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  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  making culture to its abundant opportunities, I knew it would be the right ... miss the freedom to be anywhere in town I want in 10 minutes or less by ... driving, but I think there's something about being close to the street in a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  blog will have to be the outlet of my ramblings till then =p Just like ... introduction to each dorm) today and will be sent out with the May Next Big ... " entry - I just got confirmed to be in San Francisco this summer from the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  with the caveat that memories are believed to be strongly modified by ... everyone always come to you for help, expect the best from you, etc ... is to say, my high school journal) wherever possible. This might be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  arrived at MIT with the raw materials I needed to be an adult -- maturity ... I was probably one of the youngest people ever to read the blogs. I ... newspaper. Sam and Mitra and Mollie, the earliest bloggers, were MIT to me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  , dorm residents would be fined if they so much as stuck a tack in the wall ... , my boyfriend’s* mom had a bit to say about the colorfully painted walls ... to appreciate if you live here. But painting individual rooms is a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  flying east as I stared north at the city I now call home, and the Charles ... moment to notice the Green Building, standing taller than any other ... saw the entire campus, from west to east, east to west, and all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  the people I've met at MIT. What if I'd gone to another college with an ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying ... if you aren't also enjoying your work. Look. If you're smart (you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made ... .” (It turned out we had to make a pros and cons list with the two halves ... GPA in high school to be admitted into MIT (as well as some other

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  be for thrashing about even more, trying to consolidate the least awful ... thought I just wasn't tough enough to handle MIT? Turns out I was sick the ... not be here were it not for the blogs. They're what convinced me to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  a student was unable to complete a course by the end of the semester ... opportunity to turn in late work by an assigned date. Upon completion of the course, the grade changes to I/X, where X is the official grade which

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  . Whether that be going to the gym, painting, guitar, basketball, it is always ... 't be left in the dust if I have difficulty understanding a concept ... think you're ready/can handle it/the class poses no real benefit to you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  the person I want to be. The biggest risk I took...was moving to San ... closure with the past and finding it within myself to be kind. The biggest ... semester. I didn't realize I could grow to be so peaceful, or to look at the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... , rather than the full text. Beyond that, it can be tricky to recognize what ... what the club actually does) UROPs (to try different areas of research

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  advice would be to defer judgment, if possible. If you have a serviceable ... priced machine that you would be ok replacing in 2-3 years if you need to ... indestructible, and according to the Internet a solid development machine. It had

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  gaining the skills to be hired in that job at the bachelor's level. If you ... to try for grad school again at some point in the future it'll be good ... there, but consider Dorm Rush (REX), not the summer, to be the time when

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  grade school doesn't really deserve to be called "math." It ... need to be considered are very general. To handle them, mathematicians ... As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  _hidden]what do i love about you? you’re so brilliant the sun might be jealous you ... —distance makes the heart grow fonder[/visually_hidden] [visually ... follow you i wish i knew your name but for now i’ll call you by your

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  was to wear heels in the snow, as if we were all wearing heels. (NOTE: I ... it. On the way, Hawkins '12 thought it would be a good idea to dare ... quarter of the superbowl (which, if you missed it, is how the game should be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  sad to think that, if i added all the stress i feel right now to the ... i guess this would usually be the time of year that there’d be blog ... of you are doing amidst all the chaos. maybe some of you won’t be going

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  appears to be banging its head into its textbook in despair!"), but the ... the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... .03/Differential Equations instructor Arthur Mattuck's addition to the 0x10

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007