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  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  weekday for crew practice, and I've been getting to bed by 9:30 or 10 every ... → getting confused → going to office hours to ask for help → finishing the ... My schedule this semester is, to put it kindly, pretty [annotation

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  Spanish, and recently decided to get back into the habit of using it once ... the leagues restarted, I began working to get ahead of the initial ... website, ~34 hours of practice on Duolingo provides an equal education to a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  decorations. It's always easy to know what to get your mom or significant other ... scheduled, we have, thanks to the labors of Erik and Marty Demaine, installed 3 webcams in the lab. Feel free to tune in. Live, from the Lino

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  photos I did get were cool though. Oh well, you win some, you lose some--though if Schrodinger is to be believed, before posting the entry, I was ... congratulations Elizabeth and Mohammed (respectively) you're the winners of the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2016. If there's one in your ... listing on your MyMIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  functionality a bit to make sure you're seeing new stuff all the time. The major ... with the authors of our features. I think we'll be able to get there in ... seems to demand attention. Alas. Hoping to be back in the office tomorrow

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  means we really like you, and you do not need to improve on your application. You should, however, continue to get good grades, as we may call your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  a player, your first instincts are probably to a) run, b) find a safe place to hide and c) get out of New York altogether. But your character has different goals – you need to a) help get others to safety, b

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  applications and I'm thrilled to have had the chance to get know you through what ... on your list, or you wouldn't have applied to them. And in truth, you ... have had a great experience at any of the three I applied to. Your

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  not. I am going to sell all your stuff when your back is turned.) Are ... -love way of saying, "You've only been there a week; you'll get used to it, and it will get better," which was, as it turns out, what I needed to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for ... so had to cross it. Now I cross this road every day (mostly to get ... It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  to just trying to find time to rest but really not...getting any. This ... get extremley red and I would scratch it to the point where my skin ... overwhelmed me. He thankfully was able to get me an exception for my 18

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  "You should really cherish your time at MIT." And I thought to myself ... isn't meant to be an "Oh non-MIT people just don't get it" in a snobby ... needed nothing from them at all, and I had let it get to me a bit too much

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  , though, because I'm not really getting to the heart of the issue. Spaghetti ... than for students who choose not to interview. Also, get started on ... repeat the whole process until you're happy with them. Give them to a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  means we really like you, and you do not need to improve on your application. You should, however, continue to get good grades, as we may call your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  people can end up where they want to be. It all starts with your temporary ... there so that the freshman can get the best idea of where they want to ... you can re-rank the dorms you'd like to live in. Maybe REX changed your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  'm excited to be going home so I can finally get some sleep - between learning ... got your dream and get admitted, in which case you ROCK. You're on top ... paper for some strangers to read, your biggest baseball games and your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  consulting. "If you're an M.I.T. grad and you're going to get paid $50,000 to ... getting tenure. Or if you go into industry, it takes you a long time to work ... 't want to say dead end but sort of 'O.K., here's your role, here's your lab

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT student tonight, there are plenty of other opportunities to do so. (We ... once you've decided to come and made your travel arrangements. As long as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  doing is trying to do is get through it. Survive, focus on your studies ... school activities? If you were to cross off all of the people on your list ... classmates and get dinner with people in your hall/in your club, and with how

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022