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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  small vase -- you can see how much glass is left at the bottom of it ... class for the second time: it's standard practice for people to repeat this class twice before moving to intermediate classes because it covers

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really ... directions," it really warrants a call-out of its own because of how ... submit. It is, however, worth noting that If you experience any last minute

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  whatever weird ideas popped into his head. It's only sixty pages long, but ... -favorite book now; it's terribly long and compendious in its description of ... think it would be viewed as strange if your person and Maria dated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  a merino headband under my headscarf. It does an excellent job of ... typically will wear thermals, a long shirt, a sweater and then my jacket. It ... It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  'd include the proof by induction but it's long, tedious, and involves calculus so I've omitted it). Master of what? Doesn't matter, as long as said ... assesses the answer and provides hints if the student does not know how to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  employer for the same job since my first year of high school, does it affect ... and 680! writing). I was wondering if it would help my application if I ... point where it is clear that they are 'qualified' and could succeed as far

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  surprisingly long time to research and put together; I hope you all enjoy it ... , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... students, but it’s still great, would highly recommend) How to do Laundry

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  know everything about how to not die in the Big Rocks when it's really ... )[/caption] I am not the ice girl with long white hair. The cold bothers me. The ... . So I try to turn to the thing that usually does a good job of making me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  (almost) anything: it's a semester-long crash course on making for those who ... everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  to me all week. Just supposing it doesn't happen, how does that affect ... . Can you provide me with some more info? such as how does it compare to ... time. How long should I wait to receive confirmation that my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  remembered all the high schoolers who sent me these long emails about how they ... wanted to escape. I find it really funny how everything worked out like ... describe the fear i feel. i remember how hard it was being alone in my senior

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  yourself, does this dilute the challenge of the test? Well, no, because they ... don't think you get how cool this is... A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!! Of ... order to increase its kinematic viscosity enough to flow at the required

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... similar people. Sorry, maybe that’s harsh, and it’s obviously a ... level. While I’m sure these clubs appeal to a large variety of people—it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  . Where does it hurt? Primarily, I think I’ve lost my sense of conviction ... -meant, but it can be tiring after a long day, and I sometimes wonder if my ... classes.  This isn’t an admission of defeat (no matter how much it feels

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  does not provide linens, pillows, or bath or hand towels. MIT *does ... long network cable. (Your RCC [residential computing consultant -- an ... certainly print your stuff in any Athena cluster for free, it's sure nice to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  main gripe is how slow it is, especially at the beginning. It always ... not enough that I keep playing it. This is a long game. You could play ... . It's quite theme-light, and more number-go-uppy than my description

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  , where the metro system works better than it does in Boston. The metro ... " align="alignright" width="300"] this is the bike lane! It is very wide ... taxes, which can double the price of a car. I’m not sure how this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  away, I stayed away for a long time. It was a slow reintroduction. My ... -improvement an end in itself, or does it come about as a byproduct of the pursuit ... read parenting books when I was a kid--books like How to Speak So

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  optimism; I was going to put it on hold for 3 months and reassess how to move ... different from doing so this year. How? I have no idea, and neither does ... learned how to keep going. That doesn’t sound like much (and frankly it’s

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different reasons. Sometimes it is hard because you don't know your audience and have to guess. Sometimes it is hard because you have a lot of stories

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012