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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  that out of the way, I'm writing this entry for a few reasons. One ... looking for a Korean-American character who wasn't written into the books ... the girl who answered her apartment door for me at one thirty on a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  the most. Each of us is paired up with a Teach For America teacher; my ... , this was a waste of precious learning time, so I stepped in for the class ... skip over the next section, but I thought I'd do a quick lesson for those

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  of the people. And this very long never-ending day is a testimony to that. There was a sense of joy because the MIT community had really come ... did feel joyful. I could have been in a lot of different places when the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  week when the schedule is released) or a set schedule for all employees ... requests, people in the community needed a college student for literally ... with the strength of a firehose, hydrant, or [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  consider cross-registering for a Harvard class. The commute is only ten ... for the more ambitious (which makes for a total of 4,900+ options). You ... school in the MIT area to observe and assist with a STEM class for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Ignore the deadlines for a week. Fret over which offer you'll take. Weigh ... 're here, now, carrying a Nerf gun looking for people to shoot. Worry ... if the signs are a clever metaphor. Own stuffed toys. Bring your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  , assuming a newer and better identity in college was a common aspiration. The Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go ... ” does not succeed in that one goal. For me, MIT was a golden opportunity

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  gifs) I visited MIT for the first time during CPW, and I came in ... program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... was the right place for me to be pre-med...despite the fact that I would

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  a pretty serious South Park bender at the time and the art in South ... with me. I created patterns for a host of South Park characters and ... stitched the more and more I tried to figure out a way to monetize cross

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  cause has actually been identified as a suitable explanation for the ... White man) explained that for the next 30 minutes they would work on a set ... There is empirical evidence to support the idea that males have a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  numeral for a long while. The numbers in this catalog are pretty much today ... "acquaintance with good literature". For literature, the catalog lists a whole ... except for the description of Biology, which outright calls it a "new

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  was also one of the toughest for me to master, when I did improv at ... , I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the ... stupid the whole scene is. I'm also someone who naturally likes to have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  questions have the same answer. When I arrived as a freshman, I signed up for ... contrast, did a UROP in the same solid state physics lab for nearly his ... ’ll move to Germany for a one-year Fulbright at the Max Planck Institute for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  we really wanted was the big shiny silver trophy you get for being the ... became a conscious idea in my mind. It is almost absurd to think that the ... bus trip to a random liberal arts college somewhere in the Northeast

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  moved out; the Trader Joe's, which has its own devoted cult, is a bit ... Costco for a few hours on Sunday too, which is helpful, but functionally ... a store right in the heart of Central Square, [annotation note

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  was situated within a minority. For the most part, it made no difference ... alien to my ears. They seemed like the ideal candidates for a CS major ... ". It’s been gathering dust in the cobwebs of my mind for a while now, but

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a ... ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always ... all of the spotlight for this blogpost."]Maybe, but true

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  you will all enjoy it! It is a bit belated, but all the footage was ... , no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general, not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  abandon projects; we just shelve them for a later date. Afeefah: One of the ... current and crufty MIT bloggers. A super familiar name popped up in the ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... think of it as a stepping stone. 18. Take risks. 50. This is the ... roommate somehow scored front row seats to the Indigo Girls at a venue 2

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010