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  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  's very easy to get caught up in the daily metronome of life, especially when you're on a set schedule. Every day, I wake up, I work out, I go to ... , you get the point. Freshman fall is meant to be a reality check for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  ?" YOU: "Uh...go to med school...." HIM: "Oh, you're a premed?" YOU ... 's not worth your time or energy." I came to MIT wanting to be a chemical ... you don't fail any classes, simply -1 from your MIT GPA to find the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find yourself wondering: How did THAT get there? Four score and zero years ago

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  be having our reception. Our first dance was to "Everything I Do" by ... sophomore, my friend Carl '07 introduced me to a cute curly-haired aerospace ... August 2006, he asked me to marry him in Killian Court with a bunch of tour

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  themselves. As I was getting my food to leave the man in front of me reached ... snap on your way to a party, ending in a hug when heading home, ending in ... . Every time I go home you have some new plan for expanding your lawn mowing

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... world, take risks, try new things. I wanted to be at MIT. And so, I ... giddy with elation, having just learned of your acceptance. Some of you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  intersection by getting way into the first assignment for 16.83, which is to ... more than I knew. In time, I started to feel alienated by the corporate ... changed by one assignment, and that I wanted to do research on spacecraft

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  their intake process to get an initial appointment. i had my meeting with ... formerly joyful turned to chores. like being blown by erratic winds, ones ... your boat too close to the wind. but that was the principle. "i'll show

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  your experience was like mine, many people were doubting you. To you ... chances of MIT were that of a coin flip. But I managed to get in early ... ways to change your happiness: change your life, or change your mind

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  to get ahead on coursework--but the flesh is so, so weak. My family rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to ... . I like to write a reflection every new year, and though I haven’t yet

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  ) Prof. Egozy is amazing and you get to create cool things like your own ... , you get to build your own microscope and micro fluidic device then ... . You get to pick your own research area and dive into any topic related

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  , so I asked [our group director] to get a couple.” And thus I learned ... in the Media Lab like to have fun. And now the story gets exciting ... a drone with your phone attached to it

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  Donalds, they were relegated to Hollywood cinema for me. We washed our clothes by ... navigating a color-coded maze, using photo-sensors. I would later get to ... getting to go indoor skydiving with the frat brothers. A dozen freshmen and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids ... you change your mind about yourself, again. success here is so hard to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  Meet-Up. Just this week, I used it to set up a get-together in New York ... add a few years to your lifespan. I remember dedicating quite a few ... instinct? An MIT psyche? or a sign I need to get more of a life? HAHA.]

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  probably get them then. If you're not traveling a long way, though, then by ... on this one, just because a) it's a fun way to get to know your ... pillows, but most of them don't, so getting your own is a pretty good idea

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  your work will get done—there is enough help around campus to not stop ... fun! work with people you like—you do not need to fill your resume with ... great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting ... have agency: own your decisions. What do I mean by that? I mean that at ... the first place."]in your hands.[/annotation] You should do your best to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  . You get the point) The best candidates to MIT bring much more to the ... short, Shahab, yes, we will value your poetry. I look forward to hearing ... look forward to reading about your passions, too. Finally, with a month

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004