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• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  's Guide to the Galaxy. Similar to gateway drugs, this book is the first step ... This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to ... to your interests. And share those! They're probably awesome! -Sleep

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  venture outside to go to the "happy hour" with grad students from 5-7, or ... hours, and I'm feeling a little guilty. See, it's the MIT biology interview weekend, and over the course of my travels to California schools

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  sacrificed their time and carpooled with other families to drive an hour into ... -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made horizontal or vertical slashes. Feeling rebellious, and wanting to amuse myself

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine. Swimming pools and ice cream sundaes.  Long road trips to new places. Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  cpw is pretty cool tho :D it's not perfect, but it sure is fun

  

  involves upwards of 10,000 man-hours to pull off. truly amazing and one of ... physically counted), and more importantly, the music is curated to be ... i seem to be physically incapable of writing blogs in a timely

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 28, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  that forms at rush hour. Our midterm presentation to RATP was the next ... an especially important one -- you've got to be able to evacuate tons ... . For the past four months, I've been working with the MIT Design Lab to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  . This marks the end of a very good start to what will be a very good weekend. First and most importantly, I got nine hours of sleep last night ... Comparative Media Studies. I'm kind of considering it. > I have yet to see if

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  'm senior now heading off to math grad school next fall). I really appreciate ... what subject you are studying. I went through Course 18, to study the ... of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps ... if you go into science, especially as a woman. You have to worry about

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  only the slightest amount — maybe even a bit that wasn’t important to the ... trade and minimum wages. More importantly, 14.03 made me learn how to ... much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  important to be cautious about the moves you make on the board." "So you fill ... me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four ... Whether you blog for a job and get paid by the hour, or you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  was tested, scrutinized, and pushed to its limits and after many ... heavy or dirty it seemed, and we began the long drive to Hastings ... , we were ready to begin. The American Solar Challenge is a biennial

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  School is out and many times high school students struggle to find things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... whole bunch of other responsibilities, it's tempting to just veg out on

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  to bed several hours sooner than I did the night I had the same pset. ... Wallace Fennel exposited that he wants to be a mechanical engineer. And that ... I'm just going to have to accept that. Still, I could use a little

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  left side the new homepage is devoted to utility and self-guided journeys ... This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... :  The homepage we replace has given good service to the Institute. Since

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  wanted was rather spontaneous but probably the most important to finishing ... painting sections done in those hours. I didn't have to stay up late, but it ... process took around 6-7 hours. We sign up for slots to paint; and when we

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  advice blog (written by someone who went to all her Tuesday classes with ... seems to taking in far more frequent, two-length cycles. In the last two weeks I will have spent a few trillion hours taking three midterms (two of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  , my goal in life for the next 24 hours is to actually beat the class ... bothered to memorize, I wrote myself an important message in what I hoped ... 's above the healthy limt of "zero." So I figured now would be a good time to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  So there's this list of 101 things to do before you graduate from MIT ... serves me correctly, the things you're supposed to do are along the lines of, "Go to Garment District," "go to a BSO concert," "pull an all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  seems so important to have a good portfolio and everything. I don't live ... through in your essays and your interview. A really important thing to ... something important to digest before you go to college, MIT or not. Ashley

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007