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

  

  easy to get used to. It’s important to remember throughout your time at ... then on, I stopped trying to make my life perfect, and instead tried to ... summer. When they offered me another chance to get involved in the program

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  young person. I get the sense from the essays that he has had to fight to get to take classes at this level. He's really impressive. Great ... hearts, and we are envious of the institutions that get to be a part of

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  suggestions are biased?More to the point of that pressing topic on some of your ... . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... nicely when he said you don't have to build, say, a nuclear reactor to get

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  prepared a resume, used MIT’s career office to get feedback on it, and ... decided to grab breakfast, and I zoned out while munching on waffles at the ... to my room, where I collapsed on the bed, overwhelmed and very, very

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  how to study on your own in the absence of a teacher or curriculum ... top.  Since Reddit tends to cycle through content pretty routinely, I ... somehow managed not to get them. Recently I took the SATs as well, which I

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

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to ... to yours; your research is standing on the backs of giants ... : you end on why your work is important, and what you're going to be doing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  alumni, bringing them up to date on new things this year, and answering ... . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  many shows to discuss that you kinda have to watch some on your own. That ... . As I get ready to graduate, I wanted to share how I experienced Ben ... the idea at first. When you come to MIT, you will often find your people

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  of (my crush) Aubrey Plaza to “Make all your decisions based on how ... did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application ... impression that your college application was literally entirely based on your

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group ... documented their murals accordingly. Even so, we won't be able to paint on the ... panels for us to paint on, but...it won't be the same. Preserving culture

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get people to ask questions about your silly hats. Take pictures of yourself ... . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... :30 AM. I move on to the next thing on my list: subcloning some pieces of ... tells me to wait a few more minutes, so I play the "what was I doing on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  , unreasonable psets. The fight to rise will start in your subconscious. Without ... alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. I ... different voices in your application and try to immerse ourselves in your ... a yoga ball chair to reduce back pain. I read on an external monitor

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with your life and you're kind of interested in a lot of things and everything is so cool but also you have to pick something. Or else. *ominous music

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... meetings that no longer apply to you. you add your permanent email address to all the mailing lists you want to stay on because you know mit is going

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  great way to waste time and you’re sure to get a laugh and a memory. And ... off-by-one error on your application: But even if you didn’t discover ... : maybe you’re accepted, and you envision yourself instantly getting a job

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  snap on your way to a party, ending in a hug when heading home, ending in ... themselves. As I was getting my food to leave the man in front of me reached ... . Every time I go home you have some new plan for expanding your lawn mowing

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  't have your people. Sometimes, you’ll find your best living group on only ... videos on mitguidetoresidences.mit.edu Visit all dorms. Even if you’re ... cultural fit to find your best space. PRICING: MIT has three tiers of dorm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  's very easy to get caught up in the daily metronome of life, especially when you're on a set schedule. Every day, I wake up, I work out, I go to ... , you get the point. Freshman fall is meant to be a reality check for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023