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• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... ? Who do you think are the last 5 Cyclons? Is Starbuck a toaster? Is she ... -fats. See how much time I saved you on the treadmill? Be sure that you can use

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... effects is so paramount in my life that it surprises others and myself when I admit that I haven't been doing it as much as I'd like to. I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  didn’t know how to do a nice conclusion to this blog so instead I’m co ... that I was going to attempt to do a joint blog with every single other ... on my final projects, I was hit with a NEW loading screen: I do not

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  boston. it is okay that i haven’t been super involved in campus life. it is ... "],[/annotation] and i believe the human brain is fundamentally malleable in ways that we ... online for over a year i’d have spent more time at in-person club meetings

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  yourself in a nice room and do nothing but work. That's my plan for the day ... throughout the course of the day so come check in on me and see how I'm doing. ... This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  day in my life except it’s a live blog

  

  class i'm not sure how to phrase this in a way that doesn't come off as ... life here. this is a lot of words to say that i've been neglecting my ... ]) is mad that i haven't locked in on this. i just finished vgo rehearsal

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury. Oasis is a Brazilian BBQ joint that can be characterized with one phrase ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  can do that, look! The record is only 14, and you get an hour and a half to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was ... at this point we realize that Zach is a beast and I suck at eating hot

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  classes. I do, but in moderation. In fact, I’m a huge fan of my one ... that to which it was accustomed...–is always lived (in a certain fashion ... happy! I’m ashamed to say this is something that took me 2.5 years to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  by Joyce Carol Oates that we read in AP English. When I read it, I ... like two years until I read Everything is Illuminated and found out that ... Dreilпњљпњљnderpunkt! My blogging will be a little sparser in the near future because I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  and showed me that I was competent. I know a lot of this is in my head ... .042, despite doing poorly in the class. It's ironic, because I actually had a C ... for this area, that maybe this is a realm I shouldn't even be touching

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  necessary, i end my sentences with a period. This is how I usually write on ... backspace quite frequently in search of better grammatical phrasing. I do think I have a personal twist to the standard style that actually might be

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  that likely stems from a variety of things—how i’m not caught up with my ... bitterly cold out, so as soon as i got home, i bundled myself in a ton of ... amount of homework to do. i have a weird and unhealthy tendency to keep

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  applications that a lot of prospective MIT students are interested in how to use ... , Catherine D'Ignazio, is even a professor at MIT! Oh god I'm old.  Earlier ... she is teaching this term that I thought sounded totally rad: 11.S01 – 3

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  great restaurants that I saw on Food Network and get mugged and do ... ." Seriously, what is wrong with you? Anyway, we were in a huge gigantic hurry to ... demolished, monkey skeletons were found in the rafters. I got this info from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  invigorating in having that much energy and excitement over a group. As I wrote ... in my career and what I'm doing with my life. As a kid, I never really ... months, I've been doing fairly well in the CS world. I've done a variety of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  pointless, but not so hard that most of the class couldn't do it. 'Twas I who ... walked out. In light of this, some serious cheer is in order, and so I present to you a list of things to do if and/or when you find yourself in a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  . Studying abroad is a great opportunity too and in some ways I regret that I ... to do in Cali. In other words, I had to find a job.... On the eve of x ... jobs. If you put yourself out there, there is definitely a chance that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people ... suddenly the unknown. So if I had a time machine, I’d tell myself that ... , perhaps I would not have applied to MIT, but rather a college that was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  that live in a small dorm but is part of a fraternity, so I don't know ... around a bit in the beginning (which is still good and sound advice), but I guess what I didn't emphasize is that if you really WANTED a bid, you need

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008