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• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  Higher Ed, the best thing a student can do is whatever will advance his or ... worthwhile activities a student might do. While many MIT students have ... food from spoiling. They learned to do research before identifying a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... -credit classes that do have tests and homework, but they’re definitely the minority ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  . M K 2:46 AM Where is[annotation note='im hosting a sunrise watch ... ']sunrise[/annotation]happening? 7 terrace ❤️​ to “ 7 terrace ” Do you want me to wake you if you ... bed I had a weird series of naps What are you up for? Ah I see Not for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie - it’s actually because I’ve been doing architecture stuff and that ... agreed on a ‘famous art’ theme. I don’t know why other people agreed, but I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... someone new. Having taken sophomore standing****, I’m technically not a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to ... 'll be doing a lot of small, bite-size blog posts! So how was sophomore ... . I had a lot of backup plans: read, code, do my own projects, travel

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  perhaps a couple juniors and seniors (we do not plan to hire a sophomore ... preference for folks who do have active blogs. If you do not currently keep a ... couple weeks. Or, you may just submit a portfolio of writings. If you do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with ... freshman year. It's sort of another "how to do everything wrong" story... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  ’ve ever gone through. If you do: I’m so sorry I know what that feels like ... experience with imposter syndrome has been a somewhat interesting one. For me, imposter syndrome just sort of, exists. It’s a voice in the back of my head

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  do understand him. I still remember being a college student and ... according to plan. We do this for a good reason. In all my years as a mom, as ... , which was already late on day two of school. “Hey, instead of doing

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  's everybody going to be doing for the next few months? Here's a small sampling ... design Maddie Hickman '11 -- (More than likely) doing a UROP at MIT ... how to do a bunch of 2.005 so I don't fail it next semester 3) Work on

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  a year and a half ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i said no. half a year ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i said ... make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a laptop or a desktop? I too faced the same question 3 years ago, and thus ... disclaimer now that I'm a spoiled first grandchild and thus, I did go off to

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  actually a very good case for an entry with the title "How to do everything ... to the entry I wrote about myself, and I actually did do quite a bit ... So this weekend was a long weekend, in honor of Columbus Day and also

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  , or watching a lecture on OCW, or doing textbook reading, etc. etc. etc ... to do. However, it is not the kind of thing that I enjoy for weeks at a ... with this summer, but I do feel like I am starting to get a better hold

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  provide updates on what i'm currently doing, or new and exciting things in my life. because the reality is, there's not a lot of new and exciting things in my life right now. "how are you doing? what have you been up to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  or her a call or write him or her an email. You should do this, not one ... tell us in the essays. Think about why you are applying to MIT. Do a ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  , like a newborn baby does, that the world doesn't end when you do. I ... , and that it was a thing I could do. And now, I'm well along that journey ... of sleep. I like a[annotation note="Friday night is THE BEST time to do

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  ." Photo printer is doing nothing but eating paper? "GET THE MIT STUDENT ... x 22 is, I'll tell you it's the dimensions of a half-sheet cake; I'm just a girl working in a bakery.) I've lived in California all my life

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  wait your turn or become a certain age before you can do anything, like ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007