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• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  , quickly) You're supposed to cut your spaghetti while you're eating it! Brother 3: Shut up! Mom: Do I need to get out Emily Post? If I had this ... , do you want a fail proof way to know which bread and drink are yours

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  to buy embarassingly large-sized teddy bears for your parents that make ... that I had to finish it. It's like when your mom calls you by your first ... 'm trying to put off getting to the point of this entry? Anyway, some time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... that may be six, since I'm still waiting on one. You do want to get involved in research early. Some students wait until their senior year to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  to college admissions, once you get past the surface differences.) One ... spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real world. So, I've begun to search for the perfect job to excite, challenge

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... and motivating you to "do well," your success in college will ... the end of the day, they aren't going to do your psets for you, or call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  with friends in Washington, D.C. and wanting to save money for future endeavors, I've decided to get my shit together and actually learn how to cook ... all my first year of MIT. I had made promises to earlier, but never

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT ... exciting picture of what you're doing this summer! You don't have to be in it ... ) where you're from! anything interesting you would like to say about

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  where you want to spend the next 4 years of your life. Go to the place ... Campus Safety and find out how that institution plans to keep your baby out ... your parents accompany you to the visit ask them to also take notes so

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  one piece of your folder that will cause us to admit or not admit you ... process is that we don’t as admissions officers get to meet each of you personally but instead only get to know you by what you and others write about

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  being nice to them will be integral to the smoothness of your major ... little bit! 5) Turn in your change of major form to the Student Services ... A? Thank you so much for your help, and I hope to hear from you soon

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... also remembered that if a snake chases you, you're supposed to run in a ... reminded us to string up our food away from our tents, in case it drew

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  at MIT, I got to be Tim the Beaver.   Get to check that one off ... required “Tim training” and then take a comprehension quiz to verify your ... other MIT engineers to get the AC working, haha!) Then, to give Tim his

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  's not— dan: no, look! you turned eighteen. you're all excited to get out ... , like you do in your normal posts? alan: if this is how cj wants to ... , okay? alan: … dan: ah. dan: you're trying to pretend you're in control

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well ... , get back in the game because you have a big decision to make in the next six weeks. Not to worry, we are here to answer your questions about all

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  students and faculty, but when I clicked on your website's link to its ... get me everywhere I needed to go, and to an extent, it did. This turned ... adopting it as an integral part of your personality as you try to develop a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from ... complete and you did not match to a binding school. If you take MIT off your ... interview? A: You can find your interviewer's information by logging in to

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  . You will walk back to your room at 5AM. You will eat inedible food. You ... uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  be skeptical of promises to revolutionize transportation from people who can't fix BART, or have never taken BART. And if Google offers to ... not listen to people who promise to make Mars safe for human habitation

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The song "Hips Don't Lie" went to #1 in nearly every ... to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... umbrella--it had a big button that you could press to open it, fit perfectly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  panic set in. You're going to get nightmares of every tiny mistake you ... ’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in ... and was ready to show them to someone to get some feedback. My older

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018