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• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  't been thinking about it. Literally, the thought hadn't crossed my mind for ... scholarships and the Stanford app done (I ended up never applying there, actually ... to call our entire extended family. So now it's your turn to open up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... in the eye and saying "What do you do for fun around here?" It caught ... (which I've traded a few sleeping hours for at market price) surrounded by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  Yesterday, I got up early, despite having gone to bed late the night ... name for a 5th East-er, if you couldn't figure that out) because of ... Canyon that you went down on your back, which started out slow for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about ... child survive the process of choosing the right college for him/her. As ... philosophical issues and solutions for surviving the college decision process. In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  it gets cold every year, to Miami for New Year’s and a Green Christmas and to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. My parents drove down ... ). Thanksgiving for me is the beach, yoga classes twice a day, and almost absolutely

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Capitol Building nearly made up for the fact that it was FREEZING outside ... people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a face for ... Congress, now the US Representative for New Jersey’s 12th congressional

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  get it over with. The gel ran for about two hours, then I set it up to ... who ends up at MIT next year, I'll still be around! EDIT: (for people ... doesn't love me back. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to get a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  what does the end of high school mean, for you? the days pass so slow; the months pass so fast

  

  the next few hours. but you don’t know that yet, for you had just pushed ... laugh. he would never learn how to pronounce your name, because for some reason, you think that it’s futile to try and teach him. you stand up and

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • June 10, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

  

  class numbering system. It would’ve been so cool – I was going to code up ... like GPT-4 for not knowing basic facts you can find via a quick Google ... Gemini) uses up-to-date information and seems to know how the new Course 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  importantly, we're all here for each other. Well, I decided that regardless of ... shelter run by Harvard students just opened up, called Y2Y Harvard Square. And we wanted to provide their 30 homeless youth with warm clothing for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... the Next House facilities chair about the Next House bike auction, for those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  . Think up really horrible names for this sequel list. (Return of the Blog ... 's the big sequel to last year's Things To Do While Waiting For Decisions: Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II! 1. Consider majoring in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  Guest post today from Mark F. '15, who was working on this essay for ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears ... living up to another’s expectations. No matter the means of inspiration

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  boiling broth for about ten seconds. Pick up some of the dough with the ... warm for up to five minutes until you are ready to eat them. If you want ... dish and add a small amount of salt. Cook on high in the microwave for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice ... interested); I attended company talks primarily for the free meals. I spent my ... , it dawned on me that I would actually be eligible for many internships

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  contact your interviewer and set up an interview November 1: Deadline for ... interviewer and set up an interview January 1: Deadline for Regular Action ... MIT. If you have not yet done so, you will need to register for a My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K ... the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last ... "freaking." While Sam '07 pins on his bib, I warm up my hands... ...so I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... standards for "popular demand" are low), is a basic guide for those newbies ... to a restaurant for dinner instead of eating at the dining hall, you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Letterboxd for movies i watched on the plane Do I... lack media literacy?

  

  with the MIT D-Lab, for a class I took this semester called “D-Lab for ... rough-terrain medical stretcher for the Langa Township outside of Capetown ... ]. Not a live-blog this time, but check back for more later too!!  

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 17, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  for free like I always do. When I first came to MIT I was terrified of ... through Mordor for free. Turn back around. Ahead of you, another neon sign ... inbound train (currently the train to Alewife). Go up the stairs and turn

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014