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• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  behind. did you ever think about how awful it felt for them? dan: don't ... your landlord and forced you home. dan: back to square one. dan: i don't ... don't really like you. they're just there for convenience. they talk

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  what I can't handle / don't think I prioritize as much. This time, I am stuck! And don't know what to choose and I thought I'd blog about it so ... Get Away With 3 I Don't Know CDGD203 - Foundations of Graphic Design

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  cards that stay in your deck and don't do anything. You can remove dead weight cards that don't do anything and don't want in your deck any more ... doing things, and you don't want to be spending that energy doing things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  writing plays myself, and I don't think I'll ever write plays, I got some ... play?" The words "why", "have", and "play" are key. If you don't have an ... of Antimemetics." "We don't have an Antimemetics Division," Clay says

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  , and if we don't, she'll feel bad. And while I know my friends aren ... 't understand because they're smart. And you're stupid. And you don't have a shot ... don't quite know. There's a moment, in particular, that has stuck with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about ... MIT does everything by numbers. We don't have majors, we have courses and course numbers. We don't have CHEM323194324 we have things like 3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  why i’m here. or hi, one of my friends killed himself, and i don’t know ... in his classes. and i told dan that you don’t have to save the world ... empathy. and right now, i don’t feel like i can be that person to others

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don't ... collaborative places I've experienced and I'm eternally grateful that I don't have ... messages checking in. ("Don't forget to take your Vitamin D, Camille, it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  -time. Exams and psets I don't have enough time to study for or complete. Classes I don't take because they don't fit with ice time. Study abroad and exchange programs that don't have access to ice rinks and coaches. UROPs that

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  couple of people were like “woah, hehe,” but nothing too exciting. I don’t ... . Maybe some day. Holly: Yeah, I guess. I hope. I don’t know. I don’t want ... for me, or something. I don’t know, it became very weird. Did you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  students and community members first, and applicants second. We don’t want students to do things just because they think they have to. We don’t want ... the joy of learning. We don’t want a laundry list of a million

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  : “Show the admissions committee who you are!”, “Be passionate!”, “Don’t ... and socialize and grow and cry there for the next four-ish years. Don’t ... ’re doomed if you don’t pick the perfect one.) I wrote two essays for the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  this method, even if your teacher is terrible and you don’t understand ... car, and we don’t know how far it’s traveled, but we know it’s velocity…..” and you don’t really know where they are going with this until they

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  of where, when, and with whom your interview is with. 1. Don’t wait ... , and I don’t hesitate to include that in my interview report. Remember ... there is no “right” answer. Hopefully you know this already, but ECs don’t

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  's not a good question at all, and I don't think anyone knows the answer ... make sure that it flows and that the sentences don't sound as awkward as ... . Don't flat out say X event changed me in Y way. Show how it changed you

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  don't write this entry now, when I have so much time on my hands, this ... class isn't notoriously instructed. Really, I don't know where that came ... if you don't plan on seeing chemistry ever again - like the way I am

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  seems so important to have a good portfolio and everything. I don't live ... they don't care about all the time just to put it on their college ... and a 400 on the SATs - and vice versa. Don't go too crazy with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  if I was in mortal peril or not. I still don't really know how to tell ... green for the line of cars perpendicular to you, don't! MIT does have an ... don't lock their room doors; locking your room door will stop theft in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  it, because I don't like the real world. I like to think theoretically ... . No they don't. 2) No comment. 3) Physics is so much better than math ... . Nah, pass/no record will be your God. You don't have to worry about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  if it isn't flawed, then you probably don't need a Bachelor's Degree ... of high schools. Don't take offense to MIT not visiting your school ... country and focus on selecting a class. Don't worry, we'll pay as much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005