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  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  burnout. I questioned if I was pushing myself hard enough or if I was doing ... by the extracurriculars I was doing. Basically, I felt like I was ... I don’t give myself enough credit for the things I’m doing well, or I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  Hey, blogs. How ya doing? Long time no see... Or, I guess, write ... of school for a loooong time. And I do, and I did, and I took a break ... who I am, and what I want to do now. I'm pretty sure everyone has these

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  . I thought I was doing everything I needed to, and yet my exams ... something I learned to do well in high school. I talked to TAs and LAs, and ... Equations). I was doing so badly, I was thinking about dropping her class. She

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  . Please do not send additional copies via fax or mail. You can fax the ... do not send additional copies via Docufide or mail. Documents may be ... by evaluators will not be accepted. Please do not send additional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the United States, but do happen with some frequency abroad). Instead, ask another teacher ... who is your mentor. Also -- you do not need to choose the teacher that

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

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  ?!?!?! Where have you been? D: LOL. I’m doing well. Super busy, but I’m okay. Q ... sure that you will do well academically wherever you choose to attend ... ’m trying to help them out too, you know? Q: I get that Danielle. I really do

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online ... /deferral years) We will then ask you to write us and tell us what you plan to do ... in recent years deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  exactly do students do in Interphase? Well, just about everything normal students at MIT do. You take four classes–calculus, mechanics, chemistry and ... weekend, you’ll go somewhere to do something fun (my year we went to Cape

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it's now easier than ever to do so. On your ... you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up ... Class of 2011 deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do intensive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  just run-of-the-mill icky like I do right now), you can head yourself on ... is never easy, but in most cases it's possible to do. Certainly a lot of people do it. 2. Charlotte asked, Haha...so who's most stressed out

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... a Jersey accent. We'll freely admit that we do say "wawk" and "tawk ... only got a 760 on the Physics SAT II do you think I still have a chance

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  -time, so I had to budget my time carefully. I made the plan to do most of my ... deadline nearing I thought I’d add my two cents. Disclaimer: I do not work in ... (after writing) to step away from your essays. You can’t do this if you

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  do. And often, I have to remind myself that things like this are easier ... I didn’t know how to do half of them. There were days I got three S^3 ... week than I ever would have done doing homework. Between sailing and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  about how I was doing fun things to keep my mind off of finals and having ... home and to try and do anything but schoolwork. The rain was pouring ... about what I needed to do next for my physical and mental health. Nearly

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed ... -classroom model, where we were expected to do readings outside of class and then ... studying the subject, since I found it was easy to "get by" by just doing the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  snowflakes on our tongues. except for daniel, because apparently he tried to do ... ="83493" image7="83503" /] and also here's a little video of daniel and max doing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  everyone has to do field work, I’ve really enjoyed getting to go camping and ... Most course 12s also do [annotation note="Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - a way to do research for pay, credit, or as a volunteer

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  as a student and/or community member." At MIT, we do have strong ... social science instructor —  but we do not have strong priors about ... thing you can do is just tell us, in the additional information section

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  usually do not, so I might miss a couple of things here and there but ... 1 - I'm Doing Veda Day 2 - And how could I forget these nuts? Day 3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  many things to-do. The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master. [caption ... ="aligncenter" width="400"] every piece of red text is something I am doing later than I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020