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  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  MIT students do on Friday nights, The Stuff of MIT Legend, and Life, the ... idea what I wanted to do.  Focusing your job search on mechanical ... had helped me figure out what I wanted to do with my life, guided me to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  decide what I want to do with my life. OK, perhaps a bit too dramatic of an ... research you do about colleges, things might change in ways you never could ... , and you actually do like having seasons and winter. If I choose to go to

  • by Paolo A. '21 G
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  . I spent the first four days of break doing absolutely, very delicious ... the next go-around. Here's my list (man do I love lists): I learned ... school, I survived on less because there was nothing else I could do. Now

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  . It was a strange feeling. I don't remember the date, but I do remember ... doing well in science competitions. MIT was the only school that let me ... mentioned in his last post - "I actually do agree that the best thing you can

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  kind enough to do a Q&A for my blog, so enjoy! ---------- Did other ... have gotten to do some of the coolest stuff: go swimming in some of the ... better than that. Do you have post-graduation plans, or any particular

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  (although perhaps they do have a language of their own), but I wanted to start ... 'll see what I can do about that) admissions blogger. I think that means that it's my job to tell you about MIT, the things I do here (or don't do

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  middle school, but I figured that if Johnny Tsunami could do it, then it ... snowboarding lesson that would often be able to do things on the first or second ... 'm sure I'll get multiple notes from people that actually do) than we were

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  oil?! Do you know Sam Maurer? I read his blog!" was something along the ... like, how they react with each other, what their orbitals are doing at ... all. No, really. What you're going to do is take some reaction or some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  be good roommates, good mentors, good friends. We do not admit test ... . I was doing a regional reception in a city a few years back, and ... about who you are, what you can do, what kind of stuff gets you excited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  forward to coming back and doing things. I'd guess that I was also on the ... it, and I wish I'd gotten a chance to do this earlier. Costuming and ... . But it felt so cool to do the hand movements when casting spells, and it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  just leave them in the hallways to be taken. And we students do so, very ... wtf? why do you have that? why are you keeping it?" I was like, listen ... had to ask a friend with tools to do this for me. Thank you Shophaus

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  little to do, and I ended up desperately catching up on fiction, doing ... , and let’s move fast. Go, do–I know I will.” 2015 Now staring down

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  , then registered for again, then considered dropping. I just couldn’t do ... Pidgin English, “oya Vincent swim” and pushed me. He didn’t do it nearly ... everything moves fast in MIT? It turns out they really do mean everything

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  things to do from 8am to 1am, all jam-packed into about seventy-five hours ... , at least there were always interesting things to do and think about ... to do become as long as the infinite corridor, but unlike during CPW

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  simply do not have the energy to do so. here is some of what i have ... fun! work with people you like—you do not need to fill your resume with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I ... will get them to come. In my writing group we do an exercise when we all

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For ... itself now?” Senior: “No.” Me: “So what do we have to do?” Senior: “Divide by negative one.” Me: “Yes! Exactly.” Senior: “I don’t know how to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  "things alums do in their free time." In late 2011 I taught myself to cross ... E degree. It’s something I can do, mindlessly, while watching TV or ... comfortable with my skills I started doing some commission pieces for people on

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  extracurriculars. On my way to the first one, I realized I just couldn't do it. I didn't want to do anything; I wanted to crawl into a hole and never ... work to do that night, according to my to-do list, but I didn't manage to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  having fun. 5. If you are coming with your parents, make sure you do the events that YOU want to do. You're the one who'll be spending four years ... various events with clearly bored children. K: Do your own thing :D The

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012