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  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... aren't sprinting.  Instead, through training they've built up an enormous aerobic capacity, which allows them to run at blazing speeds for long

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  laptop. I like my retina iPad Mini for curling up in the lounge to read the ... kicked around, or watching Up in the Air too many times. Anyways, every ... you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  it’s for something important, like, recently, picking my little brother up early from a field trip at the Pittsburgh Zoo to go on a road trip ... wonderful, because I did not pack me a lunch. It ended up being twice as long

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time ... bubble tea for my caffeine event (note: never hold a confusingly named

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  , and the office is revving back up. And with that, it's time for a few ... documents haven't shown up on the application tracker. Here's why: we ... straightforward enough, but it takes a lot of time! It is completely normal for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  system for freshmen, or any of the wide variety of acronyms that have ... and relatives is that, “Oh, I'm heading back this Sunday for IAP.” If I ... in another language! (For all you pre-frosh out there, just think: next

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links ... ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a ... Choice of Major website. Sara wrote, "For the next Omnibus: - Is it ok to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  anyone can post an idea for making America better. The ten ideas that ... deadline for voting in the first round is December 31st. I'd greatly

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  students up on stage, I momentarily forgot that they were students. For a ... time constraint. It had to tie in somehow to the class theme for the ... up by a 5-minute Q&A from the audience. First up, Orange Team

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  came in so I used the time to catch up on some reading for my classes ... the Spanish grind, baby!! I am very excited for this class, especially ... !) CMS.300 - Intro to Videogame Theory; Excited for this class mainly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  have to sign up for Glass Lab offerings through a lottery. The lucky ones ... ," I'm pretty happy I doubled up. Saves me time not having to cross over ... from PE class, for the blogs. Below are 29 photographs, with captions

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  that day though, I had a surprise waiting for me that cheered me up ... would have studied for the MCAT differently. I thought I'd share some of ... be slightly harder than Examkrackers/AAMC questions. If you end up

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  Happy holidays to all! I am writing this post for several reasons ... applications. 3. The end of the year is near, which always calls for lists and ... most shows are taking holiday breaks, I've been able to catch up a bit on

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  signed up for because I missed math and I haven’t taken anything here ... tells me about the time he signed up for a nutritional deficiency study in ... -night-psetting, which results in me curling up in an incoherent ball for a couple of days

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  struggling for a bit too long to make the base of my lamp, I gave up on it and ... prayers up for anyone who will have to witness this upcoming monstrosity ... /or procrastinating. Just a few days ago, I beat my all-time record for cutting it close

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  , runner. I signed up for running mainly because I was not coordinated enough ... folks like me in the middle distances freed up the shorter distances for ... . Yes, I ran this loop mostly around 3-4 AM after wrapping up studying for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  Growing up, Thanksgiving was an extremely important holiday for my ... . Cooking for thirty people was no easy task. Every year, a menu would go up ... graduate students from the local university to our house for a Thanksgiving

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  the occasion. At the Hunt wrap-up — presented as an awards show for ... teams’ performances Video of the wrap-up And now for some details of ... As you may have picked up from my post about SOPA, I'm an unashamed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  review book for economics was REALLY thin, right?) I ended up getting a 3 ... be a killer, since after the Physics test and some dinner, I ended up working for 13 hours straight, from 11 pm to noon the next day. Part of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  health just for a "P" to show up? It's learning to look at how the grade is ... abilities to wake up for those 9ams. Be smart and reasonable about your ... .) 21. CHOOSE YOUR CI-H VERY CAREFULLY. Before you sign up for that CI

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020