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

  

  : We sent Kevin our plan, and he had some advice for us. Start earlier in ... note="CJ: I’m gonna write things in 24-hour time for this post. Alan is ... : The weather was fine. CJ: Look, when we planned this, the forecast for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  on what you're looking for. But first, where do we begin? How to Get ... benefit of being able to stay for an entire year, or more, depending on your ... good for you? It really depends on what you're looking for out of school

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Meet your high school friends over break. Oh, and brace yourself for an ... single for at least a period of time in college. Take yourself out. It ... resources, remember: you paid for it in your tuition, so might as well make

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  get perfect is an excercise in frustration. If you wait until you know ... 's insane. Equal in insanity magnitude is I became a blogger in 2008, which feels an odd mix of distant and weirdly close. Like the first time your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  majority of attendees will be looking for friends, just like you! 3. Visit ... So you might be looking at the CPW schedule and thinking...   ... are, so we drew something for you!        

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  keeps hanging around. (2) An old alum Come hear stories from back in the ... Three years ago I was in the room I’m still in now, and just like ... home on 2 am trips to Wal-Mart through empty dark streets in my pick

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  in character for jacky don’t worry"][/annotation] I admit that my ... , Taiwanese.[/annotation] When I arrived at MIT in August for international ... "][/annotation] open for the summer. The food there was, in my opinion, unsatisfactory

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  remained at MIT for another year as an Assistant Instructor in Civil ... , Bulgaria Class of 1894 (originally Class of 1893) Candidate for an Advanced ... factories and took “an active part in forming the Association of Sugar Growers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  to be, regardless of where you end up for college. Have faith in ... rejected has served him much better than an MIT education could have in four ... MartinezMediations.com "You WILL still make an impact in the world because

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  weeks ago, I joined an a cappella group, and I did wind up living in East ... expressed in the following analogy. For me, high school was a lot like rowing ... for a long time. Realistically, it’s my freshman year in college, and I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... hometown in Alabama during the second week. I was staying in Georgia with my ... I were both in town and had nothing to do. Other than that I cut my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  few days ago a fuse broke and all the outlets in our kitchen stopped ... stove is on a different fuse, and for that we are very lucky. Here’s how ... off in a film on their own after you soak them, and cleaning is easy

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  wasn’t right for me. In the 5 minutes since I started writing this post ... waitlists. And so that path is now open for me to walk down — a path that, in ... implications of working in finance for a few years (or longer). In my

  • by Phi A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  professors, whether it's in an academic context like office hours or running ... I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so ... wanted a look into classes, I kind of summarized mine at the beginning of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  line of progress from point A to B. In some angles, it looks like an ... school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most ... in charge that you’re not just great, but also necessary. For some, of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  to train for an athletic event in an artificial high ... well in the ocean. The same goes for a degree in engineering," says ... free money. —Robo-CJ being sold a watch by some sketchy dude in an alley

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  difficult as it is -- why make it harder for others? In Conclusion ... we are trying something new! if you'd like to consume this blog in ... like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  what the right fit felt like until I visited MIT in April for CPW. Long ... being the right fit for me. Fit is an experience and a quality that varies for everyone, but in the end you can't imagine yourself anywhere else

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  Villain Swivel Chair – In case you use your degree from MIT to become an ... own li'l MIT student, complete with an MIT beanie and impostor syndrome ... of year again for my favorite seasonal meme: The holiday season is a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021