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• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ; I don’t know how to swim. I got two and a half laps in when I realized ... ![/annotation] You are required to swim 4 laps in the pool without stopping, with 3 ... in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  my team to get some criticism. Now, it wasn't like they were my boss or ... my work to my lack of self-esteem, because at least that, I know how to ... close enough to that. I justify it in the sense that, having a regular

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... 't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no ... far behind my classmates and I'll struggle to get good grades (I know

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... longer term than, say, to the first-time visitor. Bearing that in mind ... thing I identify with when I think about who I am and how I want to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  [/annotation] in the only way they know how: a group song. The last time FWACC happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In ... [/annotation] and didn't get it. I auditioned for a solo in one of the Asymptones

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... front leg. When the Red Sox had their amazing comeback in the 2004 ALCS to ... Fenway Park to celebrate in the streets. I could hear the World Series from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... were missing out on a great chance to come together in their communities ... . :-) Hmm. In all this talk about dining, I didn't get to the second part of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  professor friends talks about how they’ve been working to improve diversity in ... somehow always manage to feel burnt out at this point in the semester, regardless of how many classes or commitments you have 11am: you decide to try

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  .001, 6.001, etc. While this can be a great way to get your feet wet in a ... 'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home ... that they were trying to get people to think about and get involved in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the ... . How supportive are MIT faculty in encouraging students' ideas? What ... seminar was arriving. They were encouraged to play with the models in the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  does she get to stay in?" or "She hit it too hard" even though it was ... . It was cool to view the different representations of searching in a ... arise if we only search in the four cardinal directions as opposed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  entered a randomized lottery to get placed in their basic required classes ... my next point... Pass/No Record is NOT an excuse to get a C- in every ... and figuring out what it takes to get an A in a class at MIT.  Aim high

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  where I fit in. It was a great feeling to eat breakfast before leaving on ... by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  networks. Michael said: "Hacking per se doesn't get you in trouble -- being ... . So is anyone ever going to update the online IHTFP hack gallery? I get ... , guys. Not every hack is going to be [large object] on the Great Dome, nor

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked ... food.  Rice takes longer and is harder to get right on the stovetop ... scrambling them in the pan.  This results in a nice fluffy egg (props to Gordon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  friends in Central Ohio. Calm upperclassmen who taught me how to pronounce ... . Rejoiced in the decided spring. Next, ready to blast off into our dreams ... sure to check if there is a Summer Send-Off Event in your area HERE

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  self-study and proceeded to get 5's in all three subjects. For a long ... that I perceive science. Back in high school, I used to get by by ... really hard to even get a basic research position in a biology lab there

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  something that you see every day in Bavaria. Am I allowed to say transvestite in a blog? Anyway, it's good to see fans getting along. The motto of ... almost had to change into liederhosen in 45 seconds, but somebody with a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  competitions in order to get into MIT!) I remember standing on the field with the ... what to do or how to react, having just lost very narrowly in the ... realize now that knowing how to explain why one's cause is worth supporting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  , pretending that they were the people whom you wanted to get funding from in the ... flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody ... 's distracting me from 2.004 studying). Here's how it started, with an e-mail to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009