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  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  this was and how i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. missing out on ... it feels like i'm drowning. --- hand foot mouth disease (what a terrible name) took me down for a week or two. it's been going around, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Weekend CPW and marathon volunteering

  

  ouch, my last CPW!  

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  looking at a presidential election quiz; a long discussion about the questions it raised sent us deep into the Internet, doing research on the ... was looking at it from up above, instead of face-on. I noticed that some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  snowflake of winter, how exciting)! Gradually, it began snowing harder; the ... Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  'm finally here to enjoy all of the great things it has to offer! For all of ... else does or Trader Joe's fans are part of this unspoken cult that ... really anything that has pumpkin in it. But these are now my only exception

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  metropolitan transit authority of Paris. It's a graduate design workshop in the ... turn it into a for-credit UROP as well. RATP has asked us to consider ... make it not just a simple means of transport, but an integral part of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  It's the night before your organic chemistry problem set is due ... 't knock. You and your friends make your best guess, and call it a night ... compound reactions or how to build rockets - and we want everyone else to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  long and harsh journey down to Economy Hardware (how did we know about ... temporary rooms: Not very inviting, is it? So we set right to work. The first task was to figure out how big the room was. This posed an immediate

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  truly matters to you, no matter how nontraditional it may seem + take ... , but if you think it's too long, it's probably too long. As for the ... + make it legible (neat handwriting or "normal" font) + address the topic

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  . In the long run, it's better to judge the rest of MIT - and its ... 's taught me how to keep walking, even when I'm going against the wind. It ... started writing this instead. You only have one freshman year. Live it up

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  clear, this post is not part of the puzzle nor does it contain any hints ... It's that time of summer again. HackMIT, one of the largest undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  this blog depart from its usual cutting edge, intellectual discourse ... one of the chosen 5? Does anyone know where I can get a used Viper ... 's Anatomy: What's up with Alex and Addison? Will Yang and Burke work it

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  double minor in Biomedical Engineering and Economics. Who does that?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first ... wants to make a decision like that assuming that it would determine the

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  -celebrating bears, we find the Serbia bear... and it makes you think. As does this ... . Pascal, from FRANCE (how could you be named Pascal and not from France ... Moldovian currency it has stuck in its eyes. The Ireland bear just bearly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You ... . It makes for some intensely long days in the shop and some high stress ... ;   *no it doesn't. How often do you see the back of your own head?

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  discussing how it was "sorta easy". I failed. Badly. Geez, I can't seem to ... like it An important lesson: no matter how "screwed" you think you are ... the real world and how intentions mean squat if you're not getting it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like ... about how this week was "hell week." (these things happen to everyone at ... exam schedule gets a bit more staggered, so it's better). For example

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  one of the 8 TVs there showing me how to make the soup. She served it ... how I started this entry three days ago but sometime betwee now and then I got waylaid. I forget where I was going with that, but I think it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is ... 100 students from the waitlist. So, it's hard to know how this year will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is ... students from the waitlist. So, it's hard to know how this year will look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008