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  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  transfer it to a different container while straining out the matter ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding and moving to an apartment together with my boyfriend Cory and our close

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  spot of joy in an otherwise dark winter. As much as I want to, I don't have the time or energy to write a huge post about this, but here's some ... 4 PM and stayed until 2 or 3 AM. To be clear, I spent this much time

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  needed to talk to somebody. After the initial shock reaction, the only ... thoughts jumbled up. I turned off my computer as I think I needed to take a ... religion of kindness. I need to drown out in my heads thoughts of negativity

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  doing. I will never catch up to talent that works hard no matter how much ... striving to be the best that I can be.  There’s so much more left to say ... usually a lot of what is needed to succeed is based on what other people

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  ’ll need a Windows machine to run SolidWorks, a 3D mechanical design program ... terminal and the Apple GUI depending on what I need to do. I also like the ... wanted to go is terrifying. Worse yet, think how much more traumatic

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

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot ... , and to add to that, I needed a specific amount of space between the tab ... , which is the temperature needed for iron to turn red"]cold[/annotation] by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  ? the fact that i don’t have enough desk space in my room and need to work ... motivate myself to care about what I’m learning when there’s just so much ... constant tab of how much time I have left to finish an assignment before I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  needed to formulate the problem myself, to read lots of papers, and to try ... willing to make time to listen, and to support them as much as I can. Since ... unfortunate has happened to them, and they just need to be cared for a little

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  didn’t feel as much as a desire to get highly involved. ESP ran programs ... need for academic validation that now went unfilled, in my inability to ... days. it took a lot of mental energy to write something every week, but

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

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  much less coherent, and it has taken me three weeks to write this blog ... becomes self-cleaning. Afterward, you only need to maintain it by regular ... 're partners now! Let me know if you need to know people in Addis Ababa!", the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  does not communicate the degree to which you are a vibrant member of the ... 't want to admit people just to have them fail out. But once students have ... from you than they themselves say they need. While I have no reason to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  much install anything you wanted, suddenly not being able to was a shock ... guide to food. Everything depends on your location, budget, and needs. But ... budget, I do try to limit my expenses as much as possible. I'm nicely

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  overly aggressive firehose and it's just too much information all at once ... themselves into a panic because they think they need to prepare for MIT, when ... something that needs to be said: current students have biases. Whether we like

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  other words: you do not need to have had a blog for a zillion years in order to become an admissions blogger. You just need to prove somehow that ... (MIT '17!!) is sitting to my right, underlining passages from her AP US

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  bunch of countries just to do this dance" dance. Both the Tron Guy and ... need to get ALL of their signatures!" When the panel ended I ran up with ... happened to be the stage entrance to the lecture hall we needed into. We just

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  , friendly energy to the space)'][/annotation], to tell you more about it ... providing a space dedicated to women’s needs, especially in the context of the ... , the Margaret Cheney was smaller and many repairs needed to be managed

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... now need to decide what you want. Obviously, the hard part is only if ... office's perspective, it is much easier to deal with students' concerns

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  the story, I need you to go watch Amy Cuddy’s TED talk about body ... to William Shatner. OK, this hasn't been a novel so much as an ... too much stress. I almost laughed. I wanted to say, “Please! I went to

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

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  want to be clear that the bluntness of these reporting standards does not ... …special attention to low-income students ⌈and⌋ one of the most generous need ... will say, and even once they issue their decision, it will take time to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... many of you have poured so much of yourselves, your time, and your energy ... Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011