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• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  of random snacks. Make the walk across the river to Shake Shack and get ... it on your phone calculator and then get mad because it's saying you ... 've gotten, and then figure out what you need to get on each assignment

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  have thesis defenses to go to. And then, of course, when you get your Ph ... getting a PhD by offering a gift to his committee beforehand--while most of ... can see exactly what our soldiers actually get to eat out in the desert

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  simply getting into a college; your goal should be to graduate. And quite ... other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to ... with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  . Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so ... response to my "Don't Panic" index cards, Psylochwa asked, "So if you don't know an answer to one of your test questions do you just write "42"?" I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  to your eye. Here's a visual example from this website (which I ... say that red "inverted" to become cyan. How your visual system ... objects. And if your development from 30 to 31 was of the same order of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  style is flexible enough to suit your diverse academic needs (spoiler: it ... thought it would be nice to get away from that for a year. This isn't to say ... to get some kind of perspective on what's out there should start by

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  you each time you move on, you’re doing great. When you get to the age ... everything from college admissions, to getting a great job opportunity, to meeting your soulmate. I learned a few other things: As you prepare to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  some anxiety, I'm happy to answer some of your last minute questions ... email address that you use for your MyMT account. Only I will be able to see that email address, and it will allow me to look up your application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  get home when you oversleep and you have a morning train to catch" so I ... , and she offered to go check out for me. <3 Get lost. I had an Uber ... is a sign that you're doing it right! Allow a miracle to happen. As I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  flexible. Also, get your parents to go to boring but informative events, and ... proactive. I found meticulously planning what events to attend particularly ... . If you're asking yourself, "Should I go to Thing X?" the answer is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  if possible. 4. Take a writing class -- you really get to know your ... department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a ... will to improve is the surest sign that you're just not that into what

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  and get to know your fellow classmates? So please consider your memory ... with any last minute items. I'm sure you've been to the CPW website. Did ... details (or email [email protected] / comment below with your email and we'll get

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to ... good examples to build and anchor your argument. Specs: Your paper ... -reviewed scholarly books or articles related to your topic. This means more than simply

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  any true ownership over a project. My dream job is one where I get to do ... science. My team was focused on AI-powered audio-to-text transcription. Now ... position where they can't care about compensation. And to be honest, a large

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  by stores designed to make you buy more than you came in to get. Make a ... =toast, sandwiches, etc) If you know you’re going to have a really busy week, stock ... potatoes or sweet potatoes for 10minutes and get a solid hot to-go meal out

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... compelling. I went down the list, and orange felt just right: rare enough to be interesting, common enough to take us all around MIT. To inform our orange

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  makes you a lot more attractive to graduate institutions -- and, once you're ... for what you're going to do with the grant money (a very important part ... example, you want to discuss the broader impacts of your work on society and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  internet related to the topic. If you’re not like me...well, I still hope one ... Holy Beaver! You’ve received your letter from Hogwarts MIT and you can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  to get back to one of my favorite hobbies, movies. Just as I got ready ... thought I would be. Don't get me wrong; it lived up to every bit of its ... Now that CPW is behind us, I am beginning to return to my life as a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006