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• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  have to think about this decision, i'm starting from scratch. i think it ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is ... hard, but you ain't gonna need it. you're not focusing on what matters to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  say. In actuality, it's a tolerable idea up to the fourth floor, at which point it starts to become a pain-in-the-knee idea, progressing to a ... , UROP is a research program at MIT that actually has nothing to do with

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  vanilla nor cream is green, though.” “Are you sure that’s safe to drink? It ... to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  + rights in its advertising. People prefer to buy from companies that align ... choking hazard to young children. Blahaj is a meter long, nearly body pillow ... is always an element of chance to what does and does not go viral, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  -Georges is to French cuisine as Citizen Kane is to American cinema: the darling ... territory of Jean-Georges' seasonal lunch menu is closer to high-end bathroom ... starting at zero is good enough for thermodynamics, it's good enough for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  figure out ways to pay. Is it feasible to work part-time to pay off what ... to talk about more than just The Process. Every college is different, so it's important for you all to take the time to find out what MIT can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week. Maybe you still have seventeen lectures to review and the exam is tomorrow ... yourself. It may seem counterintuitive to take a break from studying

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  factor to MIT’s hardness is its notoriously rigorous schoolwork. I further ... ’s hardness ranged from “quite” to “extraordinarily”; some even described it as ... MIT calls itself an engineering school! Luckily, all that is about to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  I slept. I slept voraciously. I slept with a vigor to make up for ... the Academic Record page for like the n! time, it was a strange feeling to find a semester's worth of rushing over to Building 68 to turn in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  wanted people to discover how cool square dancing is. i wanted to give ... says is that it's sad. maybe i'm old. maybe these things don't feel as ... , whether it's writing blog posts or talking to friends or walking outside

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  ’t worn this shirt too much since freshman year, but it is still nice to ... love to wear it very often. I don’t have much else that is Black and Blue ... sophomores, and I would say a decent share of our class is a part of it. Think

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  Salem. Linh ’13 is sitting next to me sleeping, her right hand holding on ... shelf above our seats, but I didn’t think I was strong enough to lift it ... look in the mirror and see a face that’s much darker than it usually is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  me, you need to know that my definition of LΔ is the following: (L ... the freshman application process. What is an LΔ? It is all of the ... because it allows me to view the student in a more appropriate context that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  where I’m from, all I’m allowed to say is “I used to live in Simmons ... ’re moving locations, so I’ve got to get going; the clock is ticking. Wish me ... soon), but right now I’m coming to you LIVE from from Tetazoo’s freshman

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  where we want to be. R: Which is? Where do you want to be? B: Taking it a ... distracted and needing to walk around or check social media. part of it was ... idea of what i wanted to learn or focus on, and part of it was me

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do things, it's to make sure that things get done." i've learned that it doesn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  questions for me. Is it hard to study at MIT? How did you get into MIT? What ... stayed close to its Kazakh roots. The bell that sounded the end of each ... it came to foreign language, I felt like 2-4 years wasn’t enough to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ” for effort! A smiley sticker chart? Or is it a Downward Logarithmic Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... course, the grade changes to I/X, where X is the official grade which

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  just starting to study and trying to do well, I immediately decided it ... exams have to pass an undecided "exam average". I assumed the worst it ... classes, so I aptly decided it was time to begin the cram for 8.01. The

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024