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  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  day at work. Due to a lovely and thick stacks of nondisclosure agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but ... back into my room. Luckily, through all of it, I had my new toy that I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  , probably more than you realize (ooooo, cryptic). Burton-Conner has all of its activities planned, our new shirts just got here (3 boxes containing several ... first day of CPW so they could study. Luckily our test is this coming

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  apartments with [annotation note="9 out of the 11 other freshmen, one junior ... can work during the day and hang out at night. The experience living here is almost the same as that of living on our floor of Burton

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  Winter break is finally over and I'm back at MIT. As much as most people complain about MIT, you really miss it when you're gone. Of course ... founding of the US Navy (on 13 OCT 1775) and US Marine Corps (10 NOV 1775

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  By the end of my freshman year, I was convinced that I had not learned anything in my classes at MIT. By the end of my sophomore year, the ... part in terms of math academics, I had fallen to believe something

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  trouble thinking of anything. We were at a Conclave (sectional meeting) at ... This is the first of my "entries-on-request" - as you probably ... close friends?" I'm sure that some of the incoming frosh reading this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  there was always someone new at the fire jams. I brought a pair of poi ... , so when I saw Jebby with a bunch of people on her first day at work, I ... British stole everyone’s stuff (tbf, it was quite cool to look at). One of

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  me at least, to think about the idea of this being a part of some story ... the end of the semester (or at least the end of some arc I can’t see yet ... year of settling into whatever “role” I play at MIT. For instance, since

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can access it here.  While the application is always new for first ... .[/annotation] We have been hard at work this summer completely overhauling the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

                                                Oudenaarden The pre-8.03 reaction: my level of awe and wonder is inversely ... back and forth, which in turn pushed air out in the form of sound waves ... glass to fall apart from each other are the same vibrations of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high ... due to fear of the RIAA] 14. Besides my room, the reading room at ... -to-it-iveness to get through MIT. And at the end of the day, those traits are just as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  of all materials at this busy time. About Standardized Testing ... November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... Nov. 1 deadline. Please allow five days for the processing of all

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  think about all the new people you're going to meet in the next five hours ... delicious breakfast burritos. Of course when you get past security, past your ... to the stand and stare at the lady's name tag, mentally willing Angela

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  lot of optimism. I have a lot of optimism.In my first attempt at ... at estimating what I spend. It also goes to show that I had no idea of ... Value From What You Have Be careful of the new problems buying anything

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  of a camera. “I know you’re good at math, and I think this is ... at the same time, I almost want to do so out of pure spite. Dolores ... note="please do not actually attempt at home"]Because you should

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  you leave the paper resumes at home in favor of "dropping them" online at Umeqo. I went with my friend and old roommate Anji after tucking in ... semester, Techfair is a student run career fair that showcases some of the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  to think of at the moment. When high school came around, the notion of ... my side of the room at one point though, as evidenced by this picture ... Telethon, a lot of you new admits asked questions about dorms - I hope this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  not know, dances are not my scene. One of the stereotypes at MIT is that ... seniors. Also, be warned that another installment of this entry may crop up ... could see long lines of nicely dressed Burton-Conner residents walking

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  Friday when I was still in New Jersey. A couple of hours after that I got ... Like you might have read on some of the other blogs, the EA Telethon was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  to shop around for a new one. At first I was actually pretty worried ... , like leaving bags of chocolate at our doors the night before our first 8 ... candy for me before tests. At risk of sounding cheesy, they're almost

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008