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  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  , to ‘hit the ground running.’ The painful struggle to get through the ... drop the right one. The feeling of failure that comes when you’re used to ... couldn’t just afford to go to bed. Coffee became my new best friend

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  , which is this: How do I get in to MIT? And here is what I tell them ... them something they can do that will get them in. Maybe they need to be ... in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  'm getting in! I'm getting in!" moments, followed by, "they'll never take me ... okay. It's going to be better than okay. However, if you're anything ... Saturday or in April, you're going to experience this crazy whirlwind of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  , things have been crazy busy. (Perhaps at some point, I'll eventually get to ... 'll struggle to get good grades (I know grades aren't everything, but I'd like to get decent enough grades to apply for graduate school) or find research

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  place that's supposedly your home to the people who supposedly know you ... occasionally to think out loud with his hands extremely close to your face, or to encourage us all to volunteer - "Come on guys, we've got to get you more

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... get to know better). [caption id="attachment_55158" align ... used a ladder to get in and out of bed. Rather than the conventional four

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  well as other regular attendees by cornering people to ask follow ... think it's important to know that your college's way of doing things isn ... . Try as I might to pretend otherwise, I get really unhappy and overemotional

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... advice (implicit and explicit) if you’re trying to make choices about your

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I ... those will continue to be gatekept by the student body :)) I tried to find ... 't know the people there...I get distracted too easily by anyone I know

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  an all-too-realistic dream, but once you get used to it, the cool water ... the springs: you’re gonna be starving. Good thing Austin knows how to ... of a road to learning something new is always bumpy. Learning Solid

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  of his finals. If you would like to spread happiness with your every ... , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better ... , and try to really get to know the people I loved before all of us

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  , not compared to what everyone else has done. But you're so passionate ... so far and that all your successes are really nothing to be proud of ... , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  exhaustion you get when you spend a whole day bouncing from class to class ... an important thing. Because otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get through ... right now. Sure, I tell myself that I’m going to get four years’ worth of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  have so many opportunities. You can hand them off to your children. I’m a ... to college [because of your undocumented status]. Some teachers didn ... that. How did we let it get to that point? It’s not just the corporations

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  . Seriously, when’s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your ... , you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a ... dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  swallowed by my sofa, I actually left my room (from off campus) to study on ... ’ve come a long way and overcome so much this semester to even get here ... stake by trying to make ends meet, all the habits I currently do have, and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  graduate. September 2019 What does it take to get to know someone? I could ... 2020 What does it take to get to know someone? I could tell you that I ... , and if we get enough people we could play Castlefall. We could listen to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  legs back to the bus station. I had earned the certificate by presenting ... or research; I didn't care to eat; I didn't care to get off my bed. I ... entire time. Week by week, things started to turn around. By accepting my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  all kinds of high-tech research, from paper-thin loudspeakers to new ... , so naturally, the MIT.nano staff want students to get excited about it too. To that end, undergraduates like me get to take classes where we

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023