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  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  compare Melis' to mine you can note the differences - I guess significant ... so I can see what the heck was on it - I was quite surprised actually ... them in college >____< one of my friends that I respect

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  ’s eye, in front of which I unfortunately can’t make out my sights, even ... very good at replica plating. The first time I replica plated, in 7 ... our instincts and working with our breath. In rifle this IAP, I learned

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  roof below—I know I must be in the right place. The first floor of ... Nothing,” Owl City’s “When Can I See You Again?” Toppings: hot fudge, gummy ... side chants “Bexley!” as the lawn empties. In the silence I notice that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  many things out there that I can't fit in a single blog post, so while I ... can use to either self-study or supplement your learning in a class. All ... covers topics in Calc I-III, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra and Differential

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  little thing known as "reality."  I can't help feeling that in some ways ... enough. Then in 2009 I graduated and was never heard from again. Until now! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to

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

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  health in the process. The ultimate goal was MIT, I decided sometime in ... ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I ... are some (free) things on the Internet I enjoy now or enjoyed in high

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  might actually be pizza. And there are several places where you can read ... applications all day, everyday in physical isolation for weeks on end can be ... in need of a second opinion. When I’m really desperate for human

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  mediocre furniture Part I After I built my loft in sophomore fall, I was ... all the additional wood I would need in February. Then it was March, and ... in my closet, in my room in East Campus, while I did zoom school from

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  , just like I did in high school. That bus will bring me, and a few dozen ... lines to strategize how last-minute I can rush to pee before the last ... starting line, where actual corrals, i.e. lines of metal bars, will split the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  working on campus. or rather, I feel guilty whenever I work in my bed since ... someone comfy seats next to a table so I can sit cross-legged I don ... :( charging spots near desks is far from where I live so I stay there is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  after a summer where I exercised regularly, sometimes jogging in the sun ... intense than any I can remember in the ~5 years I’ve been a part of it. The ... stopped making it to class at all. I also stopped socializing with people in

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  to present-day commentary of what i can remember)—metaphorical pages in ... ] 2013 In 2013, I made a Twitter account. I cut my hair, and started buying ... im trying to run to my room so i can cry in the [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  weeks. I can’t: Sit still in a lecture, can’t stop my eyes from running ... following it. Even in a perfect world where I do conform to the rules of my ... keeps talking about? Where are the hours in the day where I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  about it. Where I am and where I want to be. Sometimes things happen in ... . I often find myself trying to find an optimal solution, when in fact ... scale. People ask where I see myself next if now isn’t desirable. Honestly

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  in the living room, but he also doesn't fare well outside where he can ... around a frying pan. Can they see the mess in the kitchen? I double ... the audio on and off until I can be heard. I will try plugging in my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  in structural engineering. I’ve taken many classes where we’ve pondered ... [/annotation] there just days after my 21st birthday in 2018. I remember the line ... ’m including cambridge here but not the other cities, because i can. i love to be

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  likely result in bad outcomes. The point here is that [annotation note="I ... a boon—why must I have to make this decision? In another sense, though ... privilege. One strategy that I’ve found useful in my quest to maintain this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  . The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good ... point in keeping that rejected feeling alive. That and I really don't like ... [annotation note="Typing why like this reminds me of Christian school where I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular ... high school even though I normally went to schools where half of the students were black, I was often the only black kid in my class, given that I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in ... be careful where I spend my spoons. The backlog can wait. That's why it ... Last Saturday night, I was in my kitchen, looking down at two Pyrex

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018