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• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  ’t productive. It seems that opportunities to pursue personal projects, talk to ... point to watching movies even if you forget about the details, and for the ... to leave them. For most decisions, the specific details of the pros

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  's overkill for you, don't torture yourself; just skim, or skip to the end ... eye. What does it mean, then, for one object to appear "twice as bright ... to your eye. Here's a visual example from this website (which I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  for frosh and upperclassmen to start hooking up left and right, but I ... colleges that are similar to this one. PLEASURE stands for "Peers Leading ... have to buy condoms. Make sure you go when they're actually open (I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  for the metaphor, life isn’t exactly analogous to a marathon, where all you have to do is reach the end and rest your legs for a while. For an ... side of the road for free water in paper cups then getting right back to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  ?? It's really difficult for me to answer this question, partially because ... spectrum for Harvard, and the other appeared to be on the much harder side ... fun of my lab partner Nina and I for having to work while they all had a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I will later, but today’s not that day. I just wanted to share this

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  !. Actually, to be fair, these were also for Freshman Dinner (alluded to by ... Porter Room Win as much as $500 for your floor, the most prize money ever ... ! Apple Bake has been a fall culinary tradition in Burton-Conner for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  /do at school. I try hard as an EC to be a strong advocate for each person ... First of all, I want to say that I do 90% Skype interviews, and 10% in-person ... admission department to reach out to kids in areas where an in-person

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  my personal statement and explain why I want to explore deeper ... Four years ago, I started to apply to colleges. Four years later, I ... 've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  claimed to be any good at this updating thing, okay? (But for real, I have ... ironic.) I went to the MISTI building for a wrap-up meeting from my IAP ... school I've gone to for three and a half years. And the thing is, I'm over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  school go to for pursuing pre-med. It's difficult to find a physics ... algorithm would pick one of the choices for their schedule. It refused to give ... pig’s feet for some reason. Even though it was run online because of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  means to be a person who thinks and feels and has the urge to create ... —is a heavy feeling.  as much as i wish for the goodbye to be prolonged ... broken and then prepare ourselves for the same old business. it is good to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  also a really important question on the board for residents to fill out ... was up the whole night) has the duty to wake up the next person who needs to be up, who then wakes up the next person who has to be up, and so

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  the brush into a local classroom for about five weeks to see how ... tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday ... market today that are designed especially for kids. These let kids do neat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  and a pretty innocent misunderstanding. For me personally, it was my ... you guys for taking time out of your day to come here and read the blogs, and sharing your lives with us. I want to say thank you for making the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  there for a cheese croissant and a large tea before my 6:40 AM train to ... goals for spring break: 1. go to the optometrist to replace the pair 2 ... is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  classes and so should legally not be allowed to register for more than I can ... scientist, that I didn't have to struggle and strive for a job coding 9-to-5 ... the Charles river. I was back for rowing and to UROP but I spent most of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  are buffet-style, allowing you to get as much food as you want from several "stations" around the dining hall. Indeed, an easy way to level up ... combinations across different stations. Although they are designed to be self

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  brand new admissions post is on the front page for you all to read. ... on the Internet did MIT hide all of its goodies? I'd like to shed light ... need to put it on the internet I head to our special MIT Admissions login

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  requested for financial assistance. both were approved. it was a relief to ... portion of the results during the contest. to get full points for a problem ... ’re going to get. i got the small data right for the first two problems, and i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020