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  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... late October, when QuestBridge applications become available, and extends ... night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize ... to make a long story short, my senior year, I decided to start a company instead of graduating. This term, I’m back to get out of student

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... , MITES, ...) There's a whole thread dedicated to sharing research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  second floor of the East Parallel of East Campus. Today I want to tell you about the bathroom closest to my room. The 2E Bemis bathroom has two ... broken out to reveal the night sky. The ceiling has three ceiling lights

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question ... arrived here: like I had no limit to what I could take on. That if I just ... would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  together can easily meet up. In order to be more accommodating, the chapter ... ’s a powerful moment for people to come together and bond over the ... , and Kenneth ‘19, to talk about their experiences as members of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up with supposedly clever sayings about boxes of chocolates, games of cards ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  screw everything together all at once. This allowed groups of prefrosh to ... I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a ... first got to the office, our information sessions even showcased a picture

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  , things have been crazy busy. (Perhaps at some point, I'll eventually get to ... some balance to the conversation. I remembered a guest post I wrote a ... was actually in response to an admitted student who was deciding whether

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... person is left. This creates all sorts of interesting mind games in which ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  Israel: http://benbellinisrael.wordpress.com/ I was trying to think of a ... I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... early afternoon to see the sights. There are a few attractions to the town

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

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  happen to be amazing). Monday and Wednesday nights are usually dedicated 5 ... recitation to revise problems or figure out problems I couldn't do on my own. (Note that most people at MIT like to do psets in groups -- it's faster

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what ... slightly embarrassed cough. —The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  we’re now in a study group together. I feel like I’ve been able to get ... last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to ... by the way passive mechanisms allow us to move about. For example, this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi facts. I put together this ... taken on pi day, so it's still a pi day video! Good luck to all you 2019s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  'm hesitant to even mention creative writing and blogging together, since they ... still find time to put together amazing things. (Interestingly enough, two ... in my head...forming the words, stringing them together like jewels on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  's fragments and, in the context of the story, are able to piece together what ... answer together. It's still missing parts. I have to figure out where to go ... will be some light spoilers, so if you want to read the series, now

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... difference in perspective relating to what applying to college is supposed to ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  as a “listener.” You can play a fun game by going to the subject ... and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... order.) 1. The students This one is a no-brainer. Thanks to the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  plan to not have spring break plans, but I feel like I have a lot of backlogged self-reflection and emotional processing to do, so it’s actually been pretty nice and relaxing to have a chunk of time to myself

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017