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  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  I could get a measure of how much mass was in each part of the sword ... is still around 1”. All in all, I’m quite pleased with how the sword ... heat. how to taper, rivet, chisel, and assorted other skills. tapering is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  that make it pretty homey. Every Wednesday there is a street festival in ... elusive. I work in a lab in the Soroka Medical Center, which is across the ... research science is done in a very different society. The only thing that

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed ... have a major in economics?” I’m going to be like “dude, why didn’t you ... , if you ask me “Is there a group for students who are religiously

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  want to spent my time, how much water I consume. This is but the start of ... for kicks, let's revisit Junior Fall for a sec, and see how all that ... .  Secure a room in student housing from the Housing Office.  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
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  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  yesterday evening, and there is a lively discussion in the chat about what ... . It's actually much nicer outside than I expected! Although it is a ... hosed now. My classes are all different, of course, and so much else is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  by James M. Cain - This is a novella, and was originally published in ... than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a ... (Preface: This post is essentially a tribute/continuation of Selam

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  at MIT. Now obviously "preparation" is in some sense a range. You can ... is comparatively much less prepared than a student who has. But there ... There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  ’ll begin with a disclaimer. The experience I talk about here is how ... other part of me remembered how much better college is compared to high ... giving a class called “How to make a timer for Firestorm”, in which he

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
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  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  , you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a condition in which the sole symptom is verbal/mental repetition of the phrase, “This is fine”, when in reality, stuff probably looks a little more like

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . How much effort I’m putting in, the time of day, the last time I ate ... , four or five hours in a row. And everything feels interesting, and good ... . Sometimes I feel like lightning strikes me and I get a project done in three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
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  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and ... sinking. Actually, that’s how I felt for my first three and a half years at ... hours in the day. To my surprise, I felt lighter and more free to pursue

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  In 1870, [annotation note='This was a “special case”, one ... the day—[annotation note='I have... many thoughts on being a “woman in ... , this blog is mostly about a really cool lounge, though I thought it was

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the 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 ... much I can say before it gets drowned out in a pile of words. These are ... has a giant banner in the lobby with a collection of trophies on a table

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  closer together. hair in chinese culture, healthy hair is considered a sign ... for how i did in a class, and that i would never be forced to share a ... benchmark of what is considered “good” performance in a class by the course

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  brother's starting college in a month and that makes me feel even older - I ... . Moving into a college dorm is a new experience with new responsibilities ... 'll be happy to hear from you. 2) The first people you meet in a new place

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  .org (although that is highly recommended!) here’s a quick recap: I studied Course ... that I didn't belong here.  In my second semester, I struggled a lot with ... already learned multivariable calc (even if they won't use it) is a little

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  . In some ways, it did the opposite. MIT is a place where things move ... dedicated to mentorship, a philosophy that is widespread in the department ... . We talk about “fit” a lot in undergrad admissions—that admissions is

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have ... Street MBTA station, the Boston Common, oldest park in the country, is the ... the park in a glorious architectural mix are an AMC movie theatre, a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... . I thought about how the MIT application was nothing like a job ... : that the only official qualification for coming here is a certain level

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  is to be a free rider and not put in anything—bar the punishment, of ... course, this is difficult and a poor guess could result in a steep loss, so ... punishment amount, players would enter how much to invest, be paired with a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020