do: rmspam
don’t: arm PMs
do: everything on 101 Things To Do Before You Graduate
don’t: miss any. otherwise, you will have failed MIT and be a failure
do: lock the bathroom stall
don’t: make me guess if the stall is occupied by whether youtube sounds are emanating from it
do: pset with other people, it’s a great way to study while bonding with your peers
don’t: ask me to pset together, cause i have a girlfriend, and like, i shouldn’t be psetting with you
your notebook, laptop, backpack, jacket, violin, and underwear being in a study room does not give you indefinite squatting rights over the room, this isn’t even a do/don’t, i’m legit tspmo
do: get a 5.0 GPA, lead a club, volunteer, urop, eat healthy, get 8 hours of sleep a day, get a summer internship, have a work/life balance
don’t: do all of the above at once you prick. that’s it i’m deleting instagram
do: show up to class with a video game in case lecture is really boring
don’t: skip lecture entirely. you want to have the opportunity to pay attention in case it’s interesting, or at least to have your minecraft gameplay be immortalized by OCW
do: attend mit
don’t: accidentally attend harvard instead. i see this all the time at the beginner-level, it’s an easy mistake to make
do: when the sun rises high, rise higher
don’t: when the moon sinks low, sink lower
do: write “bcc’ed to dorms, [color] for bc-talk” in your dormspams
don’t: write it in the middle of the email, that’s kinda weird
do: make a new friend every day
don’t: forget about your freshman fall friend group
do: miss some flights
don’t: spend as much time at airports
don’t: cheat on your exams with your boyfriend
don’t: cheat on your boyfriend with another guy
do: cheat on the other guy with your exams
do: your laundry. you smell… bad
do: make friends with people whose parents work at companies you want internships at
don’t: be a friend to anyone else. why, you ask? elementary: think of the opportunity cost
do: as the romans say
don’t: as the romans do
do: post interesting and good things on dormspam
don’t: post uninteresting and bad things on dormspam
don’t: pine for me after we matched on that mit student dating site (you know the one) and then i, uh, forgot or smth
do: better than me
do: academics are important! remember to thoroughly review for all your exams
don’t: except in 5.111 and 8.02, i’m kinda nervous, and i think we could all benefit from a friendlier exam curve
do: enjoy music
don’t: enjoy music through your AirPods while on the lobby 7 crosswalk looking down at your phone in front of an ambulance in the reverse traffic lane you know who you are jesus christ you almost died
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wary “wise” dude
Sent from the Lobby 7 crosswalk
Sentenced to life in prison
Sent while carrying a pigeon
Sent via the rescue team that was sent to rescue the rescue team that was sent to rescue me from the basement of E182