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  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  -or-less agreeing to let you do whatever it is you want, there's a style for every ... to ask how you're doing. I certainly can't speak for all of them since ... , thought I had more or less a game plan, and didn't need to have a lot of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  board with my foot, and minced up a baby mouse brain for papain digestion ... .) You don't have to be on your game at all times, but it's a good idea to ... pick up in high school, but for the rest of us who stared out the windows

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  make. After waffling for a while I decided on a video game classic. I ... sets of Forstner bits. Sets. As in multiple. For those who may not be familiar with these types of drill bits, let me put this in perspective for

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

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  For my last blog as an undergraduate, there would be nothing more ... adjust to in-person MIT, classes for my major, a new dorm, mental health ... of teaching at MIT as well! I’ve been a TA for Single-Variable and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  ="104830" /] As the school year progresses, I find myself leaving Simmons for class ... My PE class for the first quarter was ballroom dance! Keen readers will ... our space in N52, which also holds the Morningside Academy for Design

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  this: 5-room, large half: My home for the past three semesters has been ... can see below, supplied by Random Hall for free: Below are some of my favorite things in my room. On the left wall above (click for a larger view

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  (read: I got buried in p-sets for about a month), let me take a few ... for you to cover and so much stuff to do while you're here that you ... moment, there's plenty of reasons for you to venture away from campus and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  festivities. Definitely check those pages out for some awesome pyrotechnic ... to head down to the Hatch Shell and pick up tickets for the concert ... writer for Xena: Warrior Princess and that he could maybe get me that Bruce

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  . Although I would not have believed this for a second had I heard of it ~4 ... seminar program that was literally just for teaching you how to do good on ... internships really wound up lining up for me this year. I was lucky enough to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  -picking outings that MIT dorms help subsidise. For most people, it’s a great reason ... the delicious dishes that people have cooked up. For Conner 2, my floor ... clear the M does not stand for anything else, contrary to what my floor

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying ... just listed things I liked to do/did for my community. It was incredibly

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  sunny weather for this week. I should preface this by saying: I love CPW ... energetic version of myself for one weekend. I didn’t get many pictures for ... . Regardless, I’ve compiled what I have, and for what I don’t, I wrote the best

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  for the Institvte! This summer I’m on staff for the Research Science Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the ... thinks this stands for “Assistant Director,” but I much prefer “Awesome

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  game that is like a scavenger hunt and therapy session rolled into one ... probably an easy decision for you (at least it was for me.) Hopefully you ... , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  've been helping out with research for the past two semesters, today just ... --I think they might have ended up splitting it 6 ways for lunch. Below, you ... provides suggestions for everybody's research, he has a knack for explaining

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for ... spent a lot of quality time with my roommates, and it was helpful for me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  to this foreign planet called MIT plays out, I’m excited for what ... head for the past 2 weeks that I have been on campus, I still can ... discover. For some background, my high school was tiny. My graduating class

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  that art for art’s sake is reason enough. As Robin Williams said in Dead ... alive for…That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  , we like to talk about MIT Beef and the Lab for Chocolate Science. I ... research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I ... the best classes for studying Course 2 or Course 6, and the afternoon

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very ... time had to do with what the ECs look for, what questions they ask and ... individual, and as a citizen of your world. You don’t make up for one part of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008