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  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  control can make getting out of bed to complete your final really hard, or ... ) option, that just involves a [annotation note="as much planning as you can ... class of choice, you can get that final excused, whether it’s a paper or a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  in Ethiopia in 2016. (You can get the full story in those two blog ... included) need oxygen, and you can’t find much oxygen as you progress lower ... the reason I had so much passion for this project. You can also see

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  spot of joy in an otherwise dark winter. As much as I want to, I don ... 4 PM and stayed until 2 or 3 AM. To be clear, I spent this much time ... middle of a semester can be hard, sometimes, due to scheduling and school

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  from when I've last seen her. "Talk to your grandma as much as you can ... hazing new pledges peldges (aka new members), so much so that peldges are ... restrictions made getting a visa impossible until now. With rising political

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  Office of the First Year, where you can learn (among other things) about ... 's "REX", or Residence Exploration, put on by students, where you can play D ... !"]sophomore[/annotation]and as I drive to MIT for Year 2 (I'm writing this in the car :D), I can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
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  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  can just pretend it never happened. There's so much more I've designed ... ’s blocky and my brain grasps it. I can also create reasonable pixel art if I ... E degree. It’s something I can do, mindlessly, while watching TV or

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  . 9) Be yourself as much as you can. It's exhausting to try and maintain ... cook some quick, simple meals because ordering takeout can get expensive ... , and it can feel overwhelming. Call or write someone you care about; they

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  that he didn't get those two scores together -- the time he got a 710 in ... , pictures of rockets on the wall -- and I can't imagine he hadn't dreamed of ... requires passion, and, luckily, you get to define passion on your own terms.

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  can totally screw up an interview weekend by getting wasted the night ... want to Do The Thing and to convince others you can Do The Thing (MIT ... life. Some people go to grad school just because they can, or because it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
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  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  East Coast a bit... unfriendly?" Now, to be fair, I still can't answer that question entirely. Most MIT students don't leave campus much. There are so many awesome people to meet and activities to try (and so much

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  ’s great if you can somehow avoid getting sick in the first place, but if you ... 't have a hot car and a hot house and get out looking crazy.” I can think of ... understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  Nearly nine months after getting into MIT, one question I continue to ask myself is "am I in the right place?" How do we know when we get ... natural, where you can focus your efforts on achieving instead of diverting

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
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  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  is how much we rely on each other, and how much we can rely on each ... ) rainy today, instead of going outside to get from one parallel to the ... , hopelessly confused, and I can (sometimes) instantly recognize their problem

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your ... really engaged in my education during high school. Yet you get to college ... simple path from A to B, from course 5 to course 9, but I don't think I can

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  just wanted to let you know that you can have a lot of fun and still get ... , things have been crazy busy. (Perhaps at some point, I'll eventually get to ... . COME VISIT US BENNO!) You can just check out the link above, or read

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
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  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  as much as those solos, as illustrated in the following table. Here ... ; they suggested naming the band "The Band Of People Who Can't Play Solos" in my ... lift my instrument up. Blow. Nothing would come out. Panic. Shake. Get a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
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  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack ... There is much hullabaloo around campus here lately as everyone is ... section. I didn't have much hope for my cause, as it was explicitly stated

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
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  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  laundry, and this helps you get back to a place where you can work on ... life you forget to do these things, and how much they can affect your ... (also not true) and I just can’t even think back to the feeling of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
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  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  I love getting mail. Actual mail, that is: packages and postcards and ... show my friend, who knew how much I adored that book, and with what ... William an e-mail saying how much you liked the book, and he said - hey, why

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I ... chairs and stable desks nobody gets annoyed if I talk while working with someone comfy seats next to a table so I can sit cross-legged I don

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023