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  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  realized that while these four years don't last very long, they are packed ... , 80% of the time. I'm glad that I made friends at other universities ... that was actually beneficial in the long run, out of a whole bunch my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just ... unwritten, unspoken truth? As long as you don't tell anyone, because the shock ... confused, because he was you not too long ago, and how to get you out of that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  -foot vertical drop at a neat 90-degree incline, compared to the previous record of 85 degrees. 12 wheels grip plywood from three directions, binding car ... long), educational, and completely legal return. Across the courtyard

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  "Economics" in my degree to tell you that. I consider myself ridiculously ... , selectively forgetting what it was like to struggle for long days and nights at

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  of mind to talk about why I was interested in Foobar University. Oh ... a playlist, and go out for a long walk. Your air may not be as crisp

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  , as long as you’re qualified you’ll get a UROP as a freshman, become ... University "X" was because I heard that the professors were much more concerned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  learning the [annotation note="how long to cook a steak, what spices work ... Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chop up your vegetables in evenly sized ... , cover the pot and reduce the heat to low, let simmer for however long it

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Sloan fellows to Singapore University of Technology and Design undergrads ... shorter for me (even though it was just as long for the rest of the crew ... 't be in anyone's way and no long-term experiments were going on (as

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  the Splash experience is like. This is a rather long post so here ... , wouldn’t it take about an hour of effort to prepare for an hour-long class ... United States?” Most of my work for the class was researching good

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  discussion -- check out this half-hour long interview from NPR's Fresh Air: 'Wondrous Life' Explores Multinationality. Long-time readers may recall that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

  beach blanket and warm sunshine It feels something like summertime ... 's like a beach blanket that sure looks fine (yeah)♪ ♫Feels something like

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  section. I didn't have much hope for my cause, as it was explicitly stated

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  stated that they'd be much happier after receiving such a pay increase

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  semester or two to finish her degree. Others take that extra time not by ... that I’ve been at this for a long time, long enough for it to come around ... the springtime tablecloths and the students whose long summers are

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  I've been reading popular science for a long time. It's why I ... process as long as possible. You can do that without losing flavor because ... whether the Higgs boson exists or not, or the universe has an open or closed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my ... events. But you will emerge from the other side - that's what long weekends ... has developed for itself a spirit and a culture that no university can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  avoiding talking about it on the blogs all summer long, in perhaps a stalwart ... . it is normally in boston university, but this year we are doing the ... , six-saturday long program for middle schoolers and high schoolers that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  apartment. Lots of people sign year-long leases on apartments (including those ... University, Boston University, Olin College of Engineering, Berklee College of ... long time to cook enough food for 30 people! The meal would begin with

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  long time ago, “the engineering profession was less than one percent ... classes at a (very good) (but not as stimulating) university, and the two

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  the internet and dived into research. It didn’t take long to come ... chance of getting admitted, that these top-tier universities were way out

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014