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  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  Student Center, or W16 Kresge Auditorium. Buildings in east campus have ... Building 10 to the Charles River, cutting the dome in half. This line points ... good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  ." Critters that scale the Stack in search of water or bugs to eat can be ... additions or deletions in physical traits or behaviors over the course of ... "emergencies," or sudden environmental changes to which our critters must adapt

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  break! it is always tempting to take an extra day or week to cram in more ... need to think about work/life balance in high school because they had ... or two—this is always better than being a burrito in your bed, although

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... of day-to-day kindness and stimulating conversations (or any

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  little errors or large mistakes in reasoning. Try to make a large ... them out in PowerPoint or Illustrator, but make sure to always drift back ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  whether to create the website in Perl or Python. There's a bit of discussion ... the office, to writing or reviewing a game. In Tech Squares, work can be ... wouldn't win a science fair. When I went to a party in SF this summer

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

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  . The TV show in fact is older than many of you applying to MIT right now ... that I did in my head to write the above statement, so I wrote it down ... engineering to pursue a PhD in biological engineering at MIT. (It’s not as crazy

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively decided to present An Actual Day in My Life, Fall 2005 Version. 8:15 -- The ... listening to Professor Paxson. I am unsuccessful. 11:56-12:08 -- I wait in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  Campus, the East Campus music room, or in Barker library (the one under the ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you’ve missed this week

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick 2AM lift often turn to their in-building fitness facilities instead ... to take part. In addition to the confinement of hours like Gloria noted

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  conference and make minor changes to resubmit to another conference due in two ... conference due in a month.  I chose… none of them. I chose to withdraw and to ... efforts to try. Isn't it ironic that in my attempt to look after myself, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  we should be majoring in. Currently, we are majoring in Course 21E, or ... offered in it). And our Engineering field is Course 6, or Computer Science ... representation, and that is EXTREMELY important to us. Steven Universe, in our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  contribute more to the world) pursuing projects or companies or whatever ... looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures ... thinking about what I learned in college... All I Ever Really Needed to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  in 12th grade to prioritize your college applications, or maybe that ... my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I ... reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... . It's a pretty big transition to go from working in the lab 15 hours a ... , or if I should wait until after? But if I do it after, I'll have to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... because you know you want to do it, not because of money or rankings or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if ... and Informed) Risk-taking: Going to MIT is risky in itself, considering ... earning a good GPA. Academic risk-taking, whether in research or choice of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  people don't suddenly lose interest in activities they used to enjoy, or ... images in one's mind. It turns out the majority of people, when asked to ... that way to me. There's a Quora answer that describes anosmia in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  admission. From my perspective, checking the box, or boxes to indicate one ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to ... identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011