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  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  if you don't like what I'm about to say or how I said it. It was once a ... to his craft. This is how you write a fabulous college essay. "What ... a particularly good entry, they happen to deviate from their work and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  students know how frustrating it is to be sick or hosed or generally ... headache, and yes, there have been days where I just couldn't bring myself to go to class due to fatigue. But the runny noses, cough drops, and Vicks

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  what happens. See how I add one more item to the list and it collapses and buries me underneath it. How I struggle to find oxygen in this ... needed to be. I've always very much been a more

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  dominates the early weeks of the course. Don’t know how to code and make plots in python? You do now. Don’t know how to fit data to a model? You ... want to look at things traveling near the speed of light and see how what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are going through ... place and how it slowly has grown and changed over time and I'm excited to ... workshop taught by Microsoft on how to program games using Unity. Then as the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  ’s founder! The IAB gets together about quarterly to talk about how the program ... It’s funny how one month can entirely change your perspective on life. As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  Three-day weekends seem like the perfect opportunity to catch-up on ... works out that way. Instead, you have one more day to procrastinate and have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  nice to highlight how I organize my day to day tasks and how I track ... need to learn how to manage that money. Growing up relatively spoiled and privileged, I was never taught how to handle money well and often bought things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions to our office, Jenny Rifken and Bryan Nance. You can welcome them to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  in time to head back to Boston/MIT for the summer :) This is where I ... shortened my name to "H," lol. I started working in this lab just over a month ... , this UROP manages to be fun, relaxed, serious, and instructional, all at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the ... interested in learning to cut hair; anyone can email and ask for a cut, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... that assembled the admit packs (what you guys affectionately refer to as

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  think the world knows much about Maseeh, so I'm going to give an e ... 's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to ... large whiteboards. You can often find people using the white boards to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan ... the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of ... household level that takes advantage of solar properties to treat water. We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... folks (1|2|3) and deferred folks (1|2|3). Still, I'd love to hear from you ... this job - so it's nice to know what you're feeling. Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  Hi everyone. I'm so exhausted so this is going to be quick, but I want to thank all of you who had my back today and who wrote in with ... ? We have organized the office to be able to start taking phone calls

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  The Tech hosted its annual retreat in Maine. Maine seems to have a lot ... compelled to follow, including one that implored us to refrain from using ... still Internet though. We trickled in to Peru over the course of several

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here ... welcome ceremony on Thursday night -- the "top 10-ish reasons to come to MIT ... cool! Then you got to see us again the following night in the Student

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white supremacists, klansmen, and outright Nazis have become comfortable enough to ... gathered yesterday afternoon to share some better ideas. 5:30 pm, Cambridge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... why You mean so much to me. Poor soul, poor soul You’re often scorned ... another day. While we may sometimes stop to question Why we take so many

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012