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  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  shapes and colors and shadows, and I get to see, in real-time, what the ... , I've written things in JavaScript and TypeScript, to the point that ... about how to make my participation fun. Then I thought, well, why shouldn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  , I didn’t want to get my hopes up about getting in. In hindsight, I ... -experiencing the awe of “how in the world did I get in”, the hope that I had for what ... time to sit back and reflect and then put it all into words in a way that

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  on what you're looking for. But first, where do we begin? How to Get ... trade in one set of rules to follow, you get another one in return. So ... 's nice to get a break in the middle of the school day where I can truly

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  classroom, how to use power tools, how to put things in places where they ... heading back to MIT (well, South Station in Boston) from my hometown of New ... Express, I'm in short sleeves. A few minutes ago, I got up to stretch my

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in ... . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  get in line. The ticket told me to get in line at 10:30AM. I got there ... route Obama was going to take based on how clean the sidewalk was), but I ... , undergraduates, and graduate students had to share 200 tickets. In the end, 50 of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  trying to get across, then you need to fix something. If you don’t like the ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your ... ’re trying to get across? Would you want to admit yourself? Do you have typos

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and ... lead to becoming narrow-minded. Wasn’t it good to be interested in ... hours in the day. To my surprise, I felt lighter and more free to pursue

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... come by and cheer me up by making fun of how I dance to Fergie*. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of amateurs trying to launch themselves into ... , no less!) I remember back when CS was getting started - one of their ... just made these really cool things. In the same vein I posted Carlos, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  -English guide are inspired by How To Get Around MIT, the student-produced handbook ... of 2012, you can and should get your copy of How To Get Around MIT this ... this summer, I decided to get involved in helping produce the next

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  we needed to do to get a second floor unit in place. In recent memory ... began to arise. 2x4s usually come in 96 inch lengths unless you ... primary bottleneck with build because it requires a lot of hands to get the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  ’s easy to get stuck in the MIT bubble because everything is on campus, but ... get to know members on a personal level. In the end, the people who know ... at her church who were. She started to learn more about D9s in middle

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  to eat. I see Anderson in the kitchen as well. He talks about how he ... while having only half the answers for the round in an attempt to get ... intend to see it through, no matter how ridiculous the titles end up being

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  friend told me they were being treated in x way, I would tell them to get ... . How to do growth accounting Learned this in 14.05, the intermediate ... year, but I am still learning how to get better at it—figuring out what

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  tendencies – liking to play a role in deciding how things progress, and are run ... would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... think: all the advice in the world couldn't persuade stubborn me to take

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  . But you…you're getting into MIT. I know it. How could they not take you?" We agonized and fantasized over getting The Big Envelope (or in Colin ... 'm getting in! I'm getting in!" moments, followed by, "they'll never take me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  that scare me, including trying to get to know new people. Marjorie ... in common, from nerdy interests to growing up near Seattle to being ... pursuing a career in writing or the media industry. I'm hoping to interview

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  happened. it’s as if the entire month has just been in my head. to be fair ... refusal to reflect on what is happening in my life, but it is impossible to ... summer camp i went to for two years back in high school, and each time i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  mindset. Previously, it has not been difficult to “get by”, as in to pass ... fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015