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  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or ... years—it seems to me that what you choose is a lot less important than ... world a better place.   So here is my deep life advice, for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  beats a 11 pm food order. Seriously. Get that medium-sized banana pepper ... 's ok to get a table for one. Make time for self-care. It goes a long way ... adventure here at MIT.  Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  exclaimed that there was a high tolerance for failure. Her statements about ... band at MIT) and he even found the perfect place for my arcade that has a ... . And of course, as with a good pizza, I always save the best for last

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  ’ll orchestrate a situation for you to meet my dad, and then he won't be a stranger ... ’m nervous, nervous, nervous about where that is.” Forgive me for being a ... .)  — linger, to carve out a space for someone, to… to stay. Love is not

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  11th floor, where I lived for the rest of the week. They did a bunch of ... A few weeks ago, a friend of mine approached me with an idea for a ... for a single student. Last August, my family elected to not put me on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a VERY long three months. But, last night it was over, and it was time for ... WAAAAAAY a long time ago, Chris blogged about Ring Premiere. We

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a quick exit interview with my professor - and that's it. Done. A beautiful ... ...relax, unwind - get ready for the hustle and bustle of fall 2008. It's been an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  're aiming for a smaller class this year. So, given our 1/3 constraint, our ... --- EDITED 12/11/04 09:50 AM EST --- The postman picking up all 383 ... envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  seeing a million posters for everything under the sun covering every square ... sign that I am convinced has been there for a decade, especially when it ... , dreaming about a decade away? Excited for him, that the dreams he had would

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  being flat-out offensive. If we are to hope for a brighter tomorrow, then ... Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble ... what a lot of black people live through in this country. The fact remains

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  not crocheting for practicality, because a lot of what I crochet is [annotation note="At home, I crocheted bonnets for my cat"]functionally useless ... appealing pieces and a better life. You'll know how to gauge for success in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  Last year, about this time, I was typing a blog entry much like this one, under similar circumstances. There are a few key differences ... 'm actually getting a paycheck and have health insurance. Difference 2 - I am

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  learning environment. You only live ONCE! You're only young for roughly a ... otherwise I'd feel incredibly bad for spending my entire morning writing in here instead of studying for the TWO exams I have on Tuesday. This way

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  a HASS major) on campus, the Infinite Corridor is an 825-foot ... the entire length of MIT's main buildings.  And a few days a year, the ... hedges", which was a commonly used debate tactic in the 2012 United States

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages. Two excuses, actually. Yes, I took my last final over a week ago, and ... and statistics for a while, we got to the part we’d been waiting for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some things I’ve found helpful. Pack: -- a memento for your shelf or wall ... shirts! -- a formal suit, for job interviews and Career Fair -- documents

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  train for cross country in the off-season. The new house was in a “better ... ’ve come to think that home for me is not a place, not yet. It is the things ... ."]rose.[/annotation] Down the street was a cafe that’s great for writing or studying, if you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... . I bought it because I have a terrible weakness for geeky t-shirts, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  conducted research for a report on how the next administration should approach China. Next up, we'll be working on a grant proposal for a project that ... individuals whom I've met. She's a rock star in Course 11, a fluent Spanish

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  website will also be used as a resource for Professor Condry's Japanese ... When most people say they have a UROP, you can immediately imagine them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005