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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  punted it down the road, and some made no changes at all. For me, it seemed ... I love the most, and the classes where I most enjoy doing the work—no ... House, and I looked at my academic work occasionally, but no progress was

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  replacement for no charge. The replacement was scheduled to arrive that weekend ... 3 AM. I woke up, the next morning, to no alarm, at 9. I tried to go ... woke up, the next morning, to no alarm, at 8. Six. Last night I hopped

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  ) This is my first semester with no finals, so Dead Week marks the start of ... hard and then take an exam and have no tangible validation of your ... absolutely no motivation or intentions to study for the other ASEs whatsoever

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  'll usually respond, in my experience, no matter how famous"]acclaimed author ... training, and there's no time to dwell on anything else except the feeling in ... ’s no winning or losing, or cheering from the sidelines every step of the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  over. No more projects, no more psets, no more presentations, no more midterms, no more finals. That’s it. I’m done. Four down, zero more to go

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  to now, but I am settled at last. I think. No guarantees in life ... recognize no students when I visit my school. I may even forget how the first ... Education, I no longer employed an idealistic fantasy to coach my students

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  , and 18.03 Differential Equations). Since freshmen are on pass/no record ... transcripts, and most people had little to worry about no matter how unprepared they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A/B/C/No

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  prefer to receive it, but letters without it are at no disadvantage. We ... submitted; there is no electronic version of this form. You can submit ... interviews are at no disadvantage.) If you have already interviewed with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  needs legs to stand up right? No s***, I thought. But how can I even ... at that moment, I had no idea what I was arguing for, what my project ... classmates and I all knew we had to absorb and many times challenge. No, this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  your Part 1 now, if you haven't already. There are no essays in there or anything that is likely to need changes or edits. No need to wait ... . It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  harder to measure. Does this mean that our process is no better than ... most stock pickers and fund managers basically do no better than random ... than random chance would predict? Result: mostly, no. Hypothesis false

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  . Teacher recommendations should only be written by the teacher and by no one ... (i.e. no middle school, and no basket weaving class). Ideally, this ... be categorized reasonably either way -- no worries), but most seem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  . Webb went first, did a fantastic job, and then, there was no avoiding it ... , “here goes. Tack turn. No big deal.” I pushed the rudder away and pulled ... , which meant I was no longer turning! This continued for 3 or 4 tries

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  (really!), but I really have no better way to begin this so here goes: I ... forever. If you were doing original research in cancer which no one has done before and in which there are no "established answers," then what do you do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  has taught us that there is no problem that money cannot solve ... - and become cookie-cutter people. The essays you write are no longer ... activities that you do are no longer good enough if they aren't part of a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  your command. *goes to cross bridge* Um, crap, no sidewalk or bike lane ... : Psh, that's not so many stairs! I'm in good shape, I can do that no ... !!!!!!!" "Oh no! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to pour scalding hot oil all over

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  application and the RA application? No, the application for early action is ... early? No, not really. Other than the fact that if you are deferred you ... people, to decide whether you want to come or not. Again, there is no

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  at MIT. As a prefrosh I had no idea how political MIT was. As a ... your message out to hundreds of people. There's no specific audience with ... and you're the root of it, well, no hard feelings because everybody

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  I'm so grateful they never gave up on me. And with no further ado ... note: no matter how good you feel about your high school career, don ... and sweet. Remember, no matter how awesome you are, you're just one

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  , but no way to develop it; the other with no background in that idea, but ... as to how all of this should be presented, but he was no programmer, and had no idea where to start. Furthermore, his budget was limited

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007