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  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  that things don't get skewed too much, I should probably also report that ... Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... to be said, but for now I'm going to get back to the reading...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  pillows, but most of them don't, so getting your own is a pretty good idea ... extra-long. And as far as comforters go, try to get something that'll be ... recommend getting a mattress pad i.e. the egg carton ones, or memory foam

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  sometimes is really because premeds get a bad rep as people with no life and ... GPA are all accurate. (note: we don't get 0.3 or 0.7 for plusses and ... you can get a good grade in the course, not so that you can beat out

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  already know why he isn’t getting to them. He isn’t sure how to start. I ... will get them to come. In my writing group we do an exercise when we all first assemble together. Before the socializing and advice sharing gets

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

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... getting my ketchup taken away and them dragging me kicking and screaming ... had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  on here about getting admitted, because I think it's not that great of ... know I would have done anything to get in, and still would. Depression ... , and it might make you sick. NO you did not get the leading role in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... feeling? That’s another discussion.) On some days, I get almost nothing ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  to wear velcro." I have never, ever been one to get anything done ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and ... -pushing mechanisms warms my heart like a big hug from Bryan Nance (not that I ever get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  Boston Public Gardens.   Washington getting rejected from the British army is a lot like getting rejected from your favorite college. That ... get good grades and SAT scores, you can pour your heart into your

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And ... projects turn out, and not all grants get accepted. In order to succeed you ... ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  -workers on their exotic business trips, but I did get five paid vacation days ... being abroad is the milieu of people you meet and get to know. Most of my ... you get to Mexico from New York, you could have flown from London over

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  –-and you absolutely should! Getting into MIT is indeed an accomplishment ... never had to work that hard. I was getting results I was happy with, and ... wasn't hard). It gives you a chance to finally get those time

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  science or engineering. Then you get some who don't care so much about ... extremes. At the science extreme, you get brillant people who live in the ... 't really know how to apply knowledge. At the engineering extreme, you get the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  friend told me they were being treated in x way, I would tell them to get ... getting enough sleep. I fell into an extended period of mild illness during ... ’s great if you can somehow avoid getting sick in the first place, but if you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  what that word means to me) and we chat a little bit. 10.10 am: I get out of bed to get ready (bathroom, brushing teeth, etc.). Making it out ... . 10.25 am: I gather up my stuff and walk back to my room to get dressed

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  . Alan: Anyways. getting started: red line, part one [caption id ... onto the Mattapan High-Speed Trolley, which gets credit for going to Mattapan and being a trolley, but definitely does not get credit for being

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  numb. A panic attack occurs when the anxiety gets too much, and can ... that people can cope with anxiety and panic attacks and get help for what ... thing to get under control when you are feeling overwhelmed and/or anxious

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ’ve blogged before, you can get away without a meal plan even if you can only ... single now, as all East Campus residents get to live past freshman year ... ’ll have freezer space in your residence!), get a bike, skateboard, roller

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  early actioners, whether you get in or not, you did it. You applied, pat ... chances of MIT were that of a coin flip. But I managed to get in early ... motivate us and make us shake our fists yelling "I will get through this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  ), that PDF application gets seen by many, many eyes, from the time it gets ... be admitted - we get attached. We make that leap from reading words on a page and seeing cold numbers on a screen to getting attached to you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011