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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  two will describe the mechanics of how I got those gigs, how to use ... find cheap plane tickets and the ways I tried to not get [annotation note ... ! Suffice to say it wasn’t glamorous. They scheduled new hires for 6am - 2pm

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you ... ’re interested. Depending on how many poll results come back in, there will be an ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  four hours in. But now we get to tackle the real beast—the Green Line ... ’s nice to have. In any case, it takes half an hour to get from Riverside to ... ’s beginning to set. I hate how early the sun sets in winter. We were now waiting

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the ... opportunity to participate in a beginner-level appropriate competitive match to ... , get it done, let it go, and move on to the next one. I try to carry it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
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  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  ) Get your 7 hours of sleep. You're not going to get more done in that ... to get me into medical schools, but also means that I always get a ... degrees). * To my credit, I was fluent in Python prior to entering MIT, so

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the ... walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  that i didn't know how to understand, so i gesture towards them in ... 'm running errands in california, like going to the bank and getting my mom ... record of how things are right now, to those at mit who care about making

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  of people crowd the halls to get photos of it...including me ... following 1 month January term as a way to get your calc requirement out of ... stuff we did to have fun lock in this semester. [carousel image1

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I ... tons of nooks to study in on every floor of building 9 (except maybe the ... different tables to choose from Cons outlets in weird areas can be loud

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• 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
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  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  again, in wide-eyed wonder that I get to choose which classes I can take ... , that I would need to pare down my focus or I'd drown in the torrent of ... school, that I'd wake up in a dorm in this school, I'd go to class and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  up the stairs to get a higher seat since sitting in the front scares me ... about not being able to get the web app working, and I didn't know how ... much I'm interested in), and I really have to credit one class for giving

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... builds character. 37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
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  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  /less well-known) vloggers all try to post a new video every day. It's less ... little descriptions (in case you want to pick and choose which videos to ... to bump my own post... but I also don't want my videos to get

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  . As I get ready to graduate, I wanted to share how I experienced Ben ... class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it.” → I had to ... welcomed, and the freshmen you met in your last year and were able to mentor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
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  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  how fucking cool that is. Standing in the middle of the Killian Court ... Lightsaber Club used to meet in here and sometimes I'd stop for a few minutes ... amazing view at night. My parents would always comment on how lucky I was to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  whatever you want. And get used to it. I want to double major in 6 and 2 and ... join. How should I optimize my courseload to get a headstart? I actually ... are where it's at. Also, it's really, really tough to get a C in a HASS

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
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  halloween down the infinite

  

  also really wanted to learn how to lift weights and Get Buff (so i can ... with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is ... cool to see in real life. you could see all the wiring on the inside too

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump ... Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick 2AM lift often turn to their in-building fitness facilities instead

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
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  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  to the rain. Maybe the closest thing is how, in those really old ... , from the northeast to the southwest monsoon. Habagat brings in hot, humid ... to the troubles in life, comparing problems with the weather, as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021