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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... think: all the advice in the world couldn't persuade stubborn me to take ... freshman you, preserving five of those lessons in a blog post that the world

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

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  Building 10 to the Charles River, cutting the dome in half. This line points ... good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it ... aligned in roughly north–south lines. It’s important to note that many of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  I would like to direct you to this blog entry before we begin ... at MIT, and in the years since I graduated, I've continued to collect ... written I moved into the same dorm, the same floor in fact, as Sam - Conner

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make ... finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester ... to delve into some of the things I've been feeling this year about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... also super convenient to many, such as those who require more food in a ... suitemates is certainly an important factor to consider. I love living in a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  in a new way? Do you have no prior experience, and want to try ... know." ^Something to bear in mind. Anyway, here you are, resume and bucketloads of faith in tow. Time to begin your search! Resources to take

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... education affords me opportunities to affect my surroundings in ways I ... perceived problems in the world, and I’ve been granted the authority to say

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your ... as true in college admission circles as it is anywhere else that it might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  creative community, decided to take me in. I'm excited for what's in store ... 'll meet up again in whichever city we happen to be in at the same time and ... East Campus was ticking to an end, that I'm stuck in my room shorting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  to have a tumblr blog back in 2015 or 2016, and I would always write ... questions about what they wanted to do in life and had as many doubts and ... ’m from, or what I’m interested in. I’ve done it so much I find it hard to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  I’ve been trying to write a blog about Christianity and Cru at MIT ... to nothing and would have LOVED a blog about that sort of thing when I ... to anyone interested in God and staying connected to Christian

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... ’m just as deserving as anyone else to be at MIT—after all I made it in ... area, which means you’re bound to find people your age interested in the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  in Boston's Hubway, should be able to rent helmets with bikes if they ... faulty voltage regulator in a protoype before demo session; pitching to ... .009 classrooms in the fall to help teach the class that set me on this path. I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a ... draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and ... , on the blogs. I am not used to being open about this kind of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... Monday, simply because I knew I wouldn't be able to focus in any of my ... others of you are stuck in that frustrating and seemingly interminable

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring ... we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in ... is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  more fundamental than those other blog posts. In short: In college, you ... GIR, and, of course, the overall decision to pursue an MIT education in the first place."]in your hands.[/annotation] You should do your best to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... head-to-head, and in this example, the boat and the wind were in opposite ... life story in smooth beats. it felt like i was saying what he wanted to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  I owe a lot of that to the fact that I went to MIT. As I've said in ... ambitious in job-hunting (may turn out to be a problem when I get out of ... since coming to MIT. And they're all really great jobs. I work desk in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006