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  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  because they need to, of course). I didn't have a single class before 1pm any day of the week. This left me more time to work on graduate ... much.) However, I ended up squandering all my work time during the four-day

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  . The specific values and choices we disagree with are as follows: 1. By ... , covered the wall with numerous diverse members of SHASS. [carousel image1 ... ="88456" image7="88454" image8="88457" image9="88450" image10="88458" /] The

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  moving to another dorm or a sorority. [caption id="attachment_53770" align ... . In the few days before classes began, the other frosh and I ... #1 on the housing lottery, joining a floor with decades of culture, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  . Yeah. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a college application or a job interview or anything that consumes you with this passionate WANT, we all know ... here is my deep life advice, for application day and forevermore

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  taken from Your Last First Day in There Is No Antimemetics Division. There ... 's your chance. (There are five parts in the series; Your Last First Day is ... , that I would need to pare down my focus or I'd drown in the torrent of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  competition that day. Not with a teacher or a team or anything, just none of us ... students' MIT acceptance moments, prompted by a pre-Pi Day email thread.  We had a snow day and when I called my grandmother to tell her, she

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  words, such as Things #1, #35, and #50, have gotten me through hard times ... . Once you’ve stayed up with someone till 7am, multiple times, just talking ... the night before paper, projects, or psets are due (otherwise known as

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  In 1st grade, there were these 1-sided sheets of simple math problems ... moment I joined the MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group to see everyone ... already feeling inferior. Feeling behind, again. FIRST Robotics 1st place

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  Random Hall friend Devin. It doesn’t have frills, like a dishwasher or a garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the ... to MIT, more or less equidistant from Central, Harvard, and Inman

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  ended up posting three or four tremendously thoughtful blogs a day, and ... case you [annotation note='or you want to consume all the content at once ... B. '24 College—and particularly undergrad—is a liminal space, or at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  ://open.spotify.com/playlist/3c0QZjNd5Jhyeud7SQJWE5?si=T-rOHNjOQCadaHiwGZxFvA Road trip, day one ... . Every place I stopped, I’d spend a day or two, and by the time I left I ... thousands of dollars, as much or more than the day-to-day cost of living in a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  dragon[/caption] On the first or second day of class, the prof showed a ... . This gave a degree of accuracy to 1mL, or 1g. I would be able to get ... : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  (not even my family in Oregon) could access it. Then, magically, a day or ... , at this rate we'll be #1 in about 6 hours ... your voting rate over 5 minutes: Start: 1,288,966 Finish: 1,344,741 = 11

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  against SUNY Geneseo 3-1, but lost the very next day to Colby College 2 ... securing the #1 seed in the conference tournament was cool and all, but what ... results of that week. Tuesday: 2-1 win against Coast Guard Thursday: 1

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  hours, so I generally try to go either between 10AM-1PM or from 10-11PM ... residents can tap into 24/7. Since the [annotation note='the primary gym for ... are, so the Z's facilities are by far the most used. [carousel image1

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  survive with this as my every day, but the 10 (or rightly 20) days of it ... ="attachment_95420" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Field Day ft PINK TEAM! From left ... or so was an ideation stage. I proposed several things, but the most

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  pleasure of spending a Monday night or Thursday night in the newspaper ... one is permitted to touch it until exactly 6:30pm. 7:06pm: The first ... . 7:28pm: It's tough when writers have to balance their articles with

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  with on-sites tend to miss about two or three days of school, and ... you changed a teammate's mind regarding a key decision on a project" or ... -optimal solutions to the questions, or simply don't finish at all, so my success with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  term without or barely any clarification ... penned articles titled ‘Homeless to Harvard’ or some variation of that ... or art prodigy because my brain would still be malleable and I would

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  . This post is Part 1.0 of my favorite ways to burst the MIT bubble ... historical 1809 Park Street Church. On mild-weather days, my friends and I love ... , continue onto other parts of Boston for modern entertainment, or simply grab

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015