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  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

  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 / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  school admissions. Now, you do NOT need to be worrying about grad school as ... why you want to Do The Thing MIT did not convince me to Do The Thing—here are the things that did Do research and/or work to discover why you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  Robin, should've volunteered that extra hour like Kim." NO! Please do NOT ... , whatever works). Let's do it together: In my circumstances, I tried my best ... ! Wherever you end up, whatever you end up doing, we're confident that you will

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  : "So where do you go to school?" ME: "Oh, I go to school in Boston." HIM: "Do you go to Harvard?" ME: "No!" HIM: "MIT?" ME: "Yes..." HIM ... reason, I do feel like sometimes saying "oh, yeah, I go to MIT" sounds

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  chancing may be fun, or a way to blow off steam, or just something to do ... prepared to do the work at MIT, you will not be admitted, because we don ... demonstrated academic preparedness - as the majority of MIT applicants can and do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  night, working, working, working. i'm trying to challenge myself to do a ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  ’s more of an “I now live a post-MIT life and therefore my weekly updates do ... why do I have this thing, anyway? Throughout the process, I reflected on what I was doing with family, friends and professors out loud, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  you should do this week in 3 easy steps (results not guaranteed, though ... . You need to actually do the essays first before you can edit them. Just ... of your essays to do this for you, but it doesn’t hurt to do it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  they get here, and I like sharing with everybody the types of things I do ... often discuss the current "admissions gossip." The one thing he'll do that ... 's fine. Do you ever see such and such? No not really. I really like Yan

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , tell them I am trying and doing things differently and really putting in ... well I did or didn't do was being tied to my self-worth until it wasn ... world. I see friends who are struggling and I can’t do anything about it

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018