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• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... easy for me to recognize why I tend to overthink a lot - and it’s because ... and unpredictable, there are always opportunities for us to find ways to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before ... Amsterdam, to an even colder city up north. I guess I'll count that as part of my holidays too?       To kick off the spring

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  :30PM ET!"]progress to a live game show[/annotation] to compete for $399 ... other person, but won due to the tiebreaker. It was fun to play and ... to the end to find out what this is ;)[/caption] Last month, I had the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  . They had little booklets at the front of the library for children to log ... be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to ... way too hosed to have time for all of that. So maybe, I thought, I

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  would say to one another in a different world. I'm hungry for the real ... fault for not doing the reading, and may be attributable to not knowing ... there is much to be said for learning lab safety first, and then getting

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  go abroad for college. Many wanted to come back in order to help ... questions for me. Is it hard to study at MIT? How did you get into MIT? What ... work visa to the US, showing an offer letter for a job at Verizon. To

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  internet we all take for granted. I also learned (somewhat) how to code in ... This semester, due to a [annotation note="decided I could finish both ... they covered material that I had little to no exposure to beforehand. 11

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  everybody wants to add a seminar to his or her schedule. Personally, I did ... to mention, are copious sources of free food. Advising for ... plans for the term and during the week before Drop Date to discuss how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Too Good to Just Tweet About Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT)...

  

  . Maybe one day personal robots will deliver valentines to our doors ... promise as we approach mid-March, I hope to have some more blog updates ... conference on personal robots - some pretty amazing stuff here! It's so amazing

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  looked forward to entering ~introvert hours~ all day... alas. A chase for ... so tonight midnight +-2 hours seems like the best time to view for the ... This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  So this weekend I managed to visit two time zones and five airports ... Pig...no joke :^) So as of yet, you have not been introduced to my best friend, Rob '08, but this weekend, I managed to make it out to Ohio to

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  now. For better or for worse, everything about me has changed. I want to ... very confident and has to act like a different person to try to get ... difficult for both of us, and she had enough. She told me something had to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  writing instructor came up to us. "You guys, have you filed a patent for ... and resistant to flow. We made five ElectroPlushies for the ... : "I would like to thank Hasbro for all of the help they've provided us

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  for ten hours it’s 7 a.m. jesus christ, go to sleep," but I can’t cause ... I had to wake up again for a mandatory-attendance class. I don’t know ... to ask for an extension, and at some point figured I could nap and then

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing ... to keep me occupied. What are your plans for the summer? ... knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  posts about waiting for decisions and that kind of stuff. personally, i ... to classes for a while. maybe some of you are far away from any ... too much for me to handle. and i’m hoping, how i’m hoping, that you can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  evening to Sunday afternoon, for an ESP retreat. It’s been a lot these past ... of people for the better. I used to feel uncomfortable with the fact ... This is a short appreciation post for fun., one of my favorite bands

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... . Accuweather says it's supposed to be 40s-50s and mostly sunny for the rest of ... Line bus ($1.25) to South Station, where you should follow the signs for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine ... kind of passed out with A Prayer For Owen Meany open to page 89 in my lap ... up for the weekend. From there we went back to Joe's house with his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  wall makes me feel old. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ... weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the ... was on TV: But if you aren't so lucky to be so old as I am, MIT's Age

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011