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  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the You ... over the course of the month and gradually show more bits of my life ... videos in a playlist below. Here's a masterlist of all the vlogs, with

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  particular, the scientific invalidity of the Myers-Briggs test. Well, I also ... for all those personality tests! None of this, the tests themselves nor ... bloggers) for yourself! Tests Included The structure of my survey was more or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the ... of them, definitely. And it isn’t that every day in the middle was ... . How much effort I’m putting in, the time of day, the last time I ate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  At the CPW Women's Leadership Lunch, one of the prefrosh at my table ... feel low on self-confidence. I'm glad that I learned by the end of Year 1 ... MISTI, is BEFORE THE END OF FALL SEMESTER. Before the end of fall semester

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  it around the house. Also, a lot of upperclassmen are interested in ... class into your already busy schedule. I have had the fortune of taking at ... her that I was a chemical engineer. She immediately gave me the names of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  was a fantastic twist of fate. How much would have changed if the ... where I am now. :D) Living in the graffiti-adorned projects of the Lower ... minutes of fruitless discussion, I left the College Office, unsuccessful. I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  of both the marching band and the modern football team. Looking through ... /kimfad/Public/rightsize/MarchingBand/newspaperarticle.pdf">fascinating piece of history</a> from 1978, we see on page 12 that "the band ... ;p>One of the band members out there was Doug Pape '81, also the trumpet

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this ... UChicago the night it was due, I figure a few of you might need this reminder ... your own essays, you’ll just fill in the gaps of information that someone

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  because of the spiciness than anything else. While i had to keep chugging ... : campusfood.com is probably the root of Freshman-15 and much college ... Facebook statuses to the irritatingly unpredictable nature of MIT printers

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  Well, I'm 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and ... . I spent the first four days of break doing absolutely, very delicious

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  pass the time ended up being a 2000+ word stream-of-consciousness. So I ... where you instantly figure out what you want to do for the rest of your ... the company of others later. 20) Social media is a strange space to

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  signing in on OLPC's (somehow the admissions office got a hold of two of ... MIT student didn't die! 2:06 -- Most of the students here are seniors ... ." is the core mission of MIT. An example are the OLPCs people signed in

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHg50mdODFM of course, steven universe is a cartoon show and the lyrics ... i've been thinking about pi day and decisions lately and the song ... should post just the audio or the full music video, and decided the video

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  fourth floor of building 3 for really excellent Indian food. Crack open the ... 's parents walk into the room. 9:19 PM: The punchline of the movie, delivered ... 'd give me a day instead of the allotted hour. Even still, though I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  right wall of the kitchen, is our fuse box:   Do you know about fuses? I ... you cook oatmeal on the stove. You boil a cup of milk. You can hear it ... the heat down and add half a cup of one-minute oats and you stir

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  live in deep suburbia, the sort of place whose main assets are relative ... Happy 2016! (By the way: 2016 = 2^5*3^2*7, in case you need the ... to get ahead on coursework--but the flesh is so, so weak. My family

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  of my MacBook Pro scraping against a doorframe when I miscalculate the ... . “It’s a remember things thing.” It keeps track of recipes, finances, the ... . Luckily TextWrangler was able to resuscitate the text of the file sans

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  Welcome to the scary world of College Shopping. Who knows what you ... . I bought all of this ahead of time except for the pillows just because ... parents to bring the rest of their stuff. You can also order it online and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  to be a part of, and I have never regretted the decision. 2. Freshman ... softball team, or a sorority, find the group of people (or place or activity ... & Disney loving floor of a closeknit nerdy dorm may not be the place

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  officers follow the winds to the corners of the country to talk to students ... in between over the course of a few days. I visited big high schools ... variants - and countless others - are all just versions of the same question

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010