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• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  smarter. By not self-advocating. He was reluctant to ask for help. By ... looks for ways to get back on the horse. She tends to learn as much from ... future. By being willing to change in order to be successful. Never will

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... 'm frustrated by is that learning this lesson of commitment to your path is ... objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of

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

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  sometime before the New Year’s countdown. Thinking it was just to wish me a ... ? Sad is when you get an undesirable grade in a class or your favorite TV ... death. There was guilt that the last text she sent to me promised to get a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  III, which means, among other things, that you're not going to get an athletic scholarship to MIT, and that you're probably not going to get into ... of sports at MIT, and a lot of ways to get involved with physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  think, and how to be a good friend, mostly by being good friends to me ... they all dispersed. i know i didn't get to spend time with nearly all the ... , someone gets up and talks about how much that senior means to the group

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able ... narrow my decision down to two schools, and there is no better way to get a ... want to do when you get here. With so many events to choose from, it

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  , now is a good time to be in touch, whether by email, phone, or whatever ... meantime, start thinking about what you want your MIT email address to be ... The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  cleaning was going, but we weren't sure how to get inside MacGregor to check ... -related confessions, ordered by date, with highlights added to mark my personal ... this step."]earliest and latest confessions I pulled.[/annotation] To get

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application ... your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the ... additional materials does not by itself increase your chances of admission.
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  to let your dreams TAKE FLIGHT What does it mean to be an admissions ... Conner 2, or plan stuff for REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your ... . MIT operates by setting a very high standard of admission to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  how hard MIT is going to be? Do you think they're scared to get to ... generally going out of our minds trying to get things done. This is ok though ... way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  about those journeys right now. I want to talk about the new niche I ... react to this by berating ourselves for “not working hard enough.”  When ... impossible, why don’t I at least try to get partway there? I’m not arguing

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  the MFA to see a screening of the documentary Urbanized. It is by Gary ... growth. I’m not going to give it all away, you should get ahold of a ... [by Nathan Kipniss '14] This semester I am currently taking STS

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  , and it was up to us to crack the case - which we could do only by ... 't anywhere near enough to get us close to winning, we all had a ton of fun ... Massachusetts General Hospital, which means that every now and then I get to visit

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  by student bloggers to help ask and answer the kinds of questions that ... Valley save file with my partner and am trying to squeeze in some night gardening when I can to stay cool during extreme heat waves I'm fleeing to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  information by clicking on each node, such as your interactions with the given ... will get a lot cooler to play with as time goes on. Some of my ... different settings), make sure to log in with either your Gmail, Yahoo, or MS

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... Musical Offering to Frederick the Great (by the way, I love German adjective ... DID YOU KNOW? Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer has been wanted by the US

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  clubs were serving food at their first meetings in order to lure in new ... be eggs and veggies, but I forgot to get eggs, so it was in fact just ... Campus, what do you eat?” My answers have varied, from “Free food!” to “A

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  referred to by your username. "In some circles on campus, you may become known by your username, so choose wisely."—Matt again If you want to go ... this decision is: your MIT username (also referred to as your Athena or

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  to so many new perspectives and ways of life that I just never even ... . After stopping by a bakery to buy some roll cake (for breakfast the next ... . Our friends from New York go to music school, so someone started playing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013