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  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  through boxes of cereal and bunches of fruit until I found something that ... corridors of time, and I ricocheted around the house, asking questions, trying ... gracefully swept (or brutally pummeled, depending on what day of the week it

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  doing a bunch of things even though I don't have any classes. If you ... the semester and plan on doing a reflection sometime before finals ... her about her experience teaching at MIT (and overall career/life, of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  . And I've never done any of that... I'm basically a kid who likes math ... - American (Junior) High School Math Exam), did okay on it, and never went any ... any true talent for them... I'm a "peasant" of a student, not a "poet

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  stud that i could go to at any time, even odd hours of the night, and ... benefited from experiencing more of mit while i was on pnr, and the advice ... , sold clothing on dormspam, and walked through the halls of mit dressed in

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  Orleans, and elsewhere. If you're on the West Coast, you may have heard of ... about 35-40 minutes of a workout in the morning and afternoon. I arrive at ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  /engineering school and has the reputation of being incredibly difficult. This isn't the ... ). Just a few days after CPW, I comMITed and happily joined the MIT Class of ... pre-med students here offer a unique perspective on medicine: that of a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  . Rooms with a view and living in Beantown I love the river. The majority of dorms are by the Charles River and in Baker, for example, 80% of rooms ... , you can do research for all four years of college and who knows, maybe

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ephemerality of life and it's prospects affect all of us and it crept up on me ... were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really ... to catch up on work became a weekend of shambling around grasping for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  blues painted on the Boston skyline. And sometimes it gets quiet enough ... and the stars, and watch electric reds and blues painted on the Boston ... tomatoes and Esperanto. I’ll introduce you to some of my favorite board games

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  us because of the prestige of MIT and doesn't actually know what this ... opinions of your teachers and counselors will matter, as letters of ... applications and the emotional rollercoaster of this college application process

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  paragraphs and sentences depending on what type of company I'm applying to. I ... with on-sites tend to miss about two or three days of school, and ... similar breakdown on Facebook of a girl who applied to 70+ companies and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  any of my own tools and usually just use the ones in EC's basement, I ... ). As we all worked together to bring our furniture and belongings out of ... and carried it up two flights of stairs to my closet. It had waited six

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  transformative experiences in situations like these, and even do a great deal of ... with any underlying meaning, and merely end up with a contrived essay ... level of introspection, and ponder questions like "Why are resources

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  and bad) that I've had with people on CollegeConfidential and elsewhere ... way of thinking assumes that there is a dichotomy between diversity and ... prepared. Based on a bevy of data in your application - your scores, your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  , just like any number of situational factors that tweak the course of your ... ’t hand you a perfect life on a glittering platter. And if you’re ambitious ... , because he was in any way deficient, but because the British army was too

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  staging, and getting ready to launch things on the day-of. The community ... , and there wasn't anyone actually on the grass, so I got a full view of ... importance of teamwork and relying on others, or how to make decisions that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  reflecting a lot on what it means for me to be a computer science major and ... experience has been great, it's allowed me to take a lot of steps back and ... can really get into the meat and potatoes of what I want to talk about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  and a big workspace with a bunch of chairs, tables, and couches on the ... I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I ... embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  , localized dialect like a wandering hitchhiker on the sideroads of esoteric ... exaggerated clarity and make a point of crisp, rapid pronunciation in everyday ... and rapidly refuted her claims with a dazzling barrage of nicely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  climate of despair and misery, we finally go crazy. All rationality is lost ... since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... came up with all sorts of bad ideas that pushed our stomachs, hearts, and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019