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  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  universities that you can go to for your education. It's not like MIT teaches some secret form of Math that no one else knows about. Heck you can even ... they could make a supercomputer using nothing but soda cans, hairspray, 3

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  therefore, a connection. We can always tell when an applicant's essay has ... counselor, service, parent, etc - I can't speak for all schools, but here ... 's the best advice anyone can give to you. Your application is full

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  medical giants to visionary startups. This means that some projects can take ... bike. Now, eight weeks later, I can hop on the bike, and it takes me most ... the thing I'm designing on my screen can actually be manufactured in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• 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 ... Moses... Anyway, in a similar but distinct way, the word why can be ... typographic markers of significance. From that length of that sentence, you can

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

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  concerts. I can't go to school for her. I can't study for her or take the tests for her. I can't complete the projects or lab work for her. But, I can support her. If it means sitting on the sidewalk of downtown LA at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  are, cannot match. City living can have its own specific challenges, however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For ... walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  the time I got home. Some days, you just can't do it, and it's not a negative reflection on you that you can't always be running at 100%. Some ... eight hours, and while that's not a great plan for every day, it can be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... can relate to passages like this: There’s this feeling that no matter how hard you work, you can always be better, and as long as you can be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  . Yes, take naps! But make sure you can wake up from them. That becomes ... , actually look forward to a respectable 9-5 job, so they can finally live on a ... works, what else can you do? Like The Blogfather said, the “fun and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  , always cut it out. (iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active ... you can think of an everyday English equivalent. (vi) Break any of ... account on my.mit.edu so I can actually catch a glimpse at what the new

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  Me: "Can I please list 'can raise each eyebrow independently' in the ... research position in their first year at MIT? That's right! They both can ... far as I can tell, UROPing follows a basic rule of thumb: if you want

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  in your life when you can. If you write your best papers the night ... . Become friends with your favorite professors. Recognize that they can learn ... you and your classmates. Always be asking yourself, "what can I learn

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  these opportunities, there are so many things that can limit the use of tools that people can use to explore new things or study different ... school can support those who may not have easy access to the numerous

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  ' Guild, work can be anything from helping cart the Nerf guns to and from the office, to writing or reviewing a game. In Tech Squares, work can be ... they can show "leadership skills" is by being the president of something

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  , weekly psets, recitations, or class readings that are all baselines. I can ... . Usually my steady-state equilibrium can survive occasional shocks and ... amount of money I can spend in this convenience store that will keep me

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  return on your investment. That's great. But money can't just buy integrity. Money can't buy a pivotal moment to crush to smithereens your bad habits and rebuild new ones. Money can't purge your fears out of you. That's a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to ... layer - that can tell you which roads are safe, which roads are unsafe ... can be deceptive. For example, Massachusetts Avenue, which bisects the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your ... simple path from A to B, from course 5 to course 9, but I don't think I can ... only one who can really "specify" answer choice e) is the person making

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  CMS is the idea of "applied humanities": we study media so we can apply ... convince you that the Hunt, like all puzzlehunts, can be studied and thought of in the same way we can do for poems and short stories. Hence the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  the future, all of which can hurt me. In this distorted vision, the future is this place where we have zero control over what can happen to us ... , and really the best I can do is to just take things one by one and not

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022