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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  and the scores won’t change. 2) They will most likely not be the factor ... ’s pretty irrational - computers are meant to be used, aren’t they. But still ... install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  papers and remember I'm not supposed to simply be reading these papers, but ... myself that a conclusion should not be a reiteration of the ideas we ... Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  right.—A year ago I moved to the US to study at MIT, and decided not to ... . [/annotation]It can be easier to just listen to your gut and do the safe thing ... while being forced to face the consequences is a big part of becoming an

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  myself on the ground floor of the building, pretending to be lost in the ... would be a good time to listen to that advice. somehow, i’m not sure if i ... not to because i had to put my needs first—should i feel guilty? the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  hands and feet to get up not-that-cold vertical stuff. The gist of it is ... , trying to manage your temperature, and that ice is not just ice the world ... . Looked like we were going to be in for quite a bit colder than the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  , and feeling all right about it because I only had to be somewhere in the ... , but, you know, I still manage to be a part of the discussions just fine ... college is not my entire life, and I am unwilling to let it be. I think that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  white foam appears anyway. I'd be willing to bet that the type of water ... you may not to get exactly the position you want, but you should be able ... due to proteins and oils sloughed off the skin of the people on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  much like being visited by a fae.) It was too late to add the class at ... want to see is something like a person falling through the floor (via ... tour of the lab with all the equipment. (I must add that I did not know

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to ... story: it's likely that most people on the waitlist will not be ... many students will attend this year. To help with the uncertainties, we

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  you who might want to be bloggers to share your thoughts with the world! What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? The best representatives ... the blogs is to allow our bloggers to communicate what being a student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  the humanities here at MIT? Do you want to be profiled here? Does your ... accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT ... ! - recommended: right-click+save as on the link to download the file and listen on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  In Real Life Matt and I are in the process of putting together a "Meet The Bloggers" party.…

  

  For those of you who will be attending CPW, Matt and I are in the ... description I just submitted to the events crew: You've spent the last 6 months getting to know the admissions "bloggers" online. Come meet Matt, Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  digital format. It also records whatever is being said and maps it to the ... the end, it just wasn't meant to be, the graphics cards weren't powerful enough, but I still mourned the loss of being able to take notes on a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  to the other 88% - have faith that you will find a wonderful place and ... later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  that I've picked up on that I realize are not quite the norm. Being home ... upperclassmen and they give you the latest tips and tricks on how to not die at ... ! And no, the building numbers do not correspond to majors. I have not yet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  ",[/annotation] but for the purposes of this blog, I will not be worrying about this ... into why the hell I'm [annotation note="alas it isn't just to cause an ... hell it means to "be a mathematician". I felt like this would be the only

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  their right hand over the heart region and appear to be pledging ... of picture represents the inner desire to be a superhero within all MIT ... contact between their rings, at which point Zan (the male) would be able to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  phones of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center by 0615; just in time to catch ... Eastern Europeans to the MIT Global Startup Workshop conference, I hopped back on my bike and headed to the Navy ROTC building. During IAP, I am

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  had always been the bane of my existence, and not being able to ... high school was competitive to the point of being toxic, and that it ... be fun. Not to say grade school wasn’t fun, but I felt like I was

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  . MIT pays for college cards, so basically anybody willing to brave the ... Stoots. Be sure to hire him for your next major concert. I try not to endorse ... vicinity of 66 just because why would such totally random number not be right

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005