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  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  're up to over ten bucks! How crazy is that?! Ben, I think you really are a ... I was lucky enough this semester to have only one final exam, which I ... . I need to have everything I own packed and stored by 6 PM tomorrow

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  their intake process to get an initial appointment. i had my meeting with ... , even if i looked forward to it for weeks. three. "how do you sail, then ... . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  farewell to all my friends. I then flew back to Boston on 20th June and ... England. It feels somewhat surreal how time flew by so quickly! I am now a ... students biking everywhere around town. I would like to share with you all

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  function of how far you want every dollar that you spend to go. To get my ... ? Yes. But then I asked myself: could it get any worse? And I had to admit ... . Personally speaking, maybe it's because I'm used to getting stuff immediately

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  and went out to the deck to get churros instead. So much to say, I was ... us do basic unit conversions (i.e. minutes to hours) to find how long ... so glad I got to take part in an MIT tradition that I’ll get for the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a ... classmates helped build.) I'm really grateful that Zack I. '27 offered to ... we needed to do to get a second floor unit in place. In recent memory

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  , no less!) I remember back when CS was getting started - one of their ... So the other day I was reading an article on slashdot about Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of amateurs trying to launch themselves into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  , but I don't get service at home anyway, so I'm used to huddling next to ... want to cook is up to you. I suggest learning how because it can be a lot ... what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  force I should apply through my legs to get me where I think I thought I ... to hide from me. I put them back where I thought they might belong and ... than that it’s great. I like being able to switch between the Unix

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

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  design, I'm taking this class as an intro to the field and also because I ... refusal to learn how to do drawing on a computer."]Day 1: Web ... problematic for my soft, smooth chains of Pockets. To protect against getting

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  told him how grateful I was. In response, he sent the following meme to ... year, and my new plans are sketching how I'm going to build a ... 't want to wait for the next cycle to begin before I told this collaborative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  graduate. September 2019 What does it take to get to know someone? I could ... 2020 What does it take to get to know someone? I could tell you that I ... take the T to Malden Center, and buy lunch at this Chinese place I know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  to get into MIT" it's not a question I or anyone else can answer ... , is "well, so release the data on everything else!" To which I ask: how ... to accompany and support the claims I had made. As one commenter put it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  suburb outside of Madison, WI, and I was actually the first person to get ... , you get the picture. Whenever I interact with Nora, she smoothly ... here? When people from my high school asked where I was going to college

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  apply to. “M.I.T.,” I replied. “Oh, M.I.T.?” she mused. “How ironic ... when I decided to apply to MIT Early Action. Or precisely why. It was ... named Steve. I always get really nervous at interviews. I remember nothing

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  I consume. Another relatively recent addition to the Central Square ... walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco ... figured out how to successfully achieve multiple "food systems" goals

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  myself to the MIT community? Self-deprecatingly, that's how.  Before I ... negate how excited I was to graduate.     After graduation I ... agonizing over whether I could afford to buy orange juice. (The answer was

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

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  minutes before I could get the page to load. Oh yeah, my mother screamed. I ... reasons similar to M.B. ‘17’s ice cream: if I got in, she'd get hugs. If I ... , and acceptance screams are very loud. I was afraid I was going to get

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed ... this blog- topics to cover, questions to answer, stuff like that, and I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to ... ! How do I get into hacking!? Is it a club or something? Well thought out ... should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008