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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If ... of shit I was going to eat, sometimes served on a high-speed conveyor

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  feels like to be accepted into a school, what it feels like to get a ... -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little ... not to get too attached to this school. I had the state Science Olympiad

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan ... language by the time I graduate) I'm still deciding whether or not to double

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  succumbed to a four-hour soak in liquid described by writer Bernard DeVoto as ... into a maple tree, John cautiously decided to safetify its successor by ... mattress to and fro like a cradle rocked by a babysitter with coughing fits

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... from four to six to a zillion years, depending on how fast you get your ... best part about being a professor is that you get to be last author on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  graduate school, Garay plans to get a jump start by attending a summer ... always like to do a lot of everything. I'd get bored doing the same all the ... preference. "My main interest is math," he said. "I'm going to MIT to get a Ph

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  how I went to a estimathon hosted by Traders at MIT, and had fun arguing ... moved in there was only a hexagonal frame in the courtyard, and by the ... . I mean, you put on a hard hat and wear glasses. To use a power saw

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  fastest way to get from Building 2 to E25? At the same time, too, there was ... about this place I would call home, and I felt a drive to be social, to ... show you; 2) yes — go to the closet and get another roll and it will pop

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part ... eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of your demons than to write them away."]it's taken me days to even get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA   And it seems like I'm going to be leaving the blogs with a ... retrospective of all the times I've failed since getting to MIT. This one would be ... biology rn (get excited) The grad school post. How applying to grad

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  to decisions, can be answered by two things: having a little zen, and a ... a kid everyone was trying to get me to work harder. Seems like nowadays we adults are just trying to get you to relax for a second. Sheesh

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  think that by the way I was feeling, I had been determined to go here ... ’ve got a bajillion things to do. And today, I will not finish all of them ... accepted or not. But every time I get to thinking this way, EVERY single

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  'm Abir, a prefrosh, and I was fortunate enough to have the BEST host ever ... asked me to guest blog about CPW and I am going to try to give a glimpse ... around at the airport can be a drag.. and having no one to talk to makes it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  by getting an A. I work hard, demonstrate my enthusiasm for a subject ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... people to something like a 60-strong operation - and sure, I'd spent a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  I've found my excuse to write a new blog entry. Remember way back ... read and get acquainted with the various seating options. I picked up a copy of "The Tech" after work today. I was very excited to get my Tech

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  internet connection, it may take a few moments, or minutes, to download for ... , which is a numeric string that allows us to keep track of your scores so ... working on a fix.If you have another, different bug to report, or if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  Arthur Highway. To get to school, I would take a jeepney up MacArthur to this ... surprised where a hallway leads you. You’ll never again get to experience ... trip took around twenty minutes to travel a little less than three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  It’s been a hot second since I last blogged- about ten weeks, to be ... family for going three weeks before replying to a text. ‘School is crazy ... -based math, and it culminated in a project where I got the chance to listen to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  my life, and that's up to me to do. Get a tattoo. I literally have ... sure how yet. I guess I should probably get to a point where I feel ... if the 2021s will actually get a graduation ceremony though. It

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005