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  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  , and even more at MIT as an undergrad (many for studying/academic reasons ... out with friends). When mixing and producing albums for my a cappella ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... 't even mandatory for you anymore and I have no idea what's going on with ... remainder of your prefroshly days, for once in my brief but glorious

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first person I met when I arrived at MIT for ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... any college, public or private, work hard for four years, and end up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  , except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look ... elsewhere, if only for a few hours; one where a weekend trip with friends

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  . This is mostly aimed towards first-years choosing classes for their first ... checks: what's your earliest class? Do you have time for lunch? How many ... want to have a plan for when you'll finish each part of the GIRs

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general, not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• 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 rhyming's necessary, but it was always a crutch for me. I digress. Let ... Square. My lifestyle has changed in ways subtle and profound. For example

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  Pandora has queued up for us, sipping homemade sweet tea and tossing ideas ... , let's be honest here for a second. There are plenty of very respectable universities that you can go to for your education. It's not like MIT teaches

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  This post has spoilers for the theme and structure of MIT Mystery Hunt 2022, which are unmarked. This post has spoilers for some puzzles ... . Thanks to ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ for reading and giving comments on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  you will live away from your parents for potentially the first time in ... for feeding yourself, setting your own curfew (or not), and choosing for ... , or, in this blog post, your home for the next four years—it seems to me

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

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  academic policies for incoming first-year students! Starting next school year (2021–2022):  The spring credit limit for first-year students will be ... , not a norm or expectation. 48 units is an appropriate load for most

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  lots of other people! For me, this sounds like: My Worst Nightmare! A ... ! I took improvised solos for seven years. I joined the middle school ... would ask for volunteers for the improvised solo section. For reasons that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  languages have a rich vocabulary for rain. The lightest is probably ambon, a ... enough for. We might describe the weather with pumapatak, or dripping. There's even a word for the small droplets that fall through an open

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  Before You Graduate" for her graduating class. That was right when I ... -nighter (for fun!) - for fun, or not for fun, I think I had a bit too many of ... , and I'm extremely envious of the level of her self-discipline. As for my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  talked about extensively on the blogs. Burton-Conner is known for being ... . It also was scheduled to be taken offline in June 2020 for renovations ... frustrating at times since no matter how hard the team fought for us, it seemed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  limits here. For example Massachusetts has some pretty lame rules about ... engineering. But he's probably best known around campus for being the King of ... for things he's made at MITERS. For example, lolriokart:  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  (For those of you just tuning in, I'm Mollie. I graduated from MIT in ... engineering major named Adam, and we dated for the rest of our years at MIT. In ... . Adam designed the airplanes in Solidworks, optimizing for easy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  seek ways to unlock the secret formula to secure admission. For starters, I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... is typically not what we are going for when selecting students for our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  than we'd like. But when you find that true fit, that perfect place for ... what the right fit felt like until I visited MIT in April for CPW. Long ... for other reasons—my host was already known as "the funny one" among

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  One of this year’s admits asked me how MIT sets you up for grad ... it, here’s my probably-more-comprehensive-than-you-were-looking-for ... again Is it better to go to MIT for undergrad or grad school? Important

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018