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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  Charlie Card, giving you one less thing to worry about. If you're not so ... There are some big things coming to a close as my summer begins to ... 'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  implementation to consider, not to mention all the ethics, advocacy, and ... , using public transit, and eating better food. That’s not to say that ... Well, it has certainly been fun to write as an admissions blogger. I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  ... and that is not trivial." According to Ben, it's got some factual errors ... DID YOU KNOW? Even if you want to boil water really quickly, don ... for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  group and not experience diversity!" I have to say, if you only have ... point to pika and say "What could possibly be better or safer about not ... to be working)." One thing to remember is that just because a hall is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  interest. I don't want to learn LaTeX, or why numbers exist, or how to ... do not want to go to law school. After a lot of [annotation note ... decide I want to do lab work or some other industry project, I'm not stuck

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  frenzy looking for something constructive to do. Believe it or not, I ... power to accept or reject you. I always heard people say “Oh, I’m not sure I’ll apply to XYZ” and wonder, why on earth would you not apply to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  not, well that's what I'm going to blame it on. At any rate, the past ... time to do it I'm pretty hosed (I leave exactly how hosed as an exercise ... Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  will be more willing to hire you and there is not a lot of hassle with ... options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which works out to $9.00/hour, when you are funded by the UROP office. Need to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and ... too so may not be able to respond right away. After a couple of days, it ... help but do give them a little time to respond. It’s not necessary for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  stuff. I'm not entirely sure why. I always think that moving is going to ... year I decided to document the process. Since I'm from LA, I do not have ... this be a warning to all pre-frosh deciding how much junk to bring to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  read parenting books when I was a kid--books like How to Speak So Children Will Listen, How to Listen So Children Will Speak and The Blessing ... indulgence. I read How to Talk to Anyone (a wonderful, wonderful book) when I

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

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  things in my life right now. "how are you doing? what have you been up to ... how to steady my footing in this slippery world--maybe in another life ... memories, loving the things i used to love. "...do not know if i will ever

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  and not know if any professors know you well enough to be willing to ... MISTI the summer after freshman year. You may not end up going to the ... [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  nine months. I’m not sure how to fix that. Chucking a writing class in ... course it wouldn’t be. Welding metal will not ever actually compare to ... having written and not having suffered to the maximum amount. (Maybe

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  into. All this to mean that I’m not surprised that there are struggles ... of the fake plants I hung up (not ready to take care of another living thing atm, still trying to figure out how to take care of myself

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how ... every day. It feels strange when it’s not on my finger. I panic when I can ... since leaving MIT. And it's a constant reminder to me (and others) of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  that in engineering, it's not that difficult to design individual ... the superposition of all the little solutions. It's not that hard to ... out trying to understand how everything works and in what ways you can

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  issues —  of identity, of justice, of resources, and how we ought to make a common world together. We do not know yet how the Supreme Court will rule ... as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  decent amount of sleep, but that's because i'm not going to lectures, and ... will also not be talking about this here due to that reason. let ... 've outgrown each other. but if they're the right person, they're not going to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren't offered admission, you're just as amazing. I regret that we won't be able to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008