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  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  . -- Two Busy Weeks, part 1 I soon found out that time raced at MIT, as ... corridors of time, and I ricocheted around the house, asking questions, trying ... time to return to MIT, and I was pretty excited. I had already formed the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  standardized test taker. He took the SAT I three times, and even after the third time, his best combined score was a 710 in math and a 690 in verbal ... that he didn't get those two scores together -- the time he got a 710 in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  ’t understand. It took a bit of time for me to start working as hard as I did in ... lot of time doing that first year of high school (and all of the other ... ;           Spent an ungodly amount of time

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  2000 The place: Stata Center, 32-141. The time: a dusky 9:00 AM on the ... looks up at the airplane, the candidate passes and gets the job. Having ... range estimation and entering the second quarter of my time at MIT. I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  . First time getting a technical A+. Grades are an important part of MIT ... . I came to experience several things for the first time. These are some of them. ** 1. First time using a washing machine. My first time in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  Building.  1: I turned 19! My favorite part of birthdays is ... two of you set up a time to Skype. Mushiness also comes in cake form ... lovely three-or-four-part chord, I proved that maturity has nothing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question ... little bit of time every day to have to yourself—the unsatisfying answer is ... plenty of time for both... so being slammed with opportunities and open

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  .”[annotation note="The only true part of this quote is the first sentence. Winter here ... since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... .[/caption] II. Time Complexity of Ice Cream Consumption Algorithms [caption id

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  all the time - for real or under the guise of pset parties - exchanging ... is also a good time to explore who you really are. For several weeks ... does not make you anti-social. The tricky part is putting yourself in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  wanted if I just put enough time into something. After a couple of exams, I was horrified to find that time was not the issue – I had no more time ... ’t work, or is inefficient. Maybe you spend a lot of time doing problems you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  other hacks also occurred during finals time...) And part of it is just ... story or narrative. Since coming to MIT, I've had far less time to ... case may be), partly because sometimes other, more interesting thoughts

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  . If you have time for only one Yultide post, stop reading this and ... . Also in this post, I showed my face for the first time without hiding ... parts were in one document and both caused a rollercoaster of emotions for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  posts with my strongest memory from that time: the night that I told my ... into a lump of a person, sitting at the kitchen table for hours at a time ... have gaps in my memory from that time that will probably never be filled

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• 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…

  

  to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... was waiting on... but that's a story for another time."]EA decisions ... when the time came, because who wouldn't be? My usual defense in this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  It’s spring break and I’m catching up on alone time. I didn’t exactly ... been pretty nice and relaxing to have a chunk of time to myself ... )—on Tuesday night, I went to see Vince Staples for the second time, which was

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  Soccer season is officially over. Holy smokes does time fly. It feels ... be able to play ten more years of soccer at the time was if I was ... time my seventh-grade self had been dreading – that distant ten

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  least partly captured in our ceiling tiles. Below are the ceiling tiles in ... this part: I hope you choose MIT, obviously. This place is amazing. If ... opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  ’s ring that they had been working tirelessly to create. It’s a time to get ... get to Kresge by 7:00 p.m., the time the doors opened, but there was ... uproar seemed to increase by 10 decibels. They came up, two at a time, to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  feet. I had never snowboarded before and the last time I skiied was ... from all the times I fell on my poor, poor bottom, and I'm pretty sure ... time without, um, losing control and ending up sliding down the hill way

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  the upcoming new year, a time when I'm even more reflective than usual ... that eight hours of sleep is a crucial part of keeping myself happy and ... , hall is super quiet, so it's a great time for doing difficult readings or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019