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  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  Circuit, it's basically a loop for you to get the feel of your cart/bike and ... new random obstacles along the way, like the herd of wandering cows and the gophers that pop out under you out of nowhere. The first semester

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  by its dictionary definition and so for the sake of this post deserves ... impediments of being First Generation (-20 Experience Points) and Middle Class ... internships, and of the 20+ gigs I applied to, I got one offer, six rejections

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  Khan, who used to live in the room of bloggers Danny and Allan? Where are ... matches, three which I already knew, and three which were I didn't. Of the ... was, and still is, the room of floorpi's Graduate Resident Advisor, or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  The Flight of the Iguana and First Light, respectively; reading those ... areas of science and deeply resent the idea of having to specialize, and ... , and directly relevant to society. I figured that the importance of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  : campusfood.com is probably the root of Freshman-15 and much college ... , and sometimes a combination of these dreaded steps, have pushed the ... . Chris used it in the beginning of the year to schedule the first Blogger

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  of my favorite poems, all about looking toward the future and starting ... Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is ... ’ve mostly been thinking about the past and saying goodbye. And I thought that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  of seven people. I read over the problems again, eyes moving to and ... top right, the birds outside my window, and the creaks of people walking ... (the rest of them), and the material hasn’t gotten much harder. I have

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  , my teeth would chatter, and this dread of just wanting the panic to end ... isolation, and I then resumed my walk home among the throngs of window ... without the company of a knotted stomach and chattering teeth. If you

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  this feeling. And it can be kind of terrifying. Even applying in the ... into the goblet of fire and hope that you’re chosen to be a part of the ... 't stick exactly to all of the words, but you'll get the gist of it. Best of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  is one of four first-year learning communities at MIT. MAS explores the ... was a lively meeting, full of introductions, discussions, and sandwiches ... broken by a series of buzzes and dings as our phones simultaneously

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  ensure that the central focus of the college search and application process ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... not clear, applying for admission involves the submission of academic

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

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  the heat down and add half a cup of one-minute oats and you stir ... few days ago a fuse broke and all the outlets in our kitchen stopped ... ’d imagine belongs to two MIT grads and a master’s student:   Here, on the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  given me a glimpse into the life of a liberal arts student, a life very different from those we live at MIT. Without the constant stream of problem ... main areas and the concepts that surround them: urban planning, political

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  feet. I had never snowboarded before and the last time I skiied was ... expectations about snowboarding, and I have the bruises to prove it. My left arm ... from all the times I fell on my poor, poor bottom, and I'm pretty sure

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  , we both were captains of the math team and quiz bowl teams and presidents of the Japanese Club; we took the same classes and had the same teachers and guidance counselor. The impressions most people had of me were

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... point is the thesis of "hookups", which occur on a spectrum. First, the ... interested in me, and made all the first moves and invited me to hang out with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  college kids. In the first month of college, send a hand-written letter to ... in college. My excuse was the cost of film and processing. Digital ... , and be inspired. Grow. Laugh. Learn. Love. Welcome to some of the best

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  ; I'm just rambling. What follows is one of the most insightful and ... that, I had tested out of the freshman calculus and physics classes ... equations and start with the advanced version of the physics 2 class we have

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  elucidate the lives of MIT students, and this subject has definitely been on ... schedule to include biology and neuroscience. By the end of this semester ... : And speaking of dancing, the weekend before our prom was MIT Dance

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  first time. You are now a freshman in college and as the oldest of the ... monotony of my day and brought me face to face with the cashier. "you good ... , dapped up my brother, and walked out. Dapping is the unspoken form of our

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019