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  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  focusing on making haikus, but I have a lot going on and I can't keep up. i ... haiku log It’s pretty cool how Robo-CJ picked up roughly the correct ... . i am scared for what i will see when i wake up tomorrow morning don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  making this up."]crick in your neck[/annotation] from looking at an ... periods of focused reading broken up by intervals of noncognitive activities ... up on a backlog of work over the next few days, but I don't think that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  have to try your best, and even if you end up with a suboptimal grade, be ... the struggle. Don't get wrapped up in the letter. The next class we ... frees up *significant* time. potential course road for 21E degree

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  this is by dressing up! My living community, 3E in Next House, decided to ... half full! We ran down, up and across the isles to find a row that had ... uproar seemed to increase by 10 decibels. They came up, two at a time, to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  of disciplined persistence he’d built up over the months had come

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  score number. Let me tell you how I ended up here. As a senior in high school, I knew college applications were coming up and that everyone in my ... their names before. MIT ended up on my list because I read about the hacks

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  looks up at the airplane, the candidate passes and gets the job. Having ... 't have the privilege to grow up with. There's a notion of "passion" that ... application essay prompts, that seems to imply that everyone grows up with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  , I trekked over to the admissions office to pick up this: And my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  I figured out I had to move. It took me a while, but I got up the ... who, on my last night in Boston, stayed up until 3 AM with me, who ... lady next to you to help you zip up your sweater on the T and she

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  to the lonely 3 am campus, soaking up the light reflecting off the snow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  as facets we would like to have from sisters we could look up to and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  beginning, a middle, and an end before the 15 minutes is up. True, sometimes

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  spirit (but without the inspiration) of Ben's big lists, and following up

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It's 0400 Saturday morning, and my roommate and I sit listening to whatever Pandora has queued up for us, sipping homemade sweet tea and tossing ideas

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  lot of [annotation note="the ones who showed up to class"]familiar faces ... should’ve. my photo of an astronomical object ended up just being a picture ... programs, but i was never ever made to feel like i messed up or that anything

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  growing up and with the increasing interconnectedness of our world, it’s now ... those ads pop up and still learn the same amount of information ... -algebra all the way up to Calculus III, with organized playlists for each

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  "] Gowning up to enter the cleanroom.[/caption] [image_grid images="86584 ... ended up performing surprisingly well. In particular, the Catsby solar

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that people once tried to renovate but eventually gave up on to let them ... ’ve grown up to make Alabama a better place. I won’t say that Alabama itself

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a ... rise up and out of the toxic shadow of her school and friend drama. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  structures is farther up my alley than telling you what’s in them. I’m sure ... shown up yet. To kill time, I walked across the dam once again and ... picks up from Kendall Square or by walking from MIT’s [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020