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

  

  student in the class showed, into wavy table legs). we also learned how to ... I could get a measure of how much mass was in each part of the sword ... : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... head-to-head, and in this example, the boat and the wind were in opposite ... . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... , which is a big reason that I'm writing this post. In one week, I need to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  applications, how bleary-eyed we get from reading them, and so on. But the ... night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  same thing just to get paid for it.   Library Desk Worker This is ... have previously received an A/A+ in a class might be asked to be a grader ... gets leaked and to my knowledge nothing dangerous is tested on volunteers

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  something constructive to do rather than getting in to trouble. In the last 25 ... the Norwottuck Rail Trail from my house in Belchertown to school in Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... figure out how to organize all that information, or even determine the ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• 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 / 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
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  start getting up in arms about not getting to stay at MIT, keep in mind ... , in general. Where you end up for grad school has less to do with the ... admissions is figuring out WHY you want to put yourself through grad school in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in ... took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... enough that I have to hype myself up to jump in. The initial plunge is an

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all ... why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How ... this post I'm going to highlight one result in particular: Some might

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013