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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  entitled to politely anti-haze current members into doing tasks of their ... conversation, but a badly lit selfie and a quick hug would have to do. One day we ... until I asked my mom how she was doing multiple months later. I didn

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  of the winning teams' strategies. My team is planning on doing this again next year. The data has shown us what we'll need to do to win first ... ideas a success reminded me of what MIT students can do when we put our

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  day than I do—if you’re an athlete on just anyone on a high-calorie diet ... different accommodations. You can do this, I promise! [note to parents ... change. Some would even say, “I could never do that. It’s too intense.” And

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  Pad Mini - I do a fair amount of review-level work on an iPad while sitting ... it much less likely that both will do their best impression of ... consider their thoughts much more carefully than I do, because I blow through

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  . Just kidding, bacteria don’t have mustaches and hats (or do they). I am ... following lesson about myself: I can do good work under pressure, if I manage ... at hand, not the pressure of the tasks coming up. I try to do my best

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  , scrolling through the Facebook group and thinking "I DO NOT BELONG, I AM NOT ... meet other prefrosh (and current MIT students) and don't know what to do ... . Or both. Please make it the former, and do whatever you can to prevent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  already doing research in the field I want to dedicate the rest of my life ... drove you to follow it. Do it because you know you want to do it, not

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  alone productive. The best thing you can do is take the weight of waiting ... should come naturally? Doing the things you love to pass the time; it ... please, if you find yourself sitting on a stove, do yourself a favor and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  would be a lot more dull.” Do you have any nerdy interests? MIT is known ... explains how, as a dog lover at heart, she has gotten into the hobby of doing ... . What do you have to say to people who are reading the blogs and applying

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  . And then David and Ali asked me, “Do you want to lead this new project ... ."]trainers[/annotation] and performers and generally people who knew how to Do Things ... /volunteers/photographers. Because I had literally no idea what I was doing, I’d email people asking

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  the fun way and most of your friends do it with you. —TK '23 walking ... in the end but it feels mostly awful while you do it (even though you ... how to do one lap of freestyle successfully five minutes beforehand

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  pray that you do. A few key facts about me that may or may not provide ... [annotation note="cj: stressed out, busy, lots of things to do, idk ... do? Remember that dietary guidelines change drastically every few years

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I ... , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your ... charge in a group setting as much as I do. As a fire sign, they are known

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  's certain parts of campus or food or whatever! Otherwise I'll just do my best ... make sure it stays on the front page -- thankfully I've only needed to do ... of the bloggers *really* do), but you might know my face/backpack color

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  (see, e.g., Krystal, Rachel, Ceri, Ana). I've been thinking about doing ... dark brain fairies at bay, and now I make it a priority. I do make sure ... extracurricular or award I've never heard of, etc). Doing this job well requires

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  might imagine, quite a few of them! Unfortunately we do operate under some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I ... being real, or your high school econ teacher going to the same gym you do ... twisted, unconventional, and often incorrect. It's what we came here to do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  do we mean by this? Everyone here was admitted based on the same

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  i genuinely wanted to do, and a tight knit community i feel that i ... freshman year was to do a good job to whatever i commit to. through my own ... can generally be relied on to do certain things is quite valuable as

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  they now, what do they do? And how far back could I go? Tracing the past ... students. We have a position called historian whose job it is to do research ... that we leave records of what we currently do.']ESP historian

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022