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  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  . How accepting was the group to different ideas? Did all members ... how to design and program a robot. They learned that by jumping in and ... impossibly hard. They learned how to build things that wouldn’t break (by

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to ... 've figured out how to wear what I want without dying from hypothermia, I ... The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  you how much we want you to take care of you, and you loved ones, before ... Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across Latin ... these regions with much more immediately important things to worry about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  from around the globe. Over a 24-hour period from September 17th to 18th ... is the weekend to meet other enthusiastic hackers, push your boundaries, and realize the projects of your dreams!" Head on over to hackmit

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  Mathematica could do it." Jon: "I know, the same thing happened to me. I think I figured out how to do it though." Me: "How?" Jon: "Here, look what I did ... ). Here's when you know it's time to go to bed. Roommate Jon: "Did you get

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  mouse person to a fish person" and how a trip to Germany during a ... Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James ... Hopkins to talk about her work with zebrafish and cancer research that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get ... reason to skip class. 13. Kazaa: how do people survive without it? (*NOTE ... comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

   approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to ... as important as where you live is what and how you eat. At MIT, you may choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or you
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  / https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/advice_on_how_to ... indication of how well you did. I want to stress again that this is just a ... out about it too much :)     3. How to prepare It really

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  few days. That's over now, so breathe and allow me to distract you with ... story of how my father became one of the few people in the world who has managed to crash the Internet. I don't want to lead with that story though

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  write a follow up in one or two days about how I used Fireflies to help ... into how I work.   --- This post was pretty fun to write, as I ... bloggers. I usually have to wait for inspiration to hit before I'm able to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  Kansas City, I had a 6.006 (Intro to Algorithms) midterm later that day ... throwback to last year's Eastern Sectionals, as I was vying for a spot on the ... myself mentally and physically fit to compete was one giant monster in and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  are inversely proportional to each other because that's how motors work ... to [annotation note="what sounds like an incredibly draining week of ... and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  It is my long-term quest to visit as many ramen shops around Boston ... be doing better: close to MIT, there's Sapporo Ramen in the H-Mart at ... so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  have decided to join the incoming class have a very crucial choice to make: choosing your MIT username. You may not appreciate yet how big this decision is: your MIT username (also referred to as your Athena or

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  'll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone call from Procter and Gamble alerting me to the fact that I had an interview at 3.45 PM. Now do keep in mind that I went to sleep at about 4 am

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  , you want to make a choice that leads to the least regret. So, how else ... For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  , and if you don’t understand how to use a tool, for instance, you can be ... Hardware, to the Customer Team. In addition, we regularly meet to discuss how ... how much I’ve been able to learn about the business, operations, sales

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  how to incorporate them into different cocktails. 4. Eating my way ... to learn how they make their incredible tarts at Flour, this wonderful ... his time at the company, he's built Toothless from How to Train Your

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other ... The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025