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

  

  each pixel? There is such a joy in eyeballing where things should be ... before turned morning of), a problem could always be attempted and partial credit could always be earned for effort, synthesis of ideas, and correct

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  had to come to terms with not being a whale any more. This is a ... ’s for. It must be something very important because there certainly seems to be a hell of a lot of it. Hey! What’s this thing? This . . . let

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  hanging around quivering in fear and hoping not to be left behind. It was ... visions in my head of what “the return” would be like. A chance to be ... over us like a palpable shroud. I was already dangerously close to being

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  starting line of the Boston Marathon. The ground will be cold, and probably muddy, which is why I'll be wearing the sweatpants — the ones I'll only ... . Behind the volunteer, there will be big piles of big bags of these clothes

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

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  , and being a person who loves taking photos, MIThenge was one of those ... ...and then commented on how late it was to be sending him an email. So after ... on campus, all the U's are spelled with V's since they are meant to be

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  for Anime Music Video), pretending to be Pokemon trainers and biking ... , a relic of who I used to be. I’ve been scraping through these old ... summer, lying about being under 13, after spending a few days at West Point

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  primary art form of our generation. The bezel would not be complete without ... be part of our class’s Ring Comm!! I remember that when I got the phone ... , because we were warned that Ring Comm would be extremely time consuming

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... .004 exam that i am so, so not prepared for that i really shouldn’t be writing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  . cruft (n.) - (1) Old, mostly-useless junk. Being able to take cruft and ... of January at MIT, and one of the best times to be on campus. IHTFP ... , 10, 4, 8 (east). At one point believed to be the longest contiguous

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  strange to me. But being able to walk to work, and pass restaurants and ... , however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For ... being “affordable” per se.']Whole Foods.[/annotation] Cheaper options in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  you, it has been too. The MIT application can be very daunting and, if ... being foolish. Noone from my entire county goes to MIT, especially not ... 'm going to do. I'm still undecided being an engineer or a businessman. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  engineering can be colorful: ^from 2.008 Design and Manufacturing II.  I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  . Without further ado, prepare to be rendered speechless:

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  follows me everywhere. It’s pretty. It’s light. It might even be beautiful ... than that it’s great. I like being able to switch between the Unix ... tripping up the stairs would be if you lost your laptop, and not just your

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  student (they tend to be about how neat trees look right after rain in the ... ask, does a fluorescent light need to be controlled? You have likely ... through the bulb, it needs to be able to jump from one atom of metal to the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  here. The powers that be over there liked this post so much that it ... of MIT culture, and those are what you should be demonstrating, but ... have to be creative. There are a lot of ways to show your creativity in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  'll be sad.) Since the stated purpose of the blogs is to introduce ... she'll be right down to class. (I think perhaps she thinks I'm a little ... was looking for criticisms, as the paper is due to be published soon

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  finding place

  

  being frosh (first sem is hard!) and a challenging math class. So I spent ... and a huge campus. You need to be more intentional, unless they ... called me out and said man, you need to be careful because last semester

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence ... be by an MIT student, and as much as possible get a different artist ... 't be too hard, right? Not only did I want a different artist for each

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  ? There surely has to be some foil to show how deeply enamored we are with ... some design inspiration from that. Since I didn’t want Harvard to be the ... ’ll be an hour late, we can finish what we have right now.” We went back

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023