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

  

  to hide from me. I put them back where I thought they might belong and ... force I should apply through my legs to get me where I think I thought I ... ’re not using it. One evening I was chilling with some friends in the

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

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  clusters, but you can't use that to Facebo- I mean, take notes, in class. I ... need, and where you should buy it, and what you should bring from home or what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and

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

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

  

  where I am now. :D) Living in the graffiti-adorned projects of the Lower ... worldwide? Which topic shall be chosen, A or B? Can I impress those admissions staff? Is there such a thing as too personal? I can't recall precisely

  • 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

  

  those opportunity buys are clutch. For example: I like salad. I can grow my own tomatoes in a bucket on my stoop, but I can't really grow a lot ... I have worked at MIT since 2009, and lived less than a mile away, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  Kiyoe."]where I can find a gym.[/annotation] In March, when everything ... anachronistic conceit. I love that, as Alyssa Keiko once wrote in an influential ... idea Sabrina blogged about in the past too.  I've lifted 3-4 days a week

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

  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 / 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
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  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  tablecloths, or no tablecloths at all – but I can’t be sure. After you come back ... beavers emblazoned on the front. We point them in the direction of the ... can’t imagine me ever being unable to force myself out of bed in the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  remain in memories once it's done. I personally can't empathize with this ... with your hobbies to understand them. Every instructor I've met in CMS ... with the Mystery Hunt, or puzzlehunts in general. In this post, I'll go

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• 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
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  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
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  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

  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