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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  the country was trying to buy used gym equipment for their basements ... 't want to wait for the next cycle to begin before I told this collaborative ... 've come to understand the challenge of MIT through the lens of physical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers ... to hide from me. I put them back where I thought they might belong and ... ’ll need a Windows machine to run SolidWorks, a 3D mechanical design program

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  try to convince ESP to buy me a circular saw (which they did!). I ... for my grandmother, who loved to hear, and tell others, about my ... left with some extra wood stain, varnish, and desire to build things. So

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  buy very few of them. It’s difficult to cut the side profile accurately ... I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a ... first got to the office, our information sessions even showcased a picture

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  strange to me. But being able to walk to work, and pass restaurants and ... , however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For many years, many Cambridge residents had limited access to healthy, fresh

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

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  mother, brother and I would go to the local grocery store to buy things ... them :) I have never been to Beijing. Whenever we returned to China, we always went to Shanghai, Nanjing, or Hangzhou, always somewhere in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• 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 ... When I hit puberty my inability to assess risk thank goodness ... -hipster phase. I loved setting up ridiculous goals and then reaching them, just to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  when I decided to apply to MIT Early Action. Or precisely why. It was ... impressed by my response to my upbringing and family situation. Like, about to ... few extra days to submit our applications. The due date was moved to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  optionality and buying lottery tickets are not way stations on the road to ... , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate brunch at a packed dumpling place, as he explained the basics of sailing to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  , but don't worry! We're here to help. And you may be wondering who WE ... ; Without further ado:   16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW   N = Nat, K = Kirsten 1. Don't buy ANY food! N: One of the best

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  pick the optimal set of juices to buy. He can't buy pomegranate juice ... home on 2 am trips to Wal-Mart through empty dark streets in my pick ... waking up to the smell of food from surrounding restaurants that always

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  take the T to Malden Center, and buy lunch at this Chinese place I know ... Floor Pi lounge is an adventure. We can take the T to Harvard, and buy ... graduate. September 2019 What does it take to get to know someone? I could

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  agonizing over whether I could afford to buy orange juice. (The answer was ... to buy orange juice if I want to.  Removing the financial stress leaves ... ! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of ... years. Many of them are also filled to the brim with anxieties about ... communities around you full of people ready to support you, and you will have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to ... to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... more about hacking itself than individual hacks. I'd like to write one of

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  —that way you only have to buy supplementary ingredients. BODY Don’t neglect ... I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know ... resulting mostly-unfiltered list of Things We Want You To Know When You Start

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  little boxes on Zoom and everyone seems so calm and ready to start back up ... unsupervised with Dog 2 because Dog 2 tried to bite him once. Dog 3 hates that ... , who has taken her place. Dog 2 sheds a lot, so it's best not to keep him

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  what? Gift economies To buy a Hunt Conclusion Open questions ... -quality, glossy paper led to a wider palette of colors. Collectors started buying ... threatens our creativity by anchoring us to the past. I'm not sure I buy this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  'm introspective to a fault and end up writing overly pedantic spiels. On my 6-hour ... freshman-Ceri three years ago. What started as a fun thought experiment to ... overlap). But here's what I came up with: 1) It's okay to miss home

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

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  abroad. Take classes that involve field work. Buy cheap tickets to Europe ... , celebrations, and sometimes songs. They are also a natural point to look back and ... anniversay of my MIT journey. 10 years ago today, I was just about to start my

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014