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• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  to pack extra pants. When I went home for my birthday, I remembered my ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight ...  tree. Giant Googly Eyes for your fridge. Just have something that lets people

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  Cash (money for dinner, laundry, textbooks, etc.): http ... So philosophical entries with advice on the right strategies for ... thing I can do for you is to connect you with things that will give you a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... still thinking of the things I would write for all of you out there who ... , and exercising?). MIT isn't all fun and games. There are times when you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  - Play DDR in the game room - with Nicole '10 and Yoni '10 last night after ... When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions process, we are looking for students who enjoy a challenge and love learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  money. Thanks for the help, and thanks again for the trip today! -Michael ... comfortably in a bus designed for twice as many people as we had) and chatted ... , etc.) and a life sized version of the Monopoly car game piece. After

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It's an excellent age for video games - Mortal Kombat was released 18 years ... applicants - meaning, all y'all! It's also an excellent number of years for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  trade in courses in physics and math for wonky classes like "Science of ... may take on a full-time research project. But for a lot of students ... far of 2016. StartMIT is basically a playground for aspiring

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  they're sold for drastically reduced prices. And the "damaged" books are ... notable thing that happened to me this weekend was standing outside for 2 and a half hours in the pouring rain to lose a field hockey game. Bleh

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  Update (11/19/06; 2:08 PM) The cultural reference for that symbol goes back to one of my favorite video games from when I was a kid, Zelda! The

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  . UPDATE: I also wrote a post like this for 2020, 2021, and 2022. Things I read for class All of these things I read for 21W.022, Reading and ... urchins for the first time and adolescence. It’s a short, satisfying five

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  opened up, where you can sign up for a slot and you have the gym to ... for 6.009 and realized this on Sunday morning. From my calculations, there was no possible way for me to pass 6.009 unless I did extremely well

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  Literature in Boston (thank goodness there’s an acronym for that: DHLB FPOP. Wait, I think I need an acronym for that acronym!). That’s a lot of letters for saying that a group of us pre-frosh got to go tour some really

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  *everything* else to make up for it, that this is my one chance to take a lot of ... applied for many classes which historically had low acceptance rates: a ... world felt right for the first time since covid ripped me away from Europe

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  biodiesel that can fuel MIT's shuttle buses. The money will be used to ... shuttles. Approximately $15,000 of the prize money will go towards buying the ... tool, since MIT students will be responsible for implementing the plan

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  outfits, and playing games with myself: would I wear that? What would I want ... Swift, with which I have been annoying my family for almost a decade now ... city is so hyped up. The reasons other people seemed to have for loving

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  listening to: a kid arguing with an adult about a game they’re playing ... conversational than yesterday; a lot more people are chatting and playing games ... seats in the lounge car are very full as we prepare for the journey over

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  like gingerbread house making, waffle topping, or video game playing ... has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who ... essay writing fun for an entire semester! Because it is a writing based

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  downstairs, where we sat around and played games and ate junk food. Mmm ... facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go ... dorm will pay for it (or at least subsidize the cost.) My GRT (grad

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007