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

  

  rewriting and fretting around my application to MIT, I managed to have it submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself ... something, then try to force myself not to think about it, then fail, then

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  maintain for. When people talk about happiness they quickly go to big ... I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, maybe since sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  - broadly defined - for college to matter.   I hope that this quote is ... didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is ... socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  applied to Google. Several e-mails and three technical interviews later, I ... room quickly and made it to the kitchen on my floor. It was empty. I ran ... It’s been 3.5 years since I came to the United States from Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to ... by the way passive mechanisms allow us to move about. For example, this ... actually works in the lab where I’m doing my thesis--we’ll get to that later

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

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while whether to share it with the rest of you guys, but I thought that this letter may be of benefit to some current student, or some future student. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of ... easier than ever to share new information with others. But despite this ... tools that people can use to explore new things or study different

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  needed to get serious about applications very, very soon, so I hopped on the internet and dived into research. It didn’t take long to come ... Confidential had the answers to all of my questions - about how I should approach

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  ’t understand (and can’t easily clarify for yourself with a quick google search ... whipping out your phone/laptop in class to “check email” or “google something ... I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  poverty. A quick google search of her name brings many articles listing the ... ’s shelters, and how this inspired her to start her organization. As a result ... -worker.       This particular Twitter thread brought to light more context to Nadya

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  week, we (belatedly) celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to ... case you [annotation note='or you want to consume all the content at once like a whale lunge feeding']missed them,[/annotation] here’s an index of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  .org (although that is highly recommended!) here’s a quick recap: I studied Course ... ! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to tell you about my life after MIT.  But in order for me to properly tell

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  form of written record of what needs to be done when. google calendar ... After Graduation, I now have a lot of time to "reflect upon my MIT ... of the summer, so I hope to continue writing a few blogs discussing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and ... …the last twelve to fourteen months. Even at the start of my junior year of college, I had no idea what I wanted to do after graduation, but I wasn

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL ... , dreamy tone people usually use to describe things like “winning the lottery ... ’s Google search of “World’s Best Universities.” And then one morning

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  , for I was one of the gamemasters and have more content to share :D For ... , and testing this project. The two of us wanted to share how the other ... it took to make these games come to life! a history WZ: Paolo was

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  minds. It is not a cheap, easy, or quick thing to do. It requires ... To understand this post, you need two important bits of context. First is the famous quote widely attribute to former MIT President Jerome

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  without Googling! :D ) After that, I managed to convince Alex W. and Emi to ... of Holding, we got to work as quickly as possible. We knew we could ... crumbled and the Muggles began trying to storm the vault, I quickly

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  identified as Lutheran?” I’m going to just google the MIT site, and while I don ... this blog- topics to cover, questions to answer, stuff like that, and I ... accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  thing. In my senior year, I used a Google Doc as an agenda to keep track of my assignments. I used a Google Chrome extension called Draftback to ... Senior Video.)[/caption] Five months ago, I bid farewell to my high school

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018