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• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too much happening to keep up with everything, and it seems like nothing ever ... don't. In times of stress and disappointment and anxiety, we forget how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  wouldn’t be able to get in, just because you are never fully prepared to ... also knew getting in would be an uphill climb. Oh, and first I had to go ... significant challenges in my life up to that point than getting an A in math

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  I saw. 60. Want to know how to say "Yes, We Can" in Japanese? It has ... Sooo, I'm back in Boston. And, to be really honest, I miss Japan a ... cause big traffic delays to the train line in question. When a major

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  laid out how we planned to get around each day, the “Lodging” tab laid ... reality of my existence. It’s too easy for me to get caught up in my studies ... through buying coffee and learned how to say basic things in Italian, like

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  about the work i had to do - i was too busy thinking about how painful ... two weeks of class at mit doesn't mean you get to catch up on the stuff ... it done in time, but that left me no time to give a good go at 6.006. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture ... captivating, but to me, they were expected, unlike the ones here in Massachusetts. Similar to the subtle disparity in twilight coloring, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  been busy e-mailing MIT sophomores to get an insider's take how to adapt ... underclassmen wanting to apply at a top university is to get involved in high ... how difficult it was to get into the school — only about 12 percent of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  hour to get the perfect outdoor tracking shot in [annotation note ... their days to help you make a short film. And for getting caught in ... "]simple![/annotation] So, here’s a quick step by step guide on how I managed to finish my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I ... getting burned in pixels, leaving ghost images on my screen. This happens ... plans from your store to see if they're right for you. I say get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  : N/A   Ok. Now let’s get to the juicy stuff.   21W.755 ... your heart of gold Ian) and my professor eventually agreed to let me turn ... effort in, but for some of the units I couldn’t do well no matter how hard

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  days without having to get S^3 in the loop."This is a little bit like the ... the second! I feel like I’m finally starting to get math." But then, the ... how I was going to be able to finish my pset that day with my sleep

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with ... is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... Combine other dorms to reach the almighty Simmons Hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  story was going to take place in Boston. What happens in Boston ... state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught up with Gen Zalpha slang, or people who are reading this in the far

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  important in education and how it has tried to build that into a lasting ... the SATs today. I remember how much it sucked to sit in a room for ... First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit ... it to mud. Recovery begins in April, when it is no longer snowing, and ... in a non-competitive climate. This makes it weaker and easier to kill

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  opportunity to learn how student life at MIT has changed over time. In ... footage to illustrate MIT's place in the world and its swift rise to the ... portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to ... to each other. Remember how each rock has a force that points in one ... usually do not (and should not) know how to add or remember numbers, but we

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  again to the MassArt registration office to turn in your new form, get it ... registration office (and get greeted “Oh hello again.”) to turn in a copy of your ... , the excruciatingly detailed how-to-do-everything

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  note: you are required to purchase a meal plan if you live in a dorm with ... of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... -fry, which required standing in line and waiting for the order to be freshly

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  .']concentrate[/annotation] in linguistics, I thought it'd be suitable to talk about some things I've learned in linguistics applied to Tagalog. Phonology is the study of a ... in a language's words. This semester, I'm taking 24.901 Introduction to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022