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• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  world. Where an MIT education can fall short, however, is in "soft skills ... *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT Sandwich In The World™: (1) Slap together week-old bacon, lettuce, tomatoes

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... listening in health class. Your advisor? Rightttt! I think most people really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  In high school, I neglected many of my personal interests to make ... interests in college because I would have more time since I wouldn’t be in ... , unfortunately.  Ukulele: I got a ukelele in the second half of 2020 and really

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San ... lock in my major—meaning I could change direction if I didn’t enjoy my ... . Plus, I’d be on the West Coast near my family, have the chance to live in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  anyone. In fact, I think sometimes impersonating a tuber can be a welcome ... swiped into the subway and in June, I saved a whopping $4 by buying the ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  , and that means something - unfortunately, I can't go back in time and ... bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... on this website apropos of nothing, we were in fact practicing for a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  they might be in a few days, or weeks, or months. I can delay apartment ... A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months

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

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  existed. I had never known anyone to compete in any of them, or even ... beyond   While in Almaty I also made some time to visit the local ... accredited postsecondary institutions in America. I spoke to ~30 local Kazakh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  verano! [red wine and lemon soda] Well, you can make it in the US, I guess ... Adelaide and hoping I got back before Shaw's closes so I can go buy some ... In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  to MIT I'll already have a week done and be in a routine. Since I can ... fail, I will revive them from where I left off INSTANTLY in some way. No ... ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  beginning this monster, I've decided to share happiness with the world, in the ... least we thought it was just in the rooms. The other day I was caught by surprise when I saw this in the hallway. As exciting as it is to have an

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  software - and how these programs can be improved in the future. After the ... in the relief effort. What I found most striking was that the current ... 't stifling. Today was stifling. Today was sauna in an oven on the sun. Sweat

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  In the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy with [annotation note ... decided to not include it in the final version of the website... burton ... about your living situation in spring, and though we can't offer you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  whoever was being Tim the Beaver in the picture I took during the chaotic ... smiling if he tried!). In true presidential fashion, I even got to take a ... first. Now I can say that I’ve actually been Tim the Beaver…how cool is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  at MIT. Can people opt out of the meal plan in order to make their own ... in a dorm with a dining hall requires that you buy into the House ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  comparable in its effect to the Great Firewall of China Kill websites that ... noticed that the first link I posted in this blog entry was a link to a ... do not intend to infringe. I intend to educate. With good intent, I can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  busy... and classes haven't even started yet. In the past three days, I ... can probably use to buy a comfortable chair for my room from the online retailer of my choice. In other news, Mitra recently acquired a free i

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... just walk around in them, so I thought, "Okay, whatever." The guy basically wanted me to run an entire workout in each pair of shoes. First, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  survivor I am today. My UROP was in one of the biotech labs and this ... , squat repeat Practice, wow I can’t do anything well today? Am I getting better, I can’t let the team down, can’t let coach down, can’t let myself

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  within it, in the hopes that I can one day make a difference in it, and ... company past the program. Exhibit D: So proud of them :') While in Peru, I ... at it then was “A free trip to Russia? Heck, yeah. I can totally skip

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017