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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  kids how to read. So have no fear kids, the fun never stops when you're ... what to expect when you get to MIT. Floatillas, Liquid Nitrogen, and peak ... Mattress Dominoes turn into "Oh Noes!"? Luckily the trend appears to be that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  " - answer email, be attentive to the MIT forum on CC, etc. To me, this is ... to spend an hour on a single app. Sometimes that's just what it takes ... your stories (because they are all so different and awesome). I love

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  operated on my sense of time, then the concept of "morning" would be applied to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  (primarily, sleep and food deprivation). I was trying so hard to hang on to ... .[/annotation] Everything that happens to me is intrinsically linked to metadata about the place where it occurred; I remember the directions to my aunt’s house in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  curve on blender is too damn high sometimes its easier to write code ... my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a ... through them. sometimes it's fine to take a weekend off and not be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  agencies. These will be directly uploaded into your file in plenty of time to ... , Sofia takes the folders on the trip upstairs to the admissions officers ... last question first. No, you're not in trouble if your materials haven

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  the Olympic Stadium to watch the Mexico-Argentina game on Saturday night ... depending on what you need to accomplish therein. One is labeled with a drop ... Freddie Mercury, recorded on four separate tracks and mixed together

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  group on campus called the MIT Outoors Club that caters to the ... ! Upon arrival, we threw our campsite together and got to work on our first ... some rocks to bang on the bigger logs like a chimp in a lab until I made

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would be different - but I didn't expect everything to be so weird.  It made ... the weekend to have such a terrible end to it - see Anna H. '14's post

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some ... . We'll be gaining four new Admissions Officers, though, over the next ... those new staff members: the awesome Alia Burton.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman ... hold on for a little while longer...) Incoming Freshman Class Profile ... % International citizens 9% Geography New England 14% Mid-Atlantic 18% Southeast

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  classes on zoom, returning to high-pressure academia after a year of self ... ,[/annotation] consume vegetables, or go on long walks where I talk to myself about why I ... ’t actually know how to do them. And this “fake it til you’re happy” thesis of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  that's been going on. that's why i'm going to take this time to blog my ~feelings~ and understand really my position. if i had to label my ... muses, chorallaries, and syncopasians. i would love to join your groups

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  not to take life too seriously. As a senior, I’ve been on the prowl ... seemed like we tried everything to get the reaction to happen on both sides ... expected” and ends, “And again, no stress. You’ll be fine,” you’re going to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  to has involved me working on abstract problems with my head in a book ... didn't make it a bad semester, just less bloggable. To touch on some of ... and I are going to teach a class on behavioral economics for HSSP, and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  going on? WERE WE IN OR NOT? Needless to say, everything our teacher said ... on. Hey, we're on 34th Street and we're about to go to Chinatown, so we ... would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  swinging the lanyard your keys are on, lest you put someone's eye out. It ... rules are integral to the following story. On Monday afternoon, my fellow ... Two or three Thursdays before finals, Peach '09 and I went to Au Bon

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  engineering fields and work on career development. The students will be able to ... .edu Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the fair and reading your ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  has been trying to get back up on my feet. i like to think i’ve been ... myself on the ground floor of the building, pretending to be lost in the ... , that i needed it. i tried to spend more time with friends this week. on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019