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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  has a lot of memorabilia that we needed to figure out how to store ... being that they need to form communities. That would be a complete ... form, and to many students is much more important than things like AC, a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... define admissions with a formula is like trying to define life with a ... who chose to commute an hour each way to attend a certain school, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  life and things, but I still need to get around to doing a last couple ... /less well-known) vloggers all try to post a new video every day. It's less ... to document things and ramble at a camera sometimes. I don't want to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic ... numb. A panic attack occurs when the anxiety gets too much, and can ... . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats ... . Over the summer, many classes were moved to a different system called ... about a relevant IAP course: The time our 6.006 (Introduction to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  v e r a n t w o r t u n g.   Simply put, I needed to realise ... ;Set up a bank account because you need to pay your rent and bills in Swiss ... the slides—throwback to 18.06. This 18-letter word—a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
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  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  [annotation note="Anyone with a bad idea can apply to receive the resources and support needed to make it happen."]ridiculous events[/annotation]. People ... of ingredients turns into a mountain of cookies[/caption] To make a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  pressure on their children to succeed and to get A's. While it's wonderful to ... student does more harm than good. This is the first year I've gotten to ... $50,000 a year to pay for tuition. As such, parents want to see that

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  ? the fact that i don’t have enough desk space in my room and need to work ... drawing me back to a cycle of self-blame, taking root in my head and placing ... a pass/no record grading system across the board. I have to admit that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  thoughts jumbled up. I turned off my computer as I think I needed to take a ... needed to talk to somebody. After the initial shock reaction, the only ... those little things that a freshman would possibly need and made a

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  to give advice and out of frustration with prefrosh who posted a bunch ... was a middle-school cross country and road runner, I used to get ... were they talking to me instead of the girls who were a little faster and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
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  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was ... struggling to do so in a way that’s pretty and poetic, that will stick in ... ’s worth a read.) I’ve started three other aborted blog posts trying to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  or complicated than a screwdriver, so I didn't know how to use power ... to get a bladesmithing club together. They wanted to use a blacksmith ... club to get off the ground, but maybe in the future... So I am a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  much as things to be studied for they work, but rather as elements of a ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
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  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer ... backgrounds at MIT. And it was okay that I needed longer to adjust to Boston ... ’t have done coming from a small town. It took me time to realize this wasn

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT ... ="attachment_86574" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (The cat to the right is a random ... measure material properties down to the nanometer – that’s a billionth of a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
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  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  I’ve been trying to write a blog about Christianity and Cru at MIT ... to nothing and would have LOVED a blog about that sort of thing when I ... coming to after spending a year with the group I would 1000% recommend it

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
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  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco ... . They do deliver —  for free! —  to campus right now, via a partnership ... does Daily Table do all this? Well, a Harvard Business School case study

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  this song. But apart from listening to that song, I am a sad sad toaster ... to make a graph of the number of credit-hours of class I've taken per ... -Stokes equation, while the girl next to you does quantum physics and somebody else

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
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  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  "make sure I had a solid foundation" before moving on. It's obvious to me ... turned out to be a decision to not take two additional classes. I wish I ... to understand that it takes physical presence to build a home away from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013