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  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  course of a few weeks, you have to learn how to deal with classes (which ... high school), how to balance extracurriculars, studying, and life, and ... freshman fall is the time to learn how to do that. It is not the time to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  around. Yay for knee dislocations! To give you a little context, I ... therapy. I had survived. Untouched. Now it’s impossible for someone to ... . I need to reminder myself of how delicate our perceptions are. How

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  -class problems, because i didn’t want to start crying at one in the afternoon for ... about him to add anything new to everyone else’s descriptions of him ... ’m okay, this is how i’m trying to sort out my thoughts. typing words on a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  i didn't know. with everyone gone, it felt closer to how i felt when i ... tested, and walk back. the other day a package for me was delivered to ... takes a while for the heat to spread. i've never had a bedroom this large

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to Proofs, the materials for which are available here). Now, these ... students, 12 unit-hours may mean anywhere between 6 to 20 life-hours. For ... subconscious yearning for sleep. I have, at times, been unable to resist the call

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  time to unpack them anytime soon, so for now they remain an extra coffee ... tried to put any of that in my mouth. The evening made up for a ... my friend Daniel's jade plant, that he's had for 63.6% (to 3

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed ... of Prof. Auroux on Youtube, entitled "A lovely phone call": For ... " declaration. We all wish to thank Dr. Auroux for his outstanding fall 2006 18

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  learning, how to present in front of audiences, how to write personal essays ... realize just how much more there is for me to learn in order to truly be ... unknowns, possibilities, and decisions for me to explore, and I'm glad that

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  not only a fire fighter but also because he used to be a cook. For those ... for an army but only has to feed a family, the boy has to eat it all ... . Before Matt, Ben, and I gave our presentation last week we went for lunch

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  "]CAD[/annotation] for thorns because I didn’t know how wide they would need to be to fit ... process, a guest lecturer, and lab time to test out the process for ... most of the processes. The class seems to be designed for business and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  ? How do students make time for research during the academic year, or do ... summer, for me to build and test batteries that wouldn't explode or melt or ... valuable way to learn relevant skills for your field while getting rich at a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  first one to wake up. I curse the morning air for being too cold to go back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... house, looking for people to bother. I spot Noah in the basement. "What

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  Olympiad the summer after ninth grade. It’s easy to forget how smart he is ... This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for ... speaker, and we’re all required to present at least one of the readings ... .g. malaria—we know how people get it and how it works). So, for the non

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  , James Lipton, and Bernard Shaw, I present to you my attempt at journalism ... . Check it out! So Andrea thanks for sitting down with me to do this ... Valley with a population over 4,000 students. How did you get to MIT? I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  to do cool stuff like that. We've gone out to nice places for dinner ... happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John Stamos, better known to millions as Uncle Jesse from Full House, was once the touring drummer for The Beach Boys? What ... film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... of each session leaves time for participants to ask questions, so if ... talking about navigating the transition from a small town to a big city for

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  ” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining ... , I would like to expound on how I cook, why I cook, and why I cook the ... got a perfect score on whatever exam you have to take for dental school

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  -student-friends for suggestions, and I’m too lazy to format this in any coherent way, so ...  rice with forks? How are you going to scoop it into your mouth? The default of ... , without having to wait for a traffic light, but they aren’t really that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019