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  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  walking later," to my second-grade phase of "Why learn to tie my shoes now ... 'LL NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN." It hasn't worked so far - Thursday was the day ... . Trek out to the suite kitchen to begin problem set, hoping to get about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  world and about what I wanted to contribute to it. Much of the time I am ... large part, enabled the blogs to become the epicenter of the online ... to cure cancer / creating the renewable energy systems of the future

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ny5tMsxrs After we finished the movie, a friend of ours came to the ... to come—I was just beginning to pick up the pieces of my life, and I ... film making is one of the hardest things you can do, even when you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  of your childhood before you have to buy your own groceries (the rest ... school, to de-stress and distract you: A City on the Edge of Forever ... like. I cried. I ate an entire box of mandarin oranges. I arranged the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  't claim it to be indicative of that of the rest of my classmates, but she ... down the Infinite Corridor and just smile to myself, in awe of everything ... became easier to lose sight of this the further I got into my studies. I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  . Nikayah also spoke to faculty such as Dean DiOnetta Crayton, Director of the ... -wide chapter is the lack of housing options. It’s difficult to find a place where ... dear to all of them are the many traditions of their organizations. While

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  going to be different than the myriad of other competing essays? Too ... something to think about (doesn't have to be in the form of a direct question) or a tie-back to your beginning narrative (the second part of the story

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  to have to face every second of every day until the day comes that ... were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with

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

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  . Place the bacon in the bottom of a large pot to begin cooking. Original ... teaspoon each (or to taste). Boil for an hour or until the leaves are of ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  possible persons he wanted to be.   Wikimedia image(s) of Janus, the ... wanted parts of both options and all of neither. In the end, I went to talk to one of my favorite high school teachers who had graduated from the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  to make a graph of the number of credit-hours of class I've taken per ... would, I decided to use these results to predict the number of units I ... 'm headed to UC Berkeley for grad school. Of course, the data also predicts

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  lecture and went to the library for 3 hours I could read the chapter out of ... important at MIT and a lot of students here struggle with it. The only way to ... they get here, and I like sharing with everybody the types of things I do

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... to the concept of fairness, and enrolling the desired class.  Chris

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  15% of the time as opposed to the current....50%? 'Cause as useful as ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to throw myself from high places with just a piece of plastic attached to my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  to tap into the knowledge/expertise/enthusiasm of MIT students and make ... : what happens to your teeth when you get braces) with Andrea, one of the ... there to help out with whatever the most urgent needs of the production

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  , though, I generally know the number of the building that I happen to be ... of cases, be willing to help you learn. Sidequest 8: Survive the ... reasons it’s one of the best colleges out there. However, to go back to the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  her, he urged us all to think of what the mother wants. "When we ... quickly fell to the wayside when I realized the department of aeronautics ... senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  historical integrity of the piece, you’ll have to reload the page if you want ... Electronics literally I just had to submit a raw video of the thing working, but ... both going to his home, where we watched like every episode of The Office

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  came to understand the satisfaction of peeling open a horse chestnut, I ... international students. Near the end, someone asked: "Can you give an example of something international students have done in the past to make them qualified

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  ! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to ... )?  Really?  You also wouldn't have to sacrifice the awesomeness of 2.007 to ... .  Four years of all that stress, and I emerge into the real world to find

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014