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  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  important than your ability to master it. You may have other experiences that ... right now. Not only did my bike handles melt a bit when I got on to ride ... some serious heat.  (according to accuweather it peaked at 108

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  . It’s also important not to forget that neoclassical economics isn’t the ... demonstrates the importance of donating to help the people who need it most, a ... this was a really good decision, and continue to highly recommend it. I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  Jojo and Diane, who rocked the reg desk next to us for many hours. After 11 hours at the reg desk, I headed over to Thursday night's opening ... So I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do at CPW, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  comfortable wasting even a single week here. In MIT, he had to make important ... things. And that because it was so important, he felt like he needed to do ... , less important. As if my priorities have shifted to the point that “real

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  statement. I've spent an average of 6 hours each day (read: ~ 8 pm - 2 am) for the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku solver, which will read in any Sudoku puzzle and figure out a solution to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  timesheets we're supposed to keep for 2.009, I've spent THIRTY HOURS working on ... TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  just two hours earlier above): The theme of the Hunt appears to be -- at ... , the last 11 hours of Mystery Hunt flew by. I'm about to go to bed so I ... 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to ... hours, 4 major cities, and over 4,000 miles of amazingly exhausting travel, there's nothing like coming home to a pot of boiling beef stew and this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hours. I call an Uber to get to my hotel in Simsbury, a 20 minute drive ... problems. The last few take a few more hours to get done. I keep chugging ... 2 of the 4, and we’re back on our way to Boston. We make it, an hour

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  dishes). I want to share them with you, to the extent that I can share 1 ... this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word ... seemed like the most important thing in the world. In the years since, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... -Veronica Mars fans are quite confused by now, I'm sure). Trying to figure out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... grades may take longer to process in some school systems this may take ... . It is too late for any supplemental materials to be considered by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  class to natural disasters near my family. The result is that the hours I ... Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  was important to me, but I didn't want to stay on the mandatory meal ... occurred at our house. I'm happy to announce that we did not, in fact, burn down, and that we still exist! I first moved to WILG after I took a gap

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get ... that this may be more challenging for some students due to their ... thought should be able to provide a letter, however they are not able to do
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  A few days ago, President Reif emailed the MIT community to announce ... fighting the pandemic. The webinar is open to the public, and will be hosted ... interested in science writ large, I wanted to boost this event so more people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu 18,109 students applied for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... '08, my suitemate from San Antonio, TX, returned to campus today, just in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  that the most important thing for a fourth grader to do, is to be a ... I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  day in 5.112 -5.12 -INTEGARLS* -3.091, or, How to Draw Pretty Pictures ... Milliseconds of 35 MIllisecond Pulsars How to Finish Your HASS Requirement in 50 ... Theory, or How I Learned to Stop Losing and Love Math -The Cities of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013