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  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  because of the spiciness than anything else. While i had to keep chugging ... : campusfood.com is probably the root of Freshman-15 and much college ... Facebook statuses to the irritatingly unpredictable nature of MIT printers

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the ... of them, definitely. And it isn’t that every day in the middle was ... . How much effort I’m putting in, the time of day, the last time I ate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have ... ) – was not the fear of being unable to succeed without MIT, but rather a ... hearing that MIT is what it is because of the people who go here, but it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  right wall of the kitchen, is our fuse box:   Do you know about fuses? I ... you cook oatmeal on the stove. You boil a cup of milk. You can hear it ... the heat down and add half a cup of one-minute oats and you stir

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  signing in on OLPC's (somehow the admissions office got a hold of two of ... MIT student didn't die! 2:06 -- Most of the students here are seniors ... ." is the core mission of MIT. An example are the OLPCs people signed in

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  up the points of the things I even wrote anything down for, they just ... strong negative memories of. But it's a requirement for the new 6–14 major ... didn’t try to study 2 hours before the exam on 2 hours of sleep. I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  Well, I'm 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and ... . I spent the first four days of break doing absolutely, very delicious

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  of my MacBook Pro scraping against a doorframe when I miscalculate the ... . “It’s a remember things thing.” It keeps track of recipes, finances, the ... . Luckily TextWrangler was able to resuscitate the text of the file sans

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  it around the house. Also, a lot of upperclassmen are interested in ... class into your already busy schedule. I have had the fortune of taking at ... her that I was a chemical engineer. She immediately gave me the names of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  fourth floor of building 3 for really excellent Indian food. Crack open the ... 's parents walk into the room. 9:19 PM: The punchline of the movie, delivered ... 'd give me a day instead of the allotted hour. Even still, though I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  live in deep suburbia, the sort of place whose main assets are relative ... Happy 2016! (By the way: 2016 = 2^5*3^2*7, in case you need the ... to get ahead on coursework--but the flesh is so, so weak. My family

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  and you'll see home:     Fun fact: all of the photos in ... we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in ... home after class: (2) Because even the Infinite (Corridor) has an

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  to be a part of, and I have never regretted the decision. 2. Freshman ... softball team, or a sorority, find the group of people (or place or activity ... & Disney loving floor of a closeknit nerdy dorm may not be the place

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  Welcome to the scary world of College Shopping. Who knows what you ... . I bought all of this ahead of time except for the pillows just because ... parents to bring the rest of their stuff. You can also order it online and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  officers follow the winds to the corners of the country to talk to students ... in between over the course of a few days. I visited big high schools ... variants - and countless others - are all just versions of the same question

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  . whenever i hear variations on the theme of “i was torn into a million pieces ... takes the form of socializing, writing, and incessant online window ... we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  : so where are you temped FROSH: one of the frats ME: oh cool FROSH ... , there's so many cool -- FROSH: isn't that the ...you know ... clothing ... mean the roller coaster's pretty cool FROSH: but i would never live

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  So philosophical entries with advice on the right strategies for conquering MIT are really great, but in my humble opinion, the most helpful ... live the next four years, what you want to do, whether you want to care

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  我没去过北京 在外国出生的孩子的故事

  

  (Read the English version here!)     我没去过北京。我们回中国去的时候，总是去上海、南京、杭州，总是在江苏一带。我记得，我小的时候还能说上海话（我三、四岁的时候，外婆照顾我，我就学了上海话）。 我第一次去中国是四岁的时候。我们到了上海就去我亲戚的家了。我只有一个清楚的记忆：有一天，我阿姨要让我小睡一下。她告诉我，“如果你不睡觉，叔叔会切掉你的鼻子！”。 我还不知道这个记忆是真实的还是来自我的梦，可是我知道以前我就会说上海话，可是现在回想起这个记忆，是英文的。 我小的时候

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  diploma with both areas of specialization written on it, and we don't do ... between 15 and 20 percent of MIT students graduate with bachelors degrees in ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005