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• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something ... distract you from your own writing, I thought it'd be fun to [annotation note ... greatly for your submission to Annalen der Physik. After a careful review of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  valuable way to learn relevant skills for your field while getting rich at a ... would allow you to do awesome research as an undergrad. Has this been your ... it resonates with your interests. Analysis classes tend to be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  I think that the moral was this: you can try to micromanage your ... deflect you. You should work hard so that you’re prepared to take advantage ... , being so deeply engrossed in a topic. And I get to take this depth with me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  bloggers. And I am so excited for you to get to read their work! [image ... finally, thank you to everyone who applied. It was a privilege to read your words and look at your art; it's not always easy to share your life with

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  's have a contest, who got out the latest for summer vacation? post your ... -back, carefree, and a whole lot of fun. This year my summer is shaping up to be ... too much to try and blog about. So while I'm working on resizing my 3 TB

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  different Sam asked if it was easier to get into MIT grad school if you go to ... probably everyone else). It is significantly easier to get into MIT grad ... student's career in certain fields to get bachelors and masters degrees from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  getting closer! 10:45am: A quick walk through Lobby 7, soon to be the site ... 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  friends, you're likely to finish the movie and the pizza and get into a ... 't personally get into Boston much during the week, and on a weekday night you're ... , pretending to do homework. Marriage Anonymous asked, what are your thoughts on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  finish writing a script, and are about to plot your data in a way that you ... to figure out what was wrong and get my numbers to reasonable values. A ... trying to get the microscope to focus, only to be told that we had the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  ; because you want to get away from your parents as soon as possible, start ... can send a letter outlining your plans to our office: Office of ... – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  ) because there are research opportunities year-round, and we get to meet ... that is starting to change. Shhhh, listen! Put your ear to your favorite ... the great summer blog posts. MIT encourages students to do research

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  to the details-be sure to use spell check and capitalize your name, etc ... Office. I also love getting discounts as an MIT affiliate at the Boston ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... pressure isn't always bad. Listening to your friends, and letting them affect ... abstract. Let me get to the point. My hair is purple. Let's be frank

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  Agent: So you teach people how to swim? Me: Oh, no. You get to teach ... wearing my purple MIT Splash t-shirt. TSA Agent: Why does your shirt say ... you could teach people to swim if you wanted to. TSA Agent: Oh. Huh. and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  them into the fire and have to start over. Sometimes we get creative ... and reality. You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. This ... CPW doesn't get boring, even for current students. Despite many of us

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics

  

  hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  the sailing class next semester, so maybe I'll get this to 50% before I ... percentage to like, 75% on its own. But I do feel shitty and sad about getting ... the qualifications to get those jobs. Cons: I will be a broke

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  blogger—and here i am. i wished at 11:11 to get into mit, and here i am ... , and it was really tasty. When you're done, you're supposed to go to the ... them for too long your back will start hurting and then you'll need to go

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  tend to get much more done for yourself. Some people spend IAP home, or ... , blacksmithing, pistol, etc. That said, I'm finally getting back to the alleged ... I did get to spend the other half pondering my project and customizing

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  working (some would even call it playing) with my team. To help us get to ... in Mumbai to get a rare opportunity in project planning on a major oil ... options separately to weigh your choices against your values.  This

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014