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• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  time can lead to frozen pipes. Don't eat in your room – Snacks might be ... when you're hungry, it can be irritating to smell hours later. Take out the trash / do your laundry / vacuum your room – Eliminate potential

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  deadline to remove from your transcript any class in which you were currently ... .[annotation note="This is a joke. Please don't do this."]Drop all your classes ... money. If you drop any later the class will show up on your transcript as

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  information by clicking on each node, such as your interactions with the given ... different settings), make sure to log in with either your Gmail, Yahoo, or MS ... giving the Media Lab access to your email metadata. Some people care about

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  ’s making mistakes and learning from them (aka don’t put lecture notes in your mac, the staple will destroy your screen). It’s realizing there is so ... are your second family. It’s random conversations that happen in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  you change your major, how is cooking for yourself, do we hate Harvard ... , in a way meet your classmates. Everyone that is accepted early is on ... it would be like to be with all of your classmates. Think of it as the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to procrastinate an assignment that you organize your life, clean your room, get a job, exercise, drink 8 cups of water, consult your doctor, and resurrect

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  Internet rather than on your personal computer. Think "Dropbox" and even ... office computer, bring all of your files down to it, do what you needed to ... similar to cloud computing? Think of your laptop. How many hours a day do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  've reproduced the announcement below. If you're an American computer science or math teachers, you should consider signing up; if you're a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science teacher and suggest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  both great for finding UROP/MEng advisors as well as getting your name out there if you're considering grad school. The third opportunity is ... ] as part of your protocol? Presenter: Yea, that was a bullet on my last

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  question (thanks, Snively), "If your name was a unit of measurement, what ... bringing someone back to your room/apartment/whatever; "That's so Middleditch ... 's sort of a measurement of how much your behavior mimics his life, which

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  physical sketching something out and labeling it with your own handwriting and adding your own signature to the bottom and carefully putting the ... reason I get an inordinate amount of pleasure from it. If you're a Redditor

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  when you're done, you realize, that whatever you've prioritized in your life, none of that is more important than your health. I also hope you ... apps to read - so do me a favor. Be yourself. I don't want to read your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  . Starting from transistors you move your way up digital logic and at the end of the class have your own virtual 32bit processor. And with the class ... freshman with a credit cap) but you do all the work of your 12 unit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  think that I am, all y'all prefrosh are starting your summer internships ... months. Yay!!! Either that or you're gearing up and anxiously awaiting the ... YOUR help. Our shows take about $200k to build through to completion and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  otherwise corroborated by outside sources. You say you're an excellent ... your transcript and test scores. You say you're a leader in your school community. We say great! What do your teachers and school counselors have to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  was a struggle, and my mind juggled with constant reminders: Place your feet properly! Lift with your legs, not your back! Pull the trigger! Don't let the wheels drop! Communicate with your partner! Ahhh, brain

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  - cover your head (tons of heat escapes off your scalp); clog your collar (ditto for your core); and cotton kills (NEVER wear cotton in the cold ... exciting, but if you're from the lower latitudes or an international student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  Friday! Pretty exciting stuff. Regardless of your political views, I think ... collecting or confirming your contact info, it let's us know who you are and ... gauge your level of interest when deciding whom to admit. But for MIT

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card, and I'll add you to the post. :) It's kind of a fun way to meet your ... send me your pictures and I'll keep adding them to the post! Happy

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  last day to drop classes and have them disappear from your transcript ... of songs and have them sung to your sweet heart/friend/sorority sister ... Logarhythms" and you can lose a few hours of your life. So in the middle of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009