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  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  are where it's at. Also, it's really, really tough to get a C in a HASS ... archives to produce a strew of incisively insightful oldies for your perusal ... deadline, take the whole summer to figure out your courseload, then waltz in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
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  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  could go to a party and dance until two in the morning. Or we could go on a road trip, and I'll try my best not to get motion sick. We can sit ... can go to a library and get one of the rooms. And we'll talk, quietly

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  pursuing a career in writing or the media industry. I'm hoping to interview ... to have another reason to visit.   Every Thursday I have a check-in ... based in LA (so many Google Hangouts!) and to have my opinion valued even

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
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  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  classmates is a good place to start. Staying in your comfort zone is easy, but ... ’ll never get anywhere. Just accept that you’re going to be in many pictures ... every once in a while. Get a foam pad for your mattress. It makes a world

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  so much =p, and you have to narrow your list down after you get the ... often, I notice students get caught in a rut when they're writing the ... essay - you're trying to convey a slice of your life, and thus you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... nicely when he said you don't have to build, say, a nuclear reactor to get ... 's kind of a big deal. To illustrate that, I invite you to go to Google and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
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  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  know what you’re doing this summer? Do you still plan to live in EC in ... realized that I would never again get a chance to show all of you my room, so ... packing. I’ve gotten used to having to move in short notice that I don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
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  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  —but in the 1920s, credit was given to the Dorm Goblin, who acted as a ... its subterranean hideaway “without a scratch on it, while in getting it ... culture had developed into a plan to concentrate the best upcoming minds in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a ... , being able to just switch your brain on for a few minutes and crank out ... pull off the kinds of academic feats you're used to. Working full-tilt in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
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  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively ... Journal communities. I get dressed in my MIT Cheer shirt with a really cheerleadery ... Christine Walley to get my HASS concentration form filled out. You're supposed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
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  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I ... is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  and to die. “And you will have a window in your head. Not even your ... -goals-desires-hopes-dreams are going to be in a lot of flux. Your college years will be ... listing (a lovely modern apartment in Reykjavik) to get a better sense for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  two years, I faced a number of questions. This was due in part to my ... around in an oversized fish tank: ‘I can’t wait to get out here.’ When the ... back home to Georgia, a short trip to Iceland (don’t ask), and a cross

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
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  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  content), I finally get around to completing it. With everything in place in ... pleasure of spending a Monday night or Thursday night in the newspaper ... for quite some time, so people know when to show up in the office, no

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  for referring  to other bloggers in a blog post)), getting dressed for a ... it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few ... each other. I finally discovered my passion in life, and now I get to put

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
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  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  University, to name a few. To get from Cambridge to [annotation note ... Boston from the inside of a train car, suitcase in hand as I returned to ... that makes you feel as if you’re crossing into a new fantasyland in the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately ... thinking that you're writing a report I would like to share with you an ... yourself to stop the urge to write your results down and get the report over

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
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  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  : general requirements that undergraduates need to get a degree. Schools and ... programme in this front page, yet later in the catalog we get the spelling ... German". In particular, all undergraduates needed to present a thesis of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  hearts, and we are envious of the institutions that get to be a part of ... courage. In sharing your stories, you’ve taken a risk; you’ve opened your ... I have a lot of feelings. It doesn’t take much to make me cry

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
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  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  in the world once you get to know us." Well, it's true. Or at least ... said that this is to encourage students to attend classes and get a feel ... , ate supper with me in Lobdell, and took me to a couple of parties that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021