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  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  Pad Mini - I do a fair amount of review-level work on an iPad while sitting ... it much less likely that both will do their best impression of ... consider their thoughts much more carefully than I do, because I blow through

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  . Just kidding, bacteria don’t have mustaches and hats (or do they). I am ... following lesson about myself: I can do good work under pressure, if I manage ... at hand, not the pressure of the tasks coming up. I try to do my best

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  , scrolling through the Facebook group and thinking "I DO NOT BELONG, I AM NOT ... meet other prefrosh (and current MIT students) and don't know what to do ... . Or both. Please make it the former, and do whatever you can to prevent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  already doing research in the field I want to dedicate the rest of my life ... drove you to follow it. Do it because you know you want to do it, not

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  alone productive. The best thing you can do is take the weight of waiting ... should come naturally? Doing the things you love to pass the time; it ... please, if you find yourself sitting on a stove, do yourself a favor and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  a human doing by Caroline M. '18 In which I am somehow still an MIT ... [annotation note="*gestures broadly at the world*"]too tired[/annotation] to do ... Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and so on than they do to the blogs

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  would be a lot more dull.” Do you have any nerdy interests? MIT is known ... explains how, as a dog lover at heart, she has gotten into the hobby of doing ... . What do you have to say to people who are reading the blogs and applying

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  colleges. This network is brand new this academic year. “Where do you want ... academic advisor (Dr. Ann Graybiel, a really cool person doing really cool ... me hands-on experience and helped me decide if I wanted to do something

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  . And then David and Ali asked me, “Do you want to lead this new project ... ."]trainers[/annotation] and performers and generally people who knew how to Do Things ... /volunteers/photographers. Because I had literally no idea what I was doing, I’d email people asking

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  the fun way and most of your friends do it with you. —TK '23 walking ... in the end but it feels mostly awful while you do it (even though you ... how to do one lap of freestyle successfully five minutes beforehand

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  pray that you do. A few key facts about me that may or may not provide ... [annotation note="cj: stressed out, busy, lots of things to do, idk ... do? Remember that dietary guidelines change drastically every few years

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  , cramming problem sets, meeting people, and doing activities, and then in the evening you don’t have enough energy to do anything anymore. But this is ... ASE, I eat lunch, I go to another orientation event or go do a REX event

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I ... , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your ... charge in a group setting as much as I do. As a fire sign, they are known

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  do, and Chinatown is awesome for that. My memories of the district ... backgrounds, and so do the customers. Some are friendly, and others grim ... Do We Have Snot?" (hosted by Elizabeth C. '13), "Why Can We Regrow A

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  's certain parts of campus or food or whatever! Otherwise I'll just do my best ... make sure it stays on the front page -- thankfully I've only needed to do ... of the bloggers *really* do), but you might know my face/backpack color

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  (see, e.g., Krystal, Rachel, Ceri, Ana). I've been thinking about doing ... dark brain fairies at bay, and now I make it a priority. I do make sure ... extracurricular or award I've never heard of, etc). Doing this job well requires

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  around the clock, doing homework, sleeping, whatever. Most were bloggers ... , MIKE YANG. DO YOU HAVE ANY KIDS? DO YOU??? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ... could do it over and over again, because even though he always thought it

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  that package? It was all I could do to balance my sanity between the ... real glimmer of hope emerged. You do have a chance, I told myself. Penn ... of classes, although I did do a few things   like teaching and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  helping hand - hey, we've all been there before! * Generally, you are doing ... . Studying usually involves doing problem sets (the equivalent to homework in ... of what the people around you are doing, it is the most important to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  might imagine, quite a few of them! Unfortunately we do operate under some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011