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  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  've ever wanted to get out of the wind more in my life. While my thick, wooly ... was able to get by without actually having to do work. At the time, it ... socialize. Eventually I learned that if I went to the library and worked in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  How many days I have left in my parents’ home is approximately as many as a romcom character gets to decide her life. Five days. This ... torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  ...that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT ... also at the lunch. Now I hope to motivate how statistically significant ... blogs and how they're reshaping how MIT presents itself to the outside

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  in me being asked to take a year off. If I came back, I had no idea how ... how to persevere in the face of overwhelming odds and how to find self ... . According to CMS/W: The curriculum in science writing is designed to enable

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  of time to shower (hair soaking wet in the Boston winter), get dressed ... didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new ... because I enjoy them. I'm getting better advice, or at least I'm learning to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... . 3. Get to the Hatch Shell early and get a wristband for the night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  how to give an honest assessment of myself is probably one of the most ... burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts ... times over winter break, but I wasn’t particularly getting anywhere. In

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  , and can easily spend an hour watching videos about how not to ... ="ugh I love Rowena sm, I even went to a meetup with her in pre-covid times ... largely about self-acceptance in general, what particularly stuck out to me

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... week of orientation, I had to get out my cell phone all the time to give ... might want to look into getting a new area code or a different carrier

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the ... , are you really getting married???? (in reference to Ben's dating post ... . Anonymous asked, do you have any advice on how to get to know professors? it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  work and how physical stimuli get transformed into signals in the nervous ... procedures (e.g. "How would you separate sodium and potassium current in an ... is language unique to humans; why are there many languages; how do

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  classes included "How to Accessorize/Dress for Success," "How to Tell ... to my left or right, etc.). In the photo, Mitra is showing off the ... headed over to the European Career Fair, for students interested in working

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  much to say in this entry other than to give a brief update of how my ... yesterday when I was still sitting in 8.01, worrying about understanding how ... , with medical school acceptances in hand, ready to begin the next chapter

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  any man would do in this situation. It was time to get me some cookies ... , though. Long in advance, my father had planned to come up to MIT that same ... line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  who are committed to learning French at MIT. You spend two weeks in ... JSF was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We were exposed to a side of ... ’s safe to say that none of us really knew what we were in for. We were met

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  didn't even get in on the first try. I had to wait until COVID-19 expanded the program for me in order to get in. And so that's why when I look ... pressure of having a class in order to get things done. Online classes don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  rest stayed black. I went to get the screen repaired. This took going to ... about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a ... chatted with another customer while waiting for him to get back.   

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  Until Mystery Hunt 2006!!! Here's a little puzzle to get you ... cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either black or white (unbeknownst to them). Then, they will be asked in

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  all-nighters to get my college applications in, and neither should you ... about three weeks – I’d plug it in, but the battery wouldn’t begin to ... powerful abilities (pun intended). After fruitlessly trying to get the thing

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  , so I will skip to after the test, when I had my score in hand and began ... I used to wander there. In the middle of the city. Late at night. By myself. Once, at 11 PM, I called one of my best friends at home in Ohio to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005