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  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

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  find cheap plane tickets and the ways I tried to not get [annotation note ... ! Suffice to say it wasn’t glamorous. They scheduled new hires for 6am - 2pm ... songs off-key when my data cut out. When I came to somewhere new, I’d look

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• 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 / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  force I should apply through my legs to get me where I think I thought I ... dignity. A waterproof laptop sleeve for your laptop to hide in when you’re ... not as safe. It’s a good idea to lock your laptop for bathroom or lunch

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• 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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  that scare me, including trying to get to know new people. Marjorie ... I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it would be interesting to document my Thursday because I usually end up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... -- once I tried to get my media out before the autoclave was done exhausting ... week to working 40 hours; while during term I'm actually limited by the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  . We chose this major by thinking endlessly about what we want to do with ... in. We initially chose 21E to get a taste of both CMS and 6 to try to ... dedicate all our efforts into trying to get a storyboarding job, or another

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  to tell you about this semester. Eventually, one-by-one, they will ... becoming the person that I want to be? Is the pain on the way to getting ... memories to be made, new stories to be told, and new friends with whom to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  have done to help you get to where you are, not only by telling them so ... benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your ... might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012