid (and I still agree it is ... Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  Chinese-language post not mentioned here. The content is a bit different for ... are Habesha”. “Habesha” is a term that refers to the ethnic group of ... 在这里可以看中文版。 Note: This is a loose translation. Since of course I am

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  reasons. Perhaps the biggest one is the fear that it’s not what I actually ... half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could ... opening line. Life is not one decision that you can never come back from. I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
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  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  ’s got instincts akin to that of an experienced hunter. Harley is also the ... side. The entire digestive system is around three times the length of the ... other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  talked about extensively on the blogs. Burton-Conner is known for being ... opt to cook for themselves and the drop off in who uses meal plans is so ... , New Vassar, the swing dorm, is a meal plan dorm. Also, BC was a Tier 2

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  reflect. This year is not only the blogs' 10th birthday, but also the 10th ... specific knowledge and technical skills and tasks. The real world is not so ... -10 years (not yet). I had no idea that I would bike halfway across the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  last semester to not be about me, the more i was able to do. so in no ... i never really had senioritis in high school—it was probably the ... off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015