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• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  are slightly less crowded as I make my trek to campus (but still packed ... ) it's time for anyone who's interested in blogging to share your writing ... 's my turn to take up the mantle of "person who announces the admissions

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  important! send memes to your friends, text them when you think about them ... that's supposed to teach you how to be happier and more productive. i was ... happy, but a key component of it includes exercises for you to put certain

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  't want to be a student at that school, either. Try to make your paper ... your chance to help them get to know you! Your statement of purpose ... do — just be true to your own style. Ability "to finish the graduate

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  literature and learn how I can meld my interests to do something that will make ... have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom ... 't regret it. If you're applying to college this year, my best advice is to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  the drain to make you think they'd shaved a small cow. Perhaps worst of ... problem. Guys on my hall make arrangements to stay at their fraternities ... ; your dream school most certainly isn't going to be flawless. I'm here to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  , although it was quite clear they couldn’t make the food fast enough to keep ... going to tell you how to spend your weekends, but do be sure to spend at ... ’m referring to the Boston Marathon (won by Kenyan runner Geoffrey Mutai in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  'll make more sense when they teach it to you. You'll run into these ... supervisions are setup within your college (another system I'll talk about in a ... Cambridge. Here's a handy chart I threw together to show contact time at MIT

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  actually stuck to my foot since it was damp out (seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Okay, maybe you can, but I'm not, I swear). To make ... your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  -wannabes were), I need to get my 8 units the old-fashioned way: PE classes. (I was going to make a joke about how "IM sports" aren't sports you play ... the PE requirement here. If you're a varsity athlete, earning your 8

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  collaborate, work with others, and rely on your peers and classmates to succeed. It's a way to teach you that you aren't alone and that your weaknesses ... , it's more like a collaborative adventure. Your peers are there to help

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not ... to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more ... who needs sleep when you're in an amazing musical?

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  'd make the trek out to Davis Square via the T (the Boston subway line). The ... think the lesson here is to be careful about how you time your travels ... reference to Cambridge and its neighbor Somerville) The weather here sucks

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  your childhood bedroom that makes you feel like a high schooler again ... most MIT students i've spoken to, and probably most college students these days, feel as if they've lost a lot of time to the pandemic. the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  reading assignments? We will make a summary of your responses to the ... announces that we're going to do a demo. "Snively, you're going to do this ... 's going to happen to my professor to make up for this? Ever heard of a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  then get sent to one of the tables, and someone types up your form. There ... . They’re committed to make flu shots better and better with each year ... reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  your 17-year-old self make decisions for your 21-year-old self. Not to ... through to a handful of people, but you seemed really cool! Thanks for your ... campus, hair dyeing (good luck explaining that to your parents), and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic ... must be sent to us from your school to verify your self
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  isn't all that useful. Channeling the spirit of "practice makes perfect ... and triceps might need to be a larger part of my life - asap!! I was slightly jealous of the other members of my EMT class, none of whom seemed to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  " /> Say Hi to the friendly deskworker... if you're lucky, she'll let you in. WooHoo!! You're inside and want to know what time it is. But ... , probably because I had to much work. Do you always wait for the longest day

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  first you have to make time to pause and interrogate yourself and when you ... chance to walk through campus, down the infinite, with my 9-month old baby — and it all still felt like home.  Okay, all the places I loved to eat

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025