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  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  to “create myself”, even literally. Since “Jenny” is not on any of my ... . It’s so easy to get FOMO - fear of missing out - nowadays because our ... position for rich, new experiences that could somehow shape your identity

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  are truly lucky to have Grimson as your chancellor, and I, like everyone ... -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack ... buzzing with some exciting new information. Prof. Grimson, head of the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  have nothing to do with your actual ability to do well on the test.” The ... caught on that there’s a little bit more to this picture (why would a ... ?). If you’re now wondering whether I’m about to throw some kind of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  said, I am pretty hosed right now and need to get to work on the four ... it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few ... each other. I finally discovered my passion in life, and now I get to put

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  lecture at 11, so I rush to get ready at 9:45, going through the motions of ... out the door. I jump on the 1 bus and get off at MIT, get coffee, and ... struck with the feeling that I might never get the chance to, again. When

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  kinda takes away all your free time) and I'm venturing out on a new cross ... size and infrastructure required. When I needed to get out and actually ... stitching. What's better than getting paid for a hobby you're doing in your

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  students hail from every corner of the globe: New Zealand to New York City ... -traditional” route (for example, opting to put their education on pause to compete in ... cohort[/annotation]to reflect on their experience. I’m sharing the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for ... . I’ve been fortunate to travel to over 35 cities and 20 states on

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance ... the opportunity, but rather to fully capitalize on it. As much as I ... benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , I can't even seem to get through a day on seven and a half. Knowing ... lot about what I learned this semester and what I'd like to work on for ... home and be able to work through the night. I work in my room, on my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  dorms would take on an entirely new level of technicality—the rise of the ... to and influence on campus life allowed a critical mass of students to ... Pritchett discusses work on completing the new gymnasium on Boylston Street

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted ... feeling? That’s another discussion.) On some days, I get almost nothing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  will be able to handle this much force on it. Go back to your ... took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... an all-too-realistic dream, but once you get used to it, the cool water

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  speak to students or their families, be it on travel or during a campus ... , which is this: How do I get in to MIT? And here is what I tell them ... them something they can do that will get them in. Maybe they need to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  just talking a problem out is enough to offer new insights on it. I cook ... There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how ... . The only class to which I dragged myself on a semi-regular basis was my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ’d imagine belongs to two MIT grads and a master’s student:   Here, on the ... everything seems to be telling me that I’ll get farther, wherever I’m going, if ... Oatmeal cooked on the stove is so good. I wouldn’t know this, but a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  on MIT and I was fortunate enough to apply and get in early action. I ... actually works in the lab where I’m doing my thesis--we’ll get to that later ... “carefully overhear”) some strangers’ conversation. On getting into an uber, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  essays on end, you need to stand out. Ideally, your essay should pack ... 's focused on you and your stories. Use these opportunities to tell a story ... essay (500-1000 words), it definitely doesn't apply completely to the new

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  getting in, reducing getting into MIT to a coin flip. On the ride home, I ... song) but listen deeply. Close your eyes and let it move you. Then get to ... Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014