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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  You find time to shove that into your schedule. And don't worry, that ... 3 hours to do it." "But you're 20!" "I'm also hosed!" "BE HAPPY!" "NO ... other that's just happenstance. The first reason you're seeing fewer

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  dimension to your application and also chat with an ex-MIT student about his ... to know what you're like in real life. Come on, you are more than just ... /questions that will help guide your thinking: -Be able to introduce yourself and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  to the question of whether your work matters. The response becomes more ... how you respond to Lumia when she asks you about how you're feeling. The more times you loop, the more explicit the reference to your life feeling

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  make the choice to go to MIT again, would you? I'm a little embarrassed ... else) You're free to eat at any dining hall: the meal plans are not dorm ... ) that Shaw's gives a discount to MIT students: you get 5% off with your ID

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  the situation? I can't emphasize this enough: make sure to review ... )  Regular Action December 10: Last day to contact your interviewer and ... school to receive your scores when you take the test or we will not receive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  myself by making things up. I sat a while. I called my mother. I began to ... ’s a small town, and I make a habit of talking to strangers. An older man ... knives. I listen for footsteps and try to make my own gait a little less

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the ... flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of ... final which you have to make up a day before everyone else because they

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  Truffles Do you want to make your own chocolates filled with peanut butter ... . If you're asking yourself, "Should I go to Thing X?" the answer is ... in love with one and all you want to do is spend ALL your time there

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  sadly I missed most of it! Determined to not completely miss out on IAP ... applications yesterday to experience 5 fun events. First was the famous MIT Charm ... classes included "How to Accessorize/Dress for Success," "How to Tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  Linktree has a few links to my different donation incentives. It’s the first ... -Marathon in November.[/caption] For various reasons, I don’t want to specify ... some international work. I’ve gotten to advise government departments

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  .008 is a manufacturing class where you're required to make a large batch of ... flashlight in the process. Once you've completed the course, you're free to use ... know what you're doing, maybe you'd be able to, but I'm not positive if

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  at MIT is how to carve your own MIT experience without thinking about ... your entire life to become someone else. I have realized, if not ... making up for it in any amount of time. You are allowed to exist, trying

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  , you often have to interview at your school and compete for one of your ...  but a small bit of me is very very sad right now and i'm trying to make ... and join big happy hamsika" ---- Me: "i really wanted to make everyone

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  that sometimes when you apply online, you have to keep your essays under ... as I can tell. In your MyMIT account, if you go to Section 8 of Part ... the essay before submitting it to make sure everything turned out the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  time can lead to frozen pipes. Don't eat in your room – Snacks might be ... when you're hungry, it can be irritating to smell hours later. Take out ... dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You should check your MyMIT account to see who your interviewer is and give him ... of your parents. While we appreciate that your parents want to help

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  , no matter how smoothly you try to form your sentences, they invariably ... situation in which obfuscation is to your advantage. You will frequently ... , make your case, even save lives: Edward Tufte argues that the Challenger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  ), then you have to make sure your schedule accommodates these classes. Here ... who wants to go to medical school must make this decision very early on ... are pre-requisites to the med school classes. If you're planning to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn ... him a blue mask, had him spend the night, and sent him back to live with ... to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  per minute though my current plan required me to make minimal errors and ... Italian and Spanish."]watching movies in the background[/annotation] to make ... website, ~34 hours of practice on Duolingo provides an equal education to a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020