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  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  , including an int'l olympiad medal)." Don't worry about the writing, and your ... not a big deal." 50 words over the limit is fine, but don't exceed the limit by too much. Don't feel that you need to fill up white space; word

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  , since I don't actually have one. I do know a freshman or two who has ... . I'll shut up now, since I don't actually know what I'm talking about ... info about resistor color codes if you don't get it.) Please keep in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  don't go to MIT assume that MIT kids don't know how to have good parties because we're smart. A lot of West Campus people, I've noticed, don't

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  than grad students, or something (I don't know why; I work half as much ... ). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we ... like to read it... although I don't think she'll like it!). With only

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  don't know why that deserved an exclamation point. Probably because I don't have any problem sets due until next Friday.) My entry spent most ... , but I don't think that counts.)   Adam "Angry" W. '07: 16

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  Southern accent. Really, I still don't think I have a Southern accent. Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first ... , and therefore don't feel compelled to comment). I certainly use some

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  the town next to mine. I don't remember much from the interview except ... female students). I don't remember anything about the interview itself. It ... fine place. So perhaps the lesson for this paragraph is, don't judge a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  living in other people’s stories that I don’t have time to live my own. But sometimes I don’t entirely feel like living my own story. I’ve occasionally ... into my audiobooks. I don’t know if this is the best way to go about

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  .600[/annotation] exam last week. At risk of sounding dramatic, I don't even need to ... somehow don't have any better options than what I'm currently doing. I ... support systems, and I want to curl up in a ball and demand "why don't I get

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  small talk mode. We don’t have to have a deep conversation about math, but ... followed, then I don’t really know what to do. So I move back into small talk ... occurs, then I am officially engaged in the conversation. We don’t need to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  little about Seattle that I don't like. I love the weather that never ... experience the wonder of exploring them. I don't want to be stuck in Boston ... history. I don't know, and that bothers me. But what I do know is that I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  : Midterms really don't equate too much in the grand scheme of things. Work ... with something sweet. And if you don't, still celebrate with something ... . Don't waste time trying to prove to yourself that you can finish a PSET

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  here.  Stovetops don't have knobs to control the gas, instead they're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... judging you and something is off, but you don't know what you're doing wrong

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  —you don’t just suddenly decide to apply (right?). Funny enough I didn ... MIT. How else would you? 2. Worst case scenario—you don’t get in. Odds ... with sincerity, don’t cringe). 3. More applications means a larger

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  -essays may not represent you in all your 1080p HD glory. 2. You don't need to ... .) 3. You don't need to use the essays to prove that you have overcome ... hypothetical applicants. But you are not them, so don't stress over not sounding

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  -- you'll thank me in 2016 :) So what was I going to say? Oh, you don't ... , but once you get to supervise interns, it will be pretty cool :) So don't ... -- yeah, don't make that face, I know you want to drop classes that begin

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  ,” or “miss," even though we don’t know each other and I’m certainly not a ... ’t tell me this. I still don’t get credit. … we’re having discussions on ... that to show off in front of their friends. It doesn’t mean anything. Don’t

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  . He said, “yeah, I don’t do a lot but just once in a while you know ... don’t make you grow up any more than wearing a suit does. That was a ... stupid of course--I don’t talk to anybody who makes cat calls, and I don’t

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  on College Confidential (if you don't know what I'm talking about, don't ... , yeah, there's an application fee, so don't apply if you don't want to ... THIS SCHOOL. (Disclaimer: If you don't actually like science all that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  have the huge, official guide to CPW events, but don't you want some ... , Johnson Athletic Center, CPW Welcome Festival! Don't miss out on the CPW ... activities lined up for you, including: Chocolate River (don't know what it is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010