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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  , "Cool, you guys actually get to use index cards and reference sheets. But ... sheet or a textbook isn't going to help you much, since tests are timed ... , at least.) So, yes, textbooks help, but no, you're not going to get an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  first week and I couldn't do much since I haven't had animal safety ... most of the time, but the bright spot is that I get to see cool people at ... articles. You'll just have to wait until the magazine gets published to hear

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  you can read below: With passion for both English and mathematics, I ... identity. In addition, I want to study the roles writing can play outside of literature and learn how I can meld my interests to do something that will make

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  ubiquitous this year, the dorm dining halls will have all-you-can-eat meals ... ). Sophomores can either sign up for that plan or the 12-meal-per-week ($3,400/year), while junior and seniors can sign up for the freshman or sophomore

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  meat processing factory. Unable to make human contact by phone, much like ... warmth. American Airlines, you can take away the sweetness of my freedom to travel, but you can't take away the sweetness of cookies, which contain

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  quads into quints wouldn't create all that much more space. The MIT ... upperclassmen) can have singles if they want them -- a high proportion of our dorm ... schools which can expand in all directions. We're already reaching a point

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  place, it's yours, and you are part of it, and can feel it pulse with life ... worn beauty of the halls. Even between West or East Campus dorms, I can ... urban-ghetto texture of any of the dorms - this is a place you can imagine

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ’t actually like those foods that much (oops 🫣), I'm very happy that the rest ... there’s a [annotation note="For a $50 annual student membership, you can ... grocery shopping–Trader Joe’s part 2–the much larger and better stocked

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  (after writing) to step away from your essays. You can’t do this if you ... subconsciously process whatever you’re writing about. This can help you be more ... face, it might not be the best thing to write about. Introspection can

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  grade. There’s a tree so gnarled and bent that even little kids can climb ... me over Zoom about their wild college days. I can’t wait to see them in ... university. Now we can tear up the town in my orange minivan, but we still

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  maybe some engineering problems). While I can’t say that I’ve personally ... always on the move, always trying to figure out where the next place I can ... ) teaches so many things that you can never learn in school, even at a place

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because ... encounter situations where crisp, compelling writing can express your feelings ... , always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  homework gets done, not exactly fun, and you accept that you are still alive ... !* So I get to class on Tuesday and see this: "Interesting, that should ... can discharge it by connecting the inner ring to the outer ring. Our

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  . So what's been up with me? I passed my finals, and I can even tell all ... on the 14th. Woo! I can be tried as an adult now! Anyway, I've been ... temporary room. Don't get too comfortable in your temp room; you'll almost

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  , but it turned out to be something much more insidious since her ... to come even harder, but reminding myself how much pain she was in ... nauseating. seeing my mom's desperate attempts to get her to eat didn't help

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  decided that I wanted to get on the road. I’d forgotten the joy of pan ... at first to step on plants so much, until I realized they would be okay ... ’d spotted on the map. I decided to shoot for it, telling myself not to get my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  've developed a much better grasp on what economics actually is and what sorts of ... classes took attendance and because i'm getting better and better at ... extraordinarily rough for me, and at the beginning of this semester, i spent so much

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  , but for the most part, you can just imagine it as a bunch of people ... kinds of books are the ones that are character driven -- there can be ... 't commit to the story and the characters. They would giggle or laugh or get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  manageable pieces.  Our first assignment is to build a "Mini Me" robot that can ... gripper, ascending the top hill is trivial.  But what about getting down ... to claim "ownership" of ideas. As you can see from the propagation of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  (whose number I still can't remember), a monthly metro pass, my own desk at ... who I knew was getting to Madrid the same day as me to start her job ... tourist advice. Say you're out in an unfamiliar city, and you're getting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008