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MIT offers a myriad of health and well-being support resources for students. See the DoingWell site for more info.
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Blog / MIT Life
The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.
? 6'2" 005. Do you have any siblings? No 006. What is your eye color? Green 007. What is your hair color? Green (jk!) 008. Do you wear glasses or contacts? No 009. Are you right handed or left handed? right 010. Do -
Blog / Hacks
An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?
Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do ... . If you find something broken call F-IXIT. Leave no damage. Do not steal anything. Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent. Do -
Blog / Admissions
On Greatness
remarkable don't do it for any reason beyond that it's what they love to do, a ... important thing is to find what you love and do it to the utmost of your ... best you can be at it. Why? Because if you do this, greatness in some -
Blog / Challenges
burning out past the finish line
i was finished with school work since about two weeks ago i have lots of things i could be doing and i am not doing any of them because i ... through wikipedia pages and getting information and not doing anything with -
Blog / Extracurriculars
is leadership the same as management buzzword alert
else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... 't have to be formal; it could be as simple as "hey do you want to pick this ... "hey do you want to pick this up?" and neither of you put a date it won -
Blog / How to Human
i don’t know how to comfort people
said and done, i feel better. but i don’t know how to do it in ... . “are you doing ok?” “yeah” and they are clearly not ok. i don’t want to ... of something to say instead. but what do i say? what do i say to my -
Blog / MIT Life
Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.
. Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach: I even made my wife do some recruiting: To make it seem as though ... actually do around here. Ah, the post-vacation mind melt. -
Blog / Admissions
A few quick answers The skinny.
Selection has been busy enough that I haven't had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly ... , you're currently doing regular action selection for domestic applicants -
Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English
A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China
time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese ... much practice I need to do. I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out what was the best way to make this video, and settled on doing -
Blog / Admissions
More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.
State Governor's schools Governor's schools directory I do not recommend these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college application." This should be for personal development. We do not expect that -
Blog / Academics & Research
I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!
So where have I been? Short answer: doing work. Or just at work. I just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Newsflash! Guess what!
Guess what! I passed my EMT practical exam! Yay! Now all I have to do is study real hard for the written test...yikes. And then maybe I ... I'm really lucky, even through the 18.03 pset I have to do right after -
Blog / Challenges
At What Cost A summary of my fall semester
opportunity cost. Everything you decide to do will keep you from doing something ... from getting an early start on your project. Wanna stay up late doing ... doing well at MIT is figuring out what costs you can bear. I had a lot of -
Blog / Admissions
Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.
yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of -
Blog / Challenges
Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…
Fun fact about me, on days when I don’t have much to do, especially ... reflect on things. If you do any sort of leadership training program, much like GEL, you’ll do reflections a lot, and it might take a while to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!
To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the -
Blog / Uncategorized
Graduation Picture Book Photos from graduation because I've lost my writing skills (~23 Pictures)
I decided that since I still cannot write intelligibly in order to summarize what four years of an MIT education can do for you, I'll just post some pictures from graduation until I process everything. -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!
For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT consider legacy?
MIT doesn't consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you'd like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don't Do Legacy.