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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  biked to D-Lab to weld. I’d started a new project two weeks before finals ... guy who I’d taught how to weld, a nice student, good at taking criticism ... artisans spoke mainly to him. Three stalls down, I remembered that this was a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  questions and identity crises… Every student at MIT is required to declare a ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically ... decided that I was, without a doubt, going to become a physicist (after I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to ... Sweden to Abisko. Should be a lot of fun, and I promise to post pictures

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  to work since I'd stayed up late, vibed for a few hours, then had to ... often a matter of willpower and self-control. I always say I'm going to ... steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that right now, you have a lot to be worried about too. Here is a non ... accordingly on time.  If you are using prescription medicines, try to find a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  hadn't ever used a mill or lathe.  I wasn't sure what it meant to tap a ... and learned how to use fast fabrication methods.  And I built a pair of ... manageable pieces.  Our first assignment is to build a "Mini Me" robot that can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... winter break and IAP knowing I needed to make a decision about which major ... I chose to stay a physics major. Ultimately, it mostly came down to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will ... ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student ... Paul would have a lot to say about this as well). But anywhoo, I want to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn ... already knew something about us. So we invited students to tune into a ... MIT: If you don't know much about MIT, this might be a good place to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  ego and stubbornness and not because I actually wanted to. I didn't do a ... helped me with classes and who I admired a lot but never had the courage to ... 's language, that is to say, learn a little bit about the terms he uses quite

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... Ξp is what it sounds like: a week dedicated to working on the house.  t ... like to propose a distinction between wholesome grungy communal living

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  a major at the end of freshman year, continue to take classes outside ... a morning exam does. Despite what my 9.01 Intro to Neuroscience ... body will get used to napping every day, and that’s a nuisance. Get off

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  ]which, to be fair to her, is probably a better English description of zongzi ... that a poet drowned in a river and people raced out in boats to find him ... to make zongzi. There is a proper way -- the kind seen in every youtube

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of ... there. At MIT, we refer to rooms in a format like this: 10-100 (the ... (only about a third to a half of whom are here for the summer, mostly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a negligible amount of snow - to be a shocking amount. And that's understandable ... canceled due to conditions that make a compelling case for not having classes

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... torn apart my house trying to find a crowbar so I could break into my ... My introduction to most of the MIT Admissions staff - aside from my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  covering everything from Kanye’s visit to Harvard’s design school and a birth on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the ... other writers/editors, a lot of the discussion boiled down to: what are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  [/annotation] even with recurring episodes of tent.     This is a guide to ... in a non-competitive climate. This makes it weaker and easier to kill ... torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  bags to make our car dip just a little bit. To my left in the line for ... ones I will notice. I found out yesterday that I'll get to be a blogger this year, so I know it’s a bit eager to be starting to write already

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018