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  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and ... extra-long. And as far as comforters go, try to get something that'll be sure to keep you warm in the winter, because here is something I knew but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  realize a grievous error. He had forgotten to get any macaroni! Ultimately ... across to his finders in some way. Maybe MIT students just like to have fun ... admission to MIT in the Class of 2019, despite its impressive achievements

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  . This is not to take away from the hard work that everyone puts in to get ... have help, you still have to put in the work.  If you get to the place ... “youngest Asian American to run for public office” and “Forbes 30 Under 30 in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... done. I try to work, I really do. I spend time sitting in front of ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  mandatory-attendance HASS class. The advantages? I got to sleep in later. I got to "save time" that would otherwise have been spent in class. I got to stay warm and cozy in my (over)heated room while it whistled and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  student (they tend to be about how neat trees look right after rain in the ... one of those classes that reminds students why they came to MIT in the ... the year in 6.131, students have just finished working late nights to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to ... that have happened at MIT. In a nut shell, a hack is an addition to the ... Facilities stared at it in awe, not quite sure what to think. How, erm, how

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  wasn’t going to get accepted, I stopped being super formal in my update ... one to get in. There were two EA admits, and I don’t remember any EA ... MIT, and if you are able to get in from crafting “the perfect

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  a few who really got to me, and when they didn't get in, the tears ... In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... I were both in town and had nothing to do. Other than that I cut my ... problems. I was ashamed to live in Alabama throughout all of high school

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  pressure on their children to succeed and to get A's. While it's wonderful to ... time to get work done and oftentimes I found myself just wandering around ... the book that was going to be covered in lecture, go through online

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  ’s enough to get me to think about it endlessly. I know I’m not alone in how ... as I prepare to be distracted. All the while, I hear the voice in my ... ? the fact that i don’t have enough desk space in my room and need to work

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule ... summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... Find Them. We had met to discuss my interest in astronomy, and our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  we are trying something new! if you'd like to consume this blog in ... incredible strides, made great sacrifices, and worked so, so hard to get here ... . I get it. I know it. I was there. I thought I'd make something to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  's the only time a year I get to see many of my friends in-person, and I ... with your hobbies to understand them. Every instructor I've met in CMS ... media, putting the comparative in Comparative Media Studies. I hope to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... here in Israel) is something that forces you to stop. It can be ... want to do when they get out. It means that the MISTI kids are precisely

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  and get chopped in half. Don’t let this happen to you. Finally, back up ... laptops in their book bags or purses, exposed to the elements. The thought ... force I should apply through my legs to get me where I think I thought I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  know I would have done anything to get in, and still would. Depression ... a spot, unfortunately..." But you'll get used to it eventually. In ... , and it might make you sick. NO you did not get the leading role in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  get to see you here in the fall! To those of you who didn't sleep at all ... spirit of MIT. People here want to change the world - in whatever way they ... medical school in Fall '12 were asked to answer a series of questions to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012