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  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  inspired to write this by an MIT confessions post, where someone complained ... do not want to be limited by exclusivity. Some people prefer to ... included because I want to make sure you are aware of this. I think it is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  formerly joyful turned to chores. like being blown by erratic winds, ones ... trying to do work on days i don't have the energy to, i could make my ... , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  pretty epic list! What will you do to make it on the MIT 200 retrospective? ... (cofounded by Cecil Green '24) Kendall Square (w/ 130 high-tech tenants) E*Trade, cofounded by MIT Sloan alum William Porter Electrical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  because you tried. Every year around this day, I try to make an encouraging ... 't going to make you special. It's you that makes the school special. No ... These past few weeks haven't been easy. I've had to stay up really

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  to get by with just the knife and the tweezers, but when I went to cut ... creatures. They’ve nearly perfectly adapted to an urban environment, with a sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  ; Without further ado:   16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW ... and Sciences' recruitment has to occur during CPW. So drop by and let us ... of the choices you'll have to make pretty soon, and it'll be filled

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big ... people have disagreed with my decision-making process, but I stand by it ... biked to class in the morning, always surrounded by forest and mountains

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  Media Lab, help build some software to make people’s lives better, and ... ’ve since been informed that that’s a misguided conclusion to make, and I like ... ’m good at, I would be a very happy person if I were able to make that kind

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit ... worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  having developed the ability to make this kind of judgment. I know I ... decision making process of where I was going to the degree that I am today ... schedule to include biology and neuroscience. By the end of this semester

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  actually make it. Some are more free form and allow teams to create a ... 'd never been to the space before, but I was impressed by how funky the space was. Plus, they had this cool beaver light. Our team got to work by

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  page and this paragraph: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it ... at MIT appeals to you and why?), two essay prompts to choose from ... choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  :   (Now let me just preface my $0.02 that I'm about to spill by saying that I am by no means and expert in anything related to business ... , we got to add Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and current CEO of Facebook

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• 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 ... entire time. Week by week, things started to turn around. By accepting my ... load and commitments to make themselves feel that they are not lagging

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... difference in perspective relating to what applying to college is supposed to ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being med school ready, the last outstanding class I had to take if I ever wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get people to ask questions about your silly hats. Take pictures of yourself

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  background science too quickly. Trying to please everyone here. (Here. In ... getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled ... know you all are all: so I will take you there. I will take you to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  decisions, let’s cover some procrastination tips, brought to you by Someone ... makes sense?), and is a great segue to my last procrastination tip, which ... to ride in a chariot, it was priceless to see the reactions of passers-by

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  shame over a failure that feels misunderstood by others, and an emergence ... makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the ... , diffuse, waiting to be molded into reality.

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024