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• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  hairline fractures that race across your windshield when it gets struck by a ... , fast and far, instead of sticking around to fight. After an exhaustion ... -rolled by the 20.110 exam. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Then fast forward one week

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  each compete in a fast-paced game. This year the game involved scoring in ... competition (showing your team colors is an important part of FIRST): This is ... was a lot more reserved as usual. You want to make sure you're not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  halls. All the Boston restaurants that aren't fast food are soooo ... guilty no matter how little or big the purchase. Still, if you're able to ... semester, as long as you're smart with the money you earned. Also, students

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  walk as fast as I can, my feet barely grazing every second stair. The ... shout "On your left!" or "On your right!" and I will never be able to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  There are some things that only make sense to you once you're living ... ' tv show record scratch* OK, so you're probably wondering how I got here ... me to Boston?" "Haha, yeah, you could totally do that!" Fast forward 6

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  end up leaving MIT, but instead ran this program for a while. Fast ... Hall. 2. Who is your blogspiration? Sam M. '07 wrote one of my favorite ... steak sauces. What is your secret, Country Bob?? #NotSponsored #IReally

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  a couple of online tutorials, and then pick something off your desk ... we really know how, Unified forces us to learn fast and ask for lots of ... in the kitchen. Glue your fingers together. Launch a haywire rocket.

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  about MIT policies, IT debacles, and a bunch of other stuff. If you're in ... install one of these things at an Internet Service Provider, FastNet, in ... a lot less setup time. It was certainly helpful. You're probably

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  Fast Food Cooking for yourself (*gasp*) Dumpsters, free food mailing ... had equilibrated. At least freshman year, your dining options are ... , slouched in the corner of Howard Dining Hall with a melancholy look on your

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  while you’re on a plane, yet so fast when you’re taking a final exam and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  , it's very much true. At MIT, the courses are not just fast-paced; they ... , hang on to the handlebars, and meet the blast of wind in your face head ... class, and tardiness+absences will kill your grade) 10:47 Am: Gets ready

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  you're reading this...you're a lifesaver. But you knew that already ... . When you think that emotionally, or mentally, or even physically, you're running on empty, you can run on intensity alone. Maybe not as fast as you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  way, we stopped at The Wrap, a local Boston fast food chain which give ... enlightening, than a Clay Aiken concert would be. You're not allowed to take ... you're not allowed to photograph the interior of a Starbucks for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  like the world is your oyster. If you’re willing to put yourself out ... . Fast forward a few months. And here I am now. On my fourth week at UTSW ... , working in a wet-lab means you work on your experiments’ schedules, not your

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  , fast processor, colorful. I'm totally going to have the most stylish ... , Indian, or Thai food before I got to MIT. (Come to MIT! Expand your ... should abandon science... if your soul isn't flooded with the emotion of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  every roulette wheel spin is INDEPENDENT, your chances of hitting 28 are ... hit." The first law is true, the second is a construct of your imagination. How this relates to admissions: Some kid says, "I saw that your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  quite sure why. It can be 6:01, and I'm like well, you clearly missed your ... swipes and send out an email with a sheet to put your name if you wished to go. These forms filled out lightning fast, so you needed fast fingers

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  you may undergo a process of re-adjustment in your place of origin ... move last minute on Labor Day. Classes started out fast, but I managed ... everything is thrown at you at once, even if you're intentionally about finding

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  immediately to your left, and go-go curry straight ahead. all around are tv ... curry and donkatsu fills your nose and you smile. are you going to get donkatsu today? nope. you've decided to give all the ramen places you're

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  MIT is like that—the journey is long, and it's not about going as fast ... building up the stamina and mental capacity and just plodding your way down ... that the walk taught me the importance of "knowing your limits" and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023