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  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  Earlier today I read Michael Lewis' remarkable remarks at the ... path to his success: I was 28 years old. I had a career, a little fame, a ... telling me I was born to be a writer. This was absurd. Even I could see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  I don’t know if your school does this, but MIT asks its students at ... make adjustments based on student evaluations, but sometimes I wonder if I’m giving feedback or just sending my opinions into a black box. We

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  hours a week, I never lost that boyish charm when it comes to the two and ... years I didn't have a book to read, a paper to write or a set of problems to get started. But for the first time in three years I genuinely

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  . I know, I know, you're probably going crazy right now - real live ... 's almost like we're not crippled by our social awkwardness! I may be being a ... make things explode using only sheer power of will, I need to set the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  are planning to cover their own dorms within the next z days!), I am ... TechCash. By which I mean your parents can pay for it. MacGregor also ... by letter -- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J -- and there's no I Entry

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  of homework, usually in the form of a problem set. I thought the ... actually like, so I've posted a few of the problems from my own problem sets (don't give me the answers! I haven't solved all of these yet!). 9.22 has

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  I'm definitely not going to be the only person to talk about this on ... many others for the past month. I'm not going to, nor would I like to, give one-sided, pathos-inspired opinions or rants about what I think and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  Meeting about Amazingly-small Rocks and Computers), and I get to be there ... lives. And then there's me! I don't have any of those kinds of ideas, but the good people running the meeting let me come along anyway. So now I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  people, but happy for me, because I'll actually be attending FEWER hours of ... means I finally finished my EMT training! Yay! Of course, I still have to ... . In other news, April and I got a futon, and now our room is supercool

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Jess: This is a guest post by my friend Grace Z. '25! I met her ... , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post, and this is that! I loved reading it, and I know you will too <3

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  Last weekend, I took a short solo trip up to New York to see the Whitney Biennial! I’ve wanted to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art for years, ever since I learned that they’re host to (almost) all of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  I’ve potatoed so much over the past few weeks of break — lounging in ... -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on Protobowl, going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and playing Sporcle quizzes. I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  to be so good, so so good, and I am very excited for you to get to read ... ! I know I am :D (I also want to thank, very much so, everyone who sent in an application this year. I'm very grateful that you shared your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month ... containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  Hello, everyone! It’s been a while since I last posted. Here are two ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5-ish classes (3 12-unit classes, a 9-unit, and a 6-unit). I think it

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  question is here! Q: What do I do next? A: First, you should create a My ... option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I am taking my tests in November or December. Am I still eligible for the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most ... study abroad opportunities as I can! The Plaza de España in Sevilla This year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  A few weeks ago, I posted our inaugural audio thing where I talked ... , and action team. As I said then, we had been (and still are) kicking ... Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr, among others. You can think (as I do) of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  Orange County so I get to spend some time with them (and also pet my cats ... experimented with the second to last night we were there**. I don’t know what we ... -ranked team put us in a better position for NCAA qualification. I think that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for ... at old requirements for admission.  Last year I posted our essay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014