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  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a ... do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to ... really great hijabs. I hate running, but I can get through short interval

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  . Turns out BU funds an educational program at MCI in which inmates get to ... try to get them interested in the program.” The others had similar ... subway system, translating to a rife chance to get lost. And lost I was

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... no substitute for sleep. Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  ! Summertime is a great time for you to take a class in something that you have ... came to MIT, it started way back in high school. So here are a few ... Summer Program – Summer Programs are a great way to make good use of your

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  you want to get into and how long the waitlist is). Also, once you get ... honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really ... , including one where you get to build furniture for your room (a picture of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  concentrate; fail Google how to concentrate Wikihow how to concentrate Yahoo Answers how to concentrate Bing how to concentrate You are the most knowledgeable in the art of concentration Write blog post on how

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose ... Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You ... you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  /no record was a great opportunity for me to experiment with my studying habits ... five cookies in one sitting will most likely lead to a tummy ache ... starting spring of my first year. What’s the point? 1) I get to declare a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... really taken any official hip hop in my life. College is a great time to ... -learn how to play janggoo, a Korean drum. It's a pretty great stress reliever

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  forward to another great one. Tune in next time for a post about IAP, all of ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first ... . The primary time to have fun during the year lies in breaks. Whether

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little lesson in Italian: "Voray ordinare" Translation: I would like to order ... Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  " focused more on how to get involved in the Linux community and less on how ... getting the chance to learn more about how other female engineers dealt with ... .  It was a great opportunity to see some wonderful speakers, connect with

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  travel somewhere in the physical world to obtain information. Information!  Fortunately, you live in more civilized times. Nowadays, when you want to know ... to clarify it. If there was a nicer way to get a certain conclusion

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in ... frosh year? How about spam? How about spam? How about spam? Measure in ... ), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Call Me, Emeril BAM!

  

  the same time, seeing that I'm in withdrawal of learning how to do ... So summertime brings me to a crossroads in life, my fraternity's chef gets a summer vacation, I'm morally opposed to eating Top Ramen or hot

  • by Bryan
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . 7)Privacy, or the lack thereof- It is tough to get alone time in ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... how great they are. So, I've compiled a list! For the prefrosh out there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  get to learn how to draw! I have a lot of artsy people in my family, my ... different tools in the machine shop, we get to create our own Stirling Engine ... , IAP is a really great time to start because you can work up to 40 hours

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  particularly happy with how the blue-to-clear gradient in the frit came out. The ... learning about safety in the lab, since you're going to be working with glass that is literally thousands of degrees hot. You also learn how to "gather

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  track from 1st to 6th grade. I tried to get back into it last summer in LA ... exhausting place to live in at the moment, and the stress of even just looking ... of the stupid memes we like to yell in lounges. The best feature is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  couple of great courses dedicated to Sustainability in Business and I ... One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a ... one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012