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  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  giving a class called “How to make a timer for Firestorm”, in which he ... going to be ducks, and the poster was to get people in the MIT community ... interesting class in that my coteacher, Carl S. ’23, didn’t know how to speak

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  told him how grateful I was. In response, he sent the following meme to ... pernicious myth."]connection between body and mind[/annotation] to keep both in ... and how to take risks. But the most important and fulfilling thing for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  off the TINIEST sliver at a time, in order to drag out the eating ... interests you - FOR A LIVING! You get to make connections with renowned ... that they want to go to graduate school in X, or have been doing a UROP

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  One What does it take to get to know someone? I hate the feeling that ... questions about what they wanted to do in life and had as many doubts and ... ’m from, or what I’m interested in. I’ve done it so much I find it hard to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  , or that I have grown from it. That will take time to see though, and in ... becoming the person that I want to be? Is the pain on the way to getting ... , in March of 2020, I was the last person to leave my wing of Next House

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in ... area and asked if I wanted to get dinner. Rejoicing that once again ... ability to make future decisions, either as well or, as in my case last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  ’t even get me started about the dessert. It was great to just sit, relax ... ’s ring that they had been working tirelessly to create. It’s a time to get ... this is by dressing up! My living community, 3E in Next House, decided to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  thing to get under control when you are feeling overwhelmed and/or anxious ... this as many times as you can until you start to feel better and more in ... . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  dressed in robes that resemble Roman attire to give a scholarly look, and ... : Tara S. '24, major in Computation and Cognition. I basically tried to ... individual projects in various humanities fields. I put references to Course 21

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  and mental space. In an effort to record at least some of what happened ... year, in order to 1) see what actually happened and 2) figure out what I want to focus on making next year. To summarize my thoughts in a sentence

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• 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

  The end of a chapter

  

  was in desperate need of some de-stressing) then came back to Cambridge ... :( Studying in Cambridge is a great experience. On the top of my favorite-things-in ... most beautiful places to visit in England for a reason! The charming town

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• 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
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  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 / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;this made me want to switch majors” aren’t phrases often heard in ... convey convincingly to others. The difference between a great idea and a ... that we interview don’t know how to make stuff, because workshops

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  rocket, How to be very smart (like us), and Gayness Is Defiance. In the ... '22, were teaching How to Stay Awake in a Classical Music Concert. For ... -long classes, to lots of students, in MIT's campus. The differences are when

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  , to study at MIT. In 2017, this ongoing chapter of my life promises to ... clothesline in the backyard to dry in the sun over the course of days. Rainy ... how to use a washer and a dryer, and some tiny part of me was doubtful

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  . You don’t know how to get back down. You finish a problem set. There ... opinion piece in The Tech to complain. You get your Brass Rat. You joke ... all day. You haven’t slept in weeks. You arrive late to lecture. The

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  to get to take classes at this level. He's really impressive. Great ... told me to chill and “be cool” in selection committee – I told her that ... lines in Harry Potter, I relate to this moment in Order of the Phoenix the

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• 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