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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  older brothers or sisters, with whom I am competing for a space in an ... country for an extended period of time. In my opinion it should be a ... with bated breath for an entry that never came. And by tens of tens of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  full of ambition and looking to make a name for yourself in the world ... of the struggles I had in leaving home and being on my own for the ... I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  In 1st grade, there were these 1-sided sheets of simple math problems ... pencil down announcing that I had finished first. In 4th grade, in ... ’ people, knowing that I would win. But as I moved up in the hierarchy of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday! It was for like 30 seconds, for a variety of reasons, but it was cool just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  student (they tend to be about how neat trees look right after rain in the ... , observing in a local high school classroom, interviewing for cool jobs ... in through L (an inductor) and then chooses whether to go through the C

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... programs for high school students). This is the worst option, in my opinion ... ) than the dorms. Rent a room in an MIT FSILG. Most off-campus FSILGs

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  felt about the class. For example, I had a ton of negative reacts in 6 ... group chats for most of my classes. These group chats are somewhat helpful for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  in the best light possible for competitive college admissions. So as ... .libretexts.org Description: An open source library of detailed explanations for chemistry topics. Sort of like Wikipedia, but for Chemistry. Great for getting an

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  bathroom except for the full-length mirror leaned against the wall in front ... switches toilets. The people on the floor didn't have an explanation for me ... isn't always predictable in a class with more than 200 students. I fell

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  '09 took the picture above for me. The first picture in this post and ... eventually found myself looking around for other decorated mortarboards. I didn ... the rings so that we can see an image of the Boston skyline when we look

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  ’s your orientation, in the literal sense. This is what the campus looks ... . Similarly, N for buildings in north campus and NW for buildings in northwest ... branches off in the end at Building 8. It’s a pretty important hallway for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick ... lifted in (almost) all of them and chronicled/tier-listed them below for ... convenient for those living in [annotation note='now referring to the dorm

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... received an email telling me that the final exam grade for one of my other ... now except study anyway. Or quit. But quitting is not an option for me

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  making this up."]crick in your neck[/annotation] from looking at an ... Last Saturday night, I was in my kitchen, looking down at two Pyrex ... have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  for quite some time, so people know when to show up in the office, no ... interim at looked at another article in progress. Okay, this is still a long ... As a news editor for The Tech, every couple weeks, I have the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  that have happened at MIT. In a nut shell, a hack is an addition to the ... incentive for me to just enjoy looking at the fire truck on top of the dome ... is left as an exercise for the interested reader. Inevitable question

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  time in the quiet company of your own mind. Look for new music. Read a ... person you will meet at MIT (and for that matter in your life!) knows ... . If you wait for every selfie in front of the admissions door, you

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  . It also was scheduled to be taken offline in June 2020 for renovations ... opt to cook for themselves and the drop off in who uses meal plans is so ... to maintain even while we're not living in BC; for example, my floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the ... especially unpleasant for us. Those were the first time that some external ... , because the initial news still stings for us. But we will say that, after

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  -- something that we already have more experience and passion for. In summary, we think about sticking with course 6 in two ways -- sometimes in an ... -we-will-never-be-good-enough way. We gave this a 3, because we were in an optimistic mood while

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018