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  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  — the feeling of thinking something is impossible, and then doing it anyway. Sometimes even doing it well. It’s my addiction, every semester ... justifications: that I can’t write consistently at MIT anyway so why not do

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  wish I had no work today i don't feel like doing schoolwork anymore. not ... about interpreters and category theory. but i don't want to do actual work ... researching what different programming language implementations do. but when it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post ... -dimensional person, which is what we strive to do with all the other parts of the ... interview. Our current process does not require you to do this. After you

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  hit me that I’m now a college student. Not only do I have a bunch of clubs and classes to do, I also have to figure out how to balance that ... , doing laundry regularly), and worse at the things I used to do

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  ’m currently thinking through - when I write (or do any other public work), how much do I care about changing other peoples’ minds vs focusing solely on ... their decisions. doing so can be exhausting and bring lots of emotional

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  on occasion. The reasons anyone stops doing something that mattered to ... god, it’s Valentine's day. Do you really miss your ex? Yeah, you do. You ... should go home, even if you’ll feel like a failure for doing so… it could

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  to do something about next summer, so I applied to eleven internships ... was supposed to do some work for Splash, considering that it's happening ... couldn't find any motivation. All I want to do right now is lie down. Not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  admittedly do not know all of the answers. Thus, I thought I’d be transparent ... identity and applying to college.   Why do we ask? When we are ... to who they are as a person as we try to learn more about them. Do you

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  MIT students, and probably college students in general. Many do ... this person is doing xyz, I should also be doing xyz”) and an internal desire (“omg this person is doing xyz, wouldn’t it be so cool if I could

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an ... have the same interests that you do, and a place where you feel belonged ... ; Tricks Do ask good questions (that aren't on the website) Campus visits

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  As promised, I finished my post about deciding what to do this summer ... that this was what I wanted to do, I discussed the process with my mentor ... doing research. Gradually, the blurry outlines of A Competitive Applicant

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  this looming feeling that there's something I ought to be doing. That's not to say that I never have time to do fun stuff - but I have time to do fun stuff because I believe it's important to make time for fun

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  academic masochist. Wait, what's that? You like doing all that work for ... doing things you love? No you don't. Admission officers and bloggers have ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  The first thing I wanted to do for this entry was reply to some ... comments and questions! Please continue to do so...or, if you're lurking, don ... : "Did you have to do the lab by yourself? no lab groups? Speaking of which

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  only do you move on to campus earlier and get more time to get acquainted ... . I finally was honest with myself and realized that I wanted to do something ... 's presence and it's really nice and wholesome. I do not regret those late

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  when I decided to do this program. What about the academics? Did you ... that I didn't do my work at Cambridge, but it meant I could focus on ... other topics with my supervisor, and I've gotten a lot out of doing this

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  ’s not a one-time decision.  These days, I instead regularly ask, “What do I want?” What do I want to be, to do, to give attention to? It sounds ... do I want?  Long story short, on the job front, I decided to pivot

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  thing to do at the time, in some sense it was the right thing to do at the ... ceilings because I kept walking and will continue to do so. There are no ... with one of my favorite quotes. “Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to ... this one. I loathe attending its mandatory lectures. I will likely do ... lecture. I don't do a single reading. I go to recitation and look at optical

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  ’re really too young to sound that old,”  ...and maybe I really do have too ... haven’t gotten over that yet. I didn’t do terribly well in my classes last ... affected me at all, because there were people who managed to do an incredible

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021