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• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  in selection committee and as a reader, I can tell you that the average ... want to, or simply because you think it will get you into college ... its own thread. But I digress. And this is where you all start saying

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  and mind to the point where either/both get injured. That's what ... , you can review the schedule and elite runners, track the leaders, and watch a livestream. You can also track specific runners on the BAA website

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  .01 when others are taking 18.02 - you'll all get to where you want to be in ... important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... you can breeze through them like what a lot of people do first semester

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  Architecture and Islamic Cultures Statistical Methods in Economics Can you match ... all wrong, and then asked us to consider, “Where the hell are you going ... , the regular group, and the losers.” Hrm, you can pick which one is which

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little poster on which are listed "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate". Out of ... that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have already visited overnight. You'll get to stay with a student, or a house ... decision about where to go to school. But will the slice be what you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  solutions out there. You can get instructions on how to set one up at http ... a fully-licensed copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can get it ... . j) Want an email alias, or two, or ten? You can get (anything

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  first of which is a swim class, so I can finally get the swim requirement ... magical place. My best advice? If you're taking swim during IAP and you can ... for it! You don't have to put in as much time as I did, and you can even

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  in the above diagram, where you get sent to line up in front of one of ... reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you ... ’s done, you sit down and get your shot. The queueing system felt so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  . Things get worse when you have children. I understand now what The Little ... trains. Getting around is so easy. Now I drive all the time. You need to look at the road when you are driving, or you will hit people and get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  . With the rice cooker, you can walk away and do whatever you want to do ... food warm for you! Can we just appreciate the blessing that is a rice ... of the few meals where I can see the onions and tomatoes go into making

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  ="104420" /]   Part 2: SIE FPOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP As you can probably tell from ... instead of letter grades on our transcript we just get a P if you pass and ... get accustomed. So basically don't stress but if you do stress, don

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  you can, quality is much more important than quantity. Where have all ... of what you can do and be involved in. As you go through MIT, you ... time (I've done this too). And that's okay. You can't do everything - but

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  Note: all of my MIT essays can be found online so if you're curious as to what the other ones were, you can easily find them! When ... point to an essay. Don't worry, you can move it around later, but just put

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  . First there's traditional advising, where you are assigned an advisor and ... students in a kind of mini-class on some random, fun topic. (You get a few ... one box, so you can imagine that I have quite a lot of work to do over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  consequences? No, I do not want to play chess. "You have to get used to losing ... puzzles. With chess puzzles, you just get preset boards and are meant to ... sacrifice you. It's a good trade, though." "Shit, I'm sorry, I can't save both

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  Course 9 majors, with a heavy systems neuroscience focus. You get to play ... -run class. Once you get beyond the science core GIRs, the material is usually ... science/engineering and HASS classes can be good classes that make you think.

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  to try to get hold of an almuni for an interview is ?" We'll send you ... that you can always send in any materials you wish regardless of if you ... It's a beautiful day here in northern Virginia, where I'm celebrating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  . The publicly accessible game info lives here, and you can even get an ... where it looks like the person might actually shoot you. We used rubber ... entries these days, so I figured you might enjoy knowing where some photos

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  3rd week of school, but you can usually get something ridable for ... I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006