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  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  Charm School, a series of classes during IAP that aims to help members of the MIT community practice better etiquette.  And one of the most ... in half before putting it on your lap; when drinking a glass of wine

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  environments. To be clear, this isn't a specific pairing or set of narratives we ... me, specifically, to write her letter, as well as a list of which ones ... —  during the pandemic, and after it —  is to just focus on who can write best

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  to. The cherry on top of this weird, informally-dressed sundae is that ... wasn't planning on wearing a tie. Is he secretly trying to tell me to ... formality is a cornerstone of Japanese culture, but this doesn't seem to apply

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  eastern culture is awesome to discover." Well, I'm picking up a bit of Hindi ... they think that one of the essays which i typed was written by her or ... there is some problem with the mail server" Something on the order of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  's interesting! The process of getting to an answer is grueling, but figuring out ... amount of logic and reasoning. It's satisfying to see things line up with a clear line of logic, y'know? But on the other hand, my feelings towards

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  . The droning on of teachers talking [annotation note="yes this is ... friend on the way to classes, and the perfect amount of time to let the ... the sidewalk, which was more than enough to tempt the four of us to take

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  of my time is spent learning, and coding in, Perl, which has been, well ... to start thinking about Summer 20, which is hard to believe. I hope ... impending school year; the end of August is coming up soon (how is this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  something else of interest to your interview. This is not a requirement or an ... point of these meetings is for us to learn about the things that interest ... I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ). A one-day-old baby cockroach, which is about the size of a speck of ... going to debut on the big screen. A white sheet would descend from the ... else in my boot. I was quite certain of that. But I still needed to check

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  whatever else you're working on. I don't know if GPA is that strong of a ... deeper into the science of what you're working with in order to better ... look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  is the link to a mini-guide to CPW with advice on packing, planning ... energy is amazing. CPW is a special time of the year for everyone on campus ... , let’s say College N. At CPW, I struggled to decide which of the many

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  broken cd or the pattern of an oil spill, I ultimately decided to use as ... is, in fact, hard to do everything yourself. Although I gained a lot of ... the spirit of learning how to delegate tasks better. For this spread

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  meeting. Which was about 2 hours of me rewinding the video to catch up on a ... components. On top of the base, there is a moon which is a sphere, so that was ... lack the qualifications to do. There is also a form of modeling called

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  excitement of novel college life subsided. A common suggestion is to make ~1 ... you’ve never sang.” Trust me on that one. The adult world of MIT is ... . Start here. First, from fellow bloggers: -- On getting to MIT from the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  Organization (PPO) which has formal links to a selection of medical specialists ... Extended Plan. Or, if you are on just the Basic Plan, they need to send your ... with major surgery is like watching an avalanche on one of Saturn’s moons

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  , to President Reif stopped by at one point or another to check up on our ... number of times that I had to tell people that there were 18,000 pieces or ... research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria ... between five to eight hours on every problem set or paper, and a little more ... possible? I made my way to the central lounge on my floor with a bunch of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  white (which is harder to see here just cause of the lighting), and ... bit hard to drink from. The cup on the left is one I'm proud of! The ... that is literally thousands of degrees hot. You also learn how to "gather

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  Lucas came over to check on me, which was very nice, and a bunch of French ... moral of this story, as you will learn, is that you should NEVER FORGET TO ... (except that Sam was wearing a suit jacket at the time) which drew a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  example, or painting a mural on the wall of their room, or writing short ... . Given a chance, students often will combine two or more of these hobbies ... and knowledge of electronics came together several years ago to create a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008