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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  read parenting books when I was a kid--books like How to Speak So ... indulgence. I read How to Talk to Anyone (a wonderful, wonderful book) when I ... revelatory enough to buy another by the same author (Susan Jeffers) titled

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  weekends and then party after. It's great to be surrounded by hardworking people because it motivates me to not laze around or procrastinate by ... ...I definitely miss living in a dorm since I was surrounded by so many people, but

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I really hope to God that I get the yes. After rapidly typing up an essay, I ... different kind of anxiety -- a waiting game. A countdown to 9AM on December 15

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  actually being "on" the Great Dome, there's a hack mounted to the trench wall ... me. Ever since I got to MIT I've wanted to see a Great Dome hack, but ... I'm a blogger. As a blogger I've been contacted several times by

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... 've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to ... yellow badges, which are to the A.A. Martinos Imaging Center what driver

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  said NO to MIT: First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to ... Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  out to his family. Here's his story.   A little over one year ago, I came out to my mom and my dad. Since then, things have settled into a new ... takes a long time for sediment to collect at the bottom of a liquid

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  get too-focused inside bubble. People who come to MIT are usually ... to do. And I finally understood the appeal of a semester or year off ... who want to make a lot of money go into the financial sector, people who

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  , though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that ... myself to high school Shorna. It’s a very strange relationship I have with ... . And, I mean… there was a lot more to it than that. I was going to live

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... have to tell the truth. Your room doesn't look like a 'I could be an ... college dorm. What makes you so proud? Way to be a total killjoy. *eyeroll

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  CPW was so much fun! I meant to get this blog up and running ... my work is needed to get it done, and that I can depend on everyone to ... , expecting about twenty people to stop by over the next two hours. Instead

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  patterns and voice tones to rate people -- on a scale of 0 to 100 percent ... a speed-dater would agree to a real date. It was a good sign, Madan ... during speed dating sessions and discovered a way to predict whether

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard ... carrying dirty laundry. I couldn’t run off to Boston at a moment's notice. I ... ’ll never end: you wake up on Monday and know that you won’t be able to take a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  was not founded by John Harvard. He just donated a ton of money to the ... a half hour’s reach of my parents at any given time. Now I had to fly ... saying goodbye to my family at the airport. As expected, there was a show

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  impacted you though, and following a recent trip (we'll get to that) I ... 's not entirely true, there was a rock gym in Houston that I'd been to a ... to be able to orient yourself in such a way that you can stand on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  procrastination. Been there, done that. Also, get a sturdy portfolio to hold your ... adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later ... up in the Z Center. Here's a throwback to last year's career fair

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  many things. It's when seeing each other on campus brings a smile to ... desire to leave. You wake up with them and the thought of getting out of ... certain smell suddenly starts to warm your heart in a way it never used to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  rental car? Will you get a bus pass? Search early. The best deals are the ... might be occupied by every single one of your roommates you want to avoid ... apartment or go shopping by yourself or even go to the gym to clear your head

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  and guests! Ofc we had to get a group photo[/caption] Speaking to all of ... made the journey from a rural upbringing to working at selective ... experience back home to students who might never get the chance to visit

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024