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  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  than done, relax. Give yourself a pat on the back. MIT is one of the most ... we are trying something new! if you'd like to consume this blog in ... off, congratulations to the admitted class of 2026. You have taken

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  you have a pretty good understanding of what is going on in general and ... solution! Make sure to spend a lot of time on font, text size, color palette ... train of thoughts (trains of thought? trains of thoughts? being on the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have ... wasn't just to congratulate me. She said "... but... aren't people on the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  *, she works part-time at the New England Aquarium. In lieu of an interview ... networking. It opens a lot of doors--for example, my internship at the New ... As someone whose idea of Friday night fun in high school involved (a

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

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  bombed a couple of tests, watched a beautiful sunrise on nights when I ... simply hit the limit of my intelligence? Was this as good as it could get ... know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  integrity on its face. The purpose of this blog post is to communicate that ... from MIT solely on the basis of being disciplined for participating in a ... , the "fine print" on our acceptance letter includes the following clause

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• 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 ... good idea as well if you want to make the most of your space. 6. General ... on this one, just because a) it's a fun way to get to know your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  in Boston was screening Interstellar a couple of times on Wednesday ... I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  A lot of socializing at MIT happens on the dorm mailing lists. One of ... content of the mailing list (I’ve never been on it), but because of the ... data on the self-reported underwear colors of people who have emailed the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  MIT students do on Friday nights, The Stuff of MIT Legend, and Life, the ... in a minute. Good news- we've made it to the Turning Point of the ... information I left out of the story so far is what I actually do at my job. On

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  I wrote this on my first day of classes this past Tuesday, and ... . In many ways, this year especially, I became a sort of halfway graduate ... are in any way spectacular or a "genius" of some sort, and aren't sure

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  streetcorner, adding a bunch of songs to an iPod playlist called "On the Go 5 ... . And breathe. Slow inhale on a count of four, hold for a count of four, exhale on a count of four. Repeat twice more. You're gonna be okay

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  a good taste of graduate school this way, which was my whole intent ... can repeatedly land on a perch, the way birds do, and he is fascinated ... on the politics of framing. This means, the politics of how the frame

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a ... , on this date in 1936, a similar thought likely went through the minds of one or more of the people in this photo: Why those people

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  student groups on campus, WMBR has one of the largest direct community and ... /Harvard/Boston community have regular weekly shows, some of which have been on the air for ... lot of variation in what goes on the air, and most of the shows have

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note="EC has two buildings; one is to the west of the other"]west parallel[/annotation]of ... find out by chance that two of my friends know each other in ways I would

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  hand side of the post (or inline, on mobile; note that the desktop ... because of the cumulative benefits of diversity on the student body — and ... educate people from every walk of life.” This and other statements on the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  theme song on the piano in the middle of the room. Nearby, an ... make an emotional connection even with myself. When one of my good ... of yourself". I look back on those days and feel tempted to laugh at

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

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  country, which isn't saying much as Israel is only the size of New Jersey ... camping on the shore of the Sea of Galilee! The past few days, all of the ... unlawful amount of fun playing on the beach, going to an Israeli concert, and

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  and none of us shower ever ME: beware ME: resistance is futile ... right?? FROSH: what hall do you live on? ME: 5th west FROSH: oh i don't know anything about 5w ME: we have a lot of cats * * * ME: hey do you

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017