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• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  content warning: mental health, academic stress, burnout tick The institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... Vegas! (my hometown)']a place that never sleeps.[/annotation] Even in the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  For the past week, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do ... . But surprise, surprise, guess who came crawling back? Me. I did. The truth in the matter was that I didn't really hate compsci, I just found it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  behalf? The interesting thing about this question is that we often get asked more or less the same thing during non-pandemic times. The first two ... the last one: "Who should I ask to write letters on my behalf? And the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... things since coming to MIT, which really makes me wonder what the space ... math problem that I was capable of doing in the tenth grade. These were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  something to strive for) wanted to release this into the world, as it has been ... start right off the bat with ~love~ or whatever 16 year old me thought ... picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  . I got a JOB here, people! In Admissions. Me. An adult thing. Here! The ... . Do you need a tissue to mop up the tears of joy you have shed from ... . Shared. That. Enthusiasm. For. Ina. Garten. It was probably the first time

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... classmates. In fact, the only thing in school I have ever been “naturally” good ... from the situation and moving on. After high school, I felt like I had

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  Things are actually pretty calm here in New England, even with the ... excited, sure, but the third win in four years for the Pats is nothing compared to the Red Sox first World Series win since the Wilson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  I'm doing exactly what the title says: ranking [annotation note ... others liked are at the very bottom. It really depends on the person, but ... 'll explain the reasoning for these rankings below in my four-year class roadmap

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  This year, I’m volunteering with the MIT Educational Council to ... those who are finishing up their applications now, the same advice still ... to get into MIT”; I could tell you the things that I did in high school

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  i’ve been in a perpetual state of writer's block recently (i.e. the ... write for the entire time. every so often i go through a phase where i ... typing class where i first learned the joys of nitrotype and home row

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  One of my favorite things about college is browsing all the classes I could hypothetically take and imagining my futures in them. Of course, the imagining bit is a lot more fun than the...actual taking of them, but I love

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  you're friends with, because you're on campus, and all the undergrads ... . this summer, and my internship, are different in a lot of ways. the bay ... calendar event! why is it different, then? is it just the culture that makes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I ... of it and the power rests in my hands. On days where I had my 10am 8 ... favorite lecture hall. I maintained a pretty solid routine for the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  you really dropped the ball". So, here's to accountability! Get Fit gym four times a week I started going to the gym when I came to MIT and ... home, I have not stepped foot in the gym. For 2020, I want to see how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  not to read until I had graduated. Having unearthed it from beneath the ... failed test. However, with extra time over the summer and this semester to ... not sure that I would want everything to occur the exact same way that

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  creative juices flow, think again. On May 18th, they announced the winners of their Tech Video Showcase. Watch the videos and judge for yourself ... — http://techtv.mit.edu/file/31/ Most “MIT”: The Making of Mens et Manus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  things about Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; the T (subway) is cheap and clean Favorite movies: The Mask, Moulin Rouge Favorite music: Hip Hop, R

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

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  We don’t do a lot of mailing, but you can sign up for our awesome monthly email newsletter that shares what’s happening on campus and—if you’re applying—provides updates and tips.…
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  As the name implies, this is going to be a tier ranking of all thirty ... pushed me toward 21E in the first place and to taking media studies more ... semester to do so. But this is a great class. Honestly one of the hardest

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023