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  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  ). Though I admittedly spent way too much time googling “what is the ... compensation, newfound freedom in class selection For many weeks, I couldn ... mind when I think about picking interesting courses and more broadly, a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  actually made a blank google doc. I guess I have been afraid that when I ... I have always loved writing. I have always enjoyed the freedom of coming up with stories, making worlds that I wish I could live in, or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for ... vicious cycle. The telethon is a fun tradition that I think brings a really ... process of admissions. When I invited Stephan'13 to come volunteer at the EA

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  . http://web.mit.edu/slp/involved/leadership.shtml Student Government The ... amazing students who took the initiative to launch projects at http://web ... , and classes aimed at developing and honing leadership skills. http://web

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  ’t make myself use google calendar, so I screenshot my class schedule on ... , sleep (pick two). Right now I have all three - a wonderful group of friends I hang out with regularly, decent grades, and 8+ hours of sleep per

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  research, I have ascertained that MIT has one of the best global programs of any college that I’ve ever heard of. Name a country, and MIT has a ... ’s also teach abroad, work abroad, research abroad, and more. I figure it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  have to take my word or Google's word for it, since I forgot to take ... Since I'm returning to blogging after quite the unplanned hiatus (read: I got buried in p-sets for about a month), let me take a few

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  've, i dunno, complained with sections separated by numbers and everything ... : … cj: this is my blog post. i'm the interviewer. i'm the one in charge ... yourselves first. it's only polite. dan: fine. i'm dan. i'm cj's depression

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  and a little bit of googling to jog my memory. I hope you enjoy. I ... my preferred method of decoration. I've covered pretty much every wall of my room at home, to the point where I started stashing away cards

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  This post is very very delayed, for which I plead procrastination on ...   Amber  Ali Audrey Kano '25 I felt profoundly small. The world was changing right before my eyes and there was nothing I could do about it. At

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  not, and i do some frantic googling and hydranting. i crash back into ... wednesday, november 15 i wake up from a weird dream. it's five minutes before my alarm goes off. i haven't woken up naturally in a while

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  the worst times in American history to do so."]I've started doing research.[/annotation] Mind you, how could I not? Over 90% of MIT students ... have something to stress over. And as much as I have kept my blog

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  [annotation note="I'm sorry, y'all, I got a little carried away. This is like 10 pages of blog, and I still have more to say!"]There's a lot I could say[/annotation] about the Peanuts Comics, Christmas Music

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  like home. I spent the first few days moving my stuff from storage into ... ."]readapting[/annotation] to home base. Luckily, I had a friend who rented a Zipcar van and helped me move last minute on Labor Day. Classes started out fast, but I managed

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  applying? Can I send any?" Yes. We're happy to accept extra materials if you ... explaining a special circumstance in your case. anonymous wrote, "I am a high school senior from India and thereby an international candidate.I am one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  a Victorian woman but now creates chaotic Google Docs at 2AM (though ... middle school Google Drive purge, and will someday be a kind MIT stranger

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  Google Map search later, I was on the way there. Right now, the thought ... in the wrong direction, I saw Random Hall for the first time. As I walked into my dorm, struggling with my luggage, I barely noticed the five

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  I did this for my classes last semester, and it was pretty tragic, so ... ! This semester I'm taking 6 classes, but I like to tell people it's 5 ... that much of my time! My classes: 8.021 - Physics E&M; I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  Google Calendar, any event that evoked a strong emotion, I wrote down. This ... Every year, I try to set aside a chunk of time to reflecting on the ... , but I figured I should doing something a little more intentional. A

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  to be. I just learned it right now while googling to see if I spelled ... mediocre manner? Coming into MIT, I thought about this a lot. Even before committing to MIT or any college for the matter. I had a strong desire to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021