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  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  refusal to learn how to do drawing on a computer."]Day 1: Web ... design, I'm taking this class as an intro to the field and also because I need one more [annotation note="art class"]HASS-A[/annotation] to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  join. How should I optimize my courseload to get a headstart? I actually ... thinking about blogging a guide to something complicated, like the HASS system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question ... was about work/life balance—is it stressful to balance everything at MIT? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How ... . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  function of how far you want every dollar that you spend to go. To get my ... you need to."  That's all common sense, but it was surprising how ... seven weeks in, it's a bit more like learning how to swim. You can cling

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  to take and helping the administrators figure out how popular classes ... : The History of Now[/annotation] 21H.001: How to Stage a Revolution ... [annotation note="someone please explain to me how photos are developed"]EC.305

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  of mentioning this to a dinner table-ful of MIT students, who crisply ... Question #12 on your 18.03 problem set, which happens to use a lot of ... Faulkner parser, but as of right now, I feel like I need to run MATLAB before

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place ... , whose first choice when applying to colleges was admittedly NOT MIT, but ... . But you…you're getting into MIT. I know it. How could they not take you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  figuring out how to turn measurements of the sun, local magnetic field, and ... figure out how BeaverCube was rotated relative to the Earth. It’s hard to ... Cube knew where it was oriented, I still hadn’t figured out how to control its

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  enough, all kinds of plants seem to adopt tree form. I talked about how ... handed me a complete horse chestnut, and showed me how to open it. As I ... something international students have done in the past to make them qualified

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  , how it would feel to be rejected so that the emotion wouldn't come as a ... As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  about their children or where they were going or how to get where she was ... been, coming to Boston for the first time? How are people different here ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  I’ve been trying to write a blog about Christianity and Cru at MIT ... ’m not doing it right, and then push it to the backburner. But now this just feels TOO IMPORTANT to NOT share with incoming freshmen that might

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  amazing view at night. My parents would always comment on how lucky I was to ... here much, but when I did, it was mostly just to admire how aesthetic it ... up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and ... and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It ... 'm saying to comfort myself.☺ Since graduating, I’ve been thinking a lot

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  learn the material in your classes, but you will also learn how to manage your time, how to study efficiently, and how to use your resources ... will learn at MIT is how to handle failure in a constructive way. You

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself ... anyone else to. Sometimes it is helpful to stop and think, “How would I ... . How to do growth accounting Learned this in 14.05, the intermediate

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  sure how to represent the enormous beast that is MIT, I figured I'd start ... : Boring 101 Honors Boring How to Be Pretentious Polo Shirts (Intro ... it. So, that's all, folks: stay tuned for my next post, on How to Sue

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent ... and brain and cognitive sciences, which means that I'm going to have my ... 'm here to update you on the breathtaking life of a biology PhD student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  of pictures of the Stata Center to show how innovative we are. Now, as ... , but you really need to realize how cool it is. Talking to some of my ... to the cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried because we had an hour to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006