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• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  especially, the motto is, "work hard, play hard." How much of each is enough ... email. It's Wednesday now. On my floor is a suitcase containing a suit ... that it favors the latter sort of lifestyle because it is a coming

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  case, reviews (as you will see...), etc. Apparently, there is a ... semester, is no doubt a requisite to Course 4. While I love having my little home away from home away from home, it is pretty isolating in a way. I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  her school, she is pretty much a revolution of one as she tries to push ... that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a ... which Marilee (our dean) talked about how insane the world is becoming in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  Not every writer is an artist. Not every piece of writing is a work ... "Activities" section is to capture a glimpse of you outside of what you look like on paper. Each little essay is a snapshot of you as a person instead

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  is loosely stated as such: “For every student sitting in a library ... understand the true meaning of the word “hosed”. Here is a post exactly in line ... . Below is a list of ten of the best spaces for both of these activities

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  ester, is not a productive approach. Here's what we French House ... form of a TA or professor is not available: we wander through the living ... inevitably reach for a whiteboard marker, which is why I've never seen a blank

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  of college, and i guess life as a whole, is finding forms of it. i was ... written media that has best described ec culture as a whole is Danny’s blog. if you want a huge collection of stories, this website is also good

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  entire piece reads so much like a meme that i can’t tell if i’m just taking ... group of people can form a legitimate support system is just incredibly ... out okay. i think the real conflict here is that i’ve spent much of my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  else. I rented out a small room in some building, I learned how to feed ... -action is in our name, and as we weren't on campus, there wasn't much we could ... undergrad. As a hall chair, everything I do for Floorpi is cast in this light

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  reasons why I enjoy ROTC so much is that there are so many opportunities ... leadership training is probably somewhere at the top of that list, but that's a ... around a rifle (even if it has been decommissioned) is just flat

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  first week madness memes does anyone relate? lol

  

  [annotation note="The reason we have to take an entrance exam is because we do not have the prerequisite, which is understandable, but alas ... , with the assistance of a great memey friend"]meme creds[/annotation]

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  how to research a company, how to network, and more. Career Week also ... underclassmen, Career Week is a great first opportunity to line up internships for ... exciting when I was a student. Much like the college admissions process, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  biology. MIT's biology department, in contrast, is largely a biochemistry ... term, 7.28, molecular biology, is a joint grad-undergrad class; the ... departments place a strong emphasis on teaching students how to think about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  . No matter how much of a challenge your target audience may be to reach ... involved with things is a lot of fun and normally not mind ... . Feedback – It’s nice to get honest feedback from a peer about how

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  There is probably a meter somewhere that measures how much fun you ... got picked to be a FAP (Freshman Arts Program) counselor, which is an ... ", a term coined in the film, implies that the movie is made under a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  safety is a huge thing in the US. Not so much in Europe. So the playground ... hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The title is taken from a short story ... hike up there. What they also have is a monument marking the highest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  decisions from colleges, but I don't think a few months is too much to ask for ... goes part 1: Random questions Akash asked a common question: "Is it true ... probably not true, though many publications cite this as a fact. It is a fact

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT ... his personal spiritual encounter?" and "As a scientist, how can I ... Islamic point of view, the discussion...wasn't really much of a discussion

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  quickly (she was slow.) Having handwriting that you enjoy looking at is a ... my lecture notes, there is a mixture of 1) abbreviated content (normal ... .012 Introduction to Biology - Day 1   // When Lander says that he is a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  improving the site's usability. On top of creating a user experience that is intuitive and friendly to a younger age group, a lot of consideration is also ... because they are a strong deterrent to international communication." Much of

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012