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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... 't matter as much as what you do with the opportunities you're given there

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  notion, but I think it's useful in interrogating why we do things. Consider, for example, the following hypothetical conversation: A: Why do you ... "]UROP?[/annotation] B: Because I need a job. A: Why do you need a job? B: Because I need

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the ... done. I try to work, I really do. I spend time sitting in front of ... do it if I tried, but I’m just not trying hard enough. When I think

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  other words: you do not need to have had a blog for a zillion years in ... you *can* do it. When the application came out, I was in the middle of ... I said I'd do in a zombie apocalypse, and don't remember how I said I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  ’m not doing it right, and then push it to the backburner. But now this ... committed to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with people on campus. We do ... . We do our weekly meeting on Tuesdays (called Cruesdays) in the student

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  ’t work, or is inefficient. Maybe you spend a lot of time doing problems you know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do ... key while doing practice tests. Yes, a poor performance can sometimes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  We are confused about what we want to do with our lives and thus what ... . We chose this major by thinking endlessly about what we want to do with ... stick with 21E (doing both course 6 and CMS stuff) or just drop the course

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  , statistically, people do with YouTube videos) I won't blame you. Self ... what I've been doing this semester, good lighting/focusing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  get into MIT, but I do believe you're all guaranteed for success just ... soon, my question "what encouraging words do you have for applicants ... , dear applicants: not only do you have my full support but you cleary have

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  really evaluate what I like about my major and what I want to do. Before I ... , we have a block of time to either do assignments in our curriculum or ... do technical interview prep. 74% of my program's interns from last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  About a month ago, a parent asked me: "What do all these majors ... my mind lately. (And by subject I mean aw-maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing ... decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  backlogged self-reflection and emotional processing to do, so it’s actually ... I’ve also been doing a lot of concertgoing (relevant zine lol ... do useful things. 2. It is sometimes okay and necessary to run away

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... fullness. Now that I’m (fortunately!) doing a lot better, I remember only the ... working on the Pi Day video. And while I was doing these things, I really

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  that are relatively unprocessed. I would be doing readers a disservice to ... a lot to get down and little time to do it, I’ll write one long ... habit, but I do think it is a compulsion, which I am uneasy about. So, a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  applied to do Interphase EDGE, which is a 2-year enrichment program. The ... student do you need to be to get one? Those types of articles feel like a ... ’t doing all that much. I was tired, all the time, but wasn’t sure why or how

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  anything and everything else, once you’re on one side you do not want to ever ... , most people do not need other people to understand that they themselves are special. When I meet people who do need me to understand exactly who

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  categories. Lab and other school things I do less often than lab Since I ... in the lab full-time doing research. Eventually I'll finish the ... my lab -- we do take MIT UROPs. At the very least, come have $1 ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  hopefully help you proceed and answer a big question: Where do we go from here ... 'd like to do some light studying or review for fun before MIT begins, then sure! But do not spend this next year constantly studying, studying

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  you really believe that you were meant to do something, then nothing ... control all we can do instead is change the way we think and go about those ... requiring me to do that consistenly. I had already asked for help dozens of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  grad student!) at MIT. So naturally, we had to do a blog post together ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I ... yourself these questions as well!) How are you doing today?   Bryan

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021