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  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  , unreasonable psets. The fight to rise will start in your subconscious. Without ... alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  figure out where on this diagram we want to fall. But now, with a year into ... on a lot more groups projects, we'll be able to have more discussions ... have to try your best, and even if you end up with a suboptimal grade, be

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  refusal to reflect on what is happening in my life, but it is impossible to ... the ice released a new policy, limiting the extent to which ... ignore it. you switch back to your editor, but your thoughts are elsewhere

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your ... successful in college is learning how and when to rely on your support system ... process can feel daunting, lean on your adventurous side! Apply to fly

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... used a ladder to get in and out of bed. Rather than the conventional four-legs-on ... roommates, Dayna, wanted to put on a tea party for the house. I wasn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  is the spiritual successor to on success, meaning, and time. Obviously ... advice (implicit and explicit) if you’re trying to make choices about your ... systems, quality of your department, curricula, access to research

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  start to discover new layers of your personality and your relationships ... As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big ... your life, maybe thousands of miles away. You’re about to be responsible

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  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 ... empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco ... . "If you're on SNAP, you're paying 1970 prices for fruits and veggies." They ... I would. I grew up in small towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  room quickly and made it to the kitchen on my floor. It was empty. I ran ... decided to grab breakfast, and I zoned out while munching on waffles at the ... to my room, where I collapsed on the bed, overwhelmed and very, very

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  following 1 month January term as a way to get your calc requirement out of ... ...and then commented on how late it was to be sending him an email. So after ... on campus, all the U's are spelled with V's since they are meant to be

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  , is like when you have 10 minutes before your parents come upstairs to check to see if you cleaned your room. MIT was repairing buildings ... route Obama was going to take based on how clean the sidewalk was), but I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  you don't blog for a long time, you lose your ability to rhyme. Not that ... nowhere to visit a friend I made on a train. I had a great semester off, and ... quickly. These were true, but I thought I could find ways to defeat them: I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• 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 ... events is so much more than that. Food events are a great place to meet new ... to other prefrosh. Everyone wants to meet new people just as much as

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  when you're on a set schedule. Every day, I wake up, I work out, I go to ... be like, and realize quickly that a lot of things they set out to do ... spring: but learn how to spend your free time wisely I took my newfound

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  't have your people. Sometimes, you’ll find your best living group on only ... videos on mitguidetoresidences.mit.edu Visit all dorms. Even if you’re ... cultural fit to find your best space. PRICING: MIT has three tiers of dorm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  , being able to just switch your brain on for a few minutes and crank out ... work until the next time you have to kick your brain on for some project ... guarantee one thing:   You're going to be crushed   Now before

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  major, you haven't found it. c) College education adds to your confusion ... inevitably, after "YOU USED TO BE SO CUTE! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE??", roll ... 't necessarily have to be pre-professional, it's basically one of your first few

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

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  any new language, and ... ok, fine, it doesn't apply to admissions blogs ... . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but ... night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

   Massachusetts Avenue is on west campus, everything to the east of Ames Street is on east ... refers to those buildings by number. If you focus on the Buildings 1 ... ; the closest thing is this paragraph on Wikipedia. This was originally

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020