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• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  't know how at all, and I failed a bunch of tests. Miserably. And I had all ... not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my suite on the fourth floor of Burton Conner shedding a trail of water from

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  . Of course, I usually open youtube at times of great procrastination ... perfectionists, at least a little bit. A quick survey of my friends suggested that ... I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  employment of my high school friend Ryan at Doc Holliday's. 3. Every Friday ... threw a dinner party for a bunch of people Friday, including Sam's Mom ... -cheddar biscuits, and "suite potatoe" pie. We had lots of fun and cultured

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  's the beginning of a new application season, that I'd rewrite an ... all four of us got in. So the admission percentage is at least 44%, and ... I've been unbelievably hosed the past few days doing a combination of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  may have never heard of this amazing game, it's quite popular here at ... I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... design and build working alpha prototypes of new products, learning about ... experience in a design team at a modern product development firm. As part of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  lots of new faces, too. Thanks to all of you who have stayed late to chat ... lucky enough to secure the Clark Educational Center at South Miami Hospital for the meeting, thanks to one of our Educational Counselors who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  the imagined animalistic avatars of some MIT courses, programs, and ... , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack.   ... strangest and most exotic creature of them all: the wild, weird humans of MIT.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  didn't have a lot of pre-reqs and didn't seem overly technical at first ... Podcasts 21W.035: Science Writing and New Media: Elements of Science ... have more time for myself and new hobbies All of this circled back to an

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers ... ://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/citation-formats/ for guidance) and include a complete bibliography at the end of the ... and Culture class: Each paper must be an original written piece of work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  care of myself. I went to mental health & counseling at 10am, and I ... would have a class at 2:30pm, Industrial Ecology of Materials, which is a really cool class that lets us look at the life cycle of materials and the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My ... of activities: Applied Math Lab Tours, Tie Dye at McCormick, the MIT ... I was fascinated to see not just people at (and climbing out of

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  at a random spot in a maze. The robot has a map of the maze in its ... to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 ... the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science theory, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  listen and follow along with the rest of the band and the actors at the ... ,[/annotation]but part of me thinks that at least part of it must be my doing. In these ... 's not because of any particular musical expertise of mine, then at least a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  new set of people, and to laugh at or point out the same jokes with a ... absurdity of opera. i will not be taking further questions at this time ... lot of fun, managed to invent [annotation note="nodders!"]some new

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  are a group of people at MIT who do this sort of thing all the time ... As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... strange white glint out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head as best I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  mysterious things that happen at the Institute during the middle of the night ... hacks at MIT, you've probably heard of Jack Florey. If you're actually an ... . Besides, what good MIT student isn't up at 4 AM? (Dear Concerned Parents: we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  ...get permission, and paint it back at the end of the year. Some of the dorms on the east side of campus have looser policies, and some other dorms on the ... like that shade of Blue/Green, btw. Evan replied: Adam - different dorms

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  shortened (and not at all nuanced) way of putting it is that East Campus is ... screening a couple episodes of One Day at a Time!! This is Queer West ... have to post this anonymously... MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018