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• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... by it: follow your heart, as cheesy as it sounds. When it comes to some ... that you are confident in your decision and prepared to give yourself to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  wish we could ask you. It supplies depth to your application, and often serves to amplify the strongest parts of your file. I remember several of ... to get to know the real you. And definitely schedule the interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  for the pun pagtanda "to get older" and pagtanda "remembrance". 11 ... Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be), and it gets a dedicated post this ... none have been noteworthy enough to get their music mentioned or linked

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  yourself without remembering that you're distracting yourself to forget the thing you're trying to forget (but failing, because now you've remembered ... emails, phone calls, and blog comments, to say nothing of spillovers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  design is that you get to actually see your work in use, especially when it ... like looming deadlines and assignments to really get the procrastination ... it filled me with renewed vigor to get better.   [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  back to your interviews and repeat, "We need to take excellent care of ... and made the connection, we decided to give your seat away... Oops, I ... before they get here. Then they need to rest." Have you noticed that this

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a ... [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist ... it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  of sorts.  i was more conscious of trying to get done with some of my ... living with your friends, being able to just walk down the hall, knock on someone's door and ask to talk or get dinner or do work. and i know that i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  . (I mean, I...) Phillippe wonders: When do freshman get to see the ... to help you out). If you don't get the chance to see all the dorms, no ... , each of the dorms have their own culture and you get to choose which one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  ="108447" /] If you’re looking to sip and study … As a hosed MIT student, I’m always ... ="108456" /] If you’re feeling adventurous… With the T (and its delays), travel to ... , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  Ouija board. Your only hope is to call the office and get the exact number ... 't know what happened to your week. Fortunately, it's not most weeks of the ... knowing where to park your car between safe periods. Most of the time, I can

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  and I'll get back to you when I get home from church. Ciao! ... "At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the ... where they go over some hunt statistics etc. If you're still interested in

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  important thing: You're going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now ... this EA decision. It may not feel like it if you get in, and you're not ... pressures to comMIT. It may not feel like it if you get deferred or rejected

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  good way to expose yourself to different teaching styles, get off campus ... Harvard Bridge is pretty harsh, so the buses and trains are the way to get ... worth your money. I urge you all, when deciding where to go to school, to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  skimming through the glossary of my current edition of How to Get Around MIT (alternatively "How To GAMIT" or "HoToGAMIT"). Since you're reading blogs of MIT ... . (2) n. An inelegant shortcut to get something done quickly, for example

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  socially at your own pace. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I called ... your first semester at MIT. Contrary to what one may believe from the ... word for it, you will extremely appreciate it. It is so easy to get

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  eraser. Basically, you’re trying to get out as many surface stains as you ... unscented as you can get unless you really want your room smelling like mint ... your toothpaste is. You may want to open a window and set up a fan in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  am your spider. Don’t get me wrong, I’m also ridiculously excited to ... convinced I could never fit in. I wanted to shake your hands, give you hugs ... upmost faith that we’ll be able to not only get through it together, but

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  many as a romcom character gets to decide her life. Five days. This week, someone from my hall at MIT asked, “When are you coming home to 1E ... . I’d sworn to stick to math. Cannot imagine why. It took a while to get

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015