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• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  across the board: It’s been tried, it doesn’t work, students don’t vote ... ’t. But the authorities in our lives now don’t have reason to care about you or who you are at all. At least not if you don’t care who they are

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  whatever else you're working on. I don't know if GPA is that strong of a ... is mostly about approaching problems flexibly.  Don't bias yourself ... 's ideas, even if you don't initially understand them.  Consider the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  and struggles as much as, if not more than I do, even if they don't look ... better. I don't know what to do different" I feel ya. And it may be ... badly on the first midterm realize that they don't understand the material

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... , spirit, and inspiration of the astronauts on stage. I don't remember ... your problems. And when there are problems you don't know how to deal

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  become seniors and seniors become crufty, sophomores don't need to be ... you are on Pass/No Record and don't want to have to worry about getting ... your peers or that you don't belong at MIT, it just means that maybe you

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  after I'd committed to studying abroad... I don't think I've ever had a ... that I don't think I was making enough time for myself. I wasn't sleeping ... from MIT. I was burned out after last semester, and I don't know how I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  . *They're separated by lots of wall, don't worry. It's 2pm. Goggles on ... : "Um. I don't know anything about that, sorry. And the guy who does is in ... office lady: "I don't know anything about it, sorry." Me: "Okay." Swim

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  don't know anything about that -- best to direct e-mails like that to ... don't get an A+ you learn a lot by stretching yourself - and even ... research. Transfer admissions: I actually don't know anything about that, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  . If they submit through Naviance/Docufide and don't have cover sheets ... 've submitted something, and it isn’t showing up, don’t worry: it takes time to ... applying to MIT for Early Action, don’t worry. We’ll extend your Early Action

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  're stale and irrelevant. Don't DO that! Whoever you are, reading this, don't ... in advance. Don't do that. Your crisp will be less than delicious. More

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  Fun fact about me, on days when I don’t have much to do, especially ... likely to do things on time; don’t be afraid to change something about my ... GEL, we reflect after every class session. I don’t think I realized

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the QuestBridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry! You can ... MIT tracking system. What should I do? A: (Don't panic!) Just notify us through

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  -caliber fastidiousness and acclaim," I think I'm a 6. Maybe a 6.5? I don't really know. I ... , now that I think about it, I don't know why more sugar would help wash ... on the bananas part and the crepe part. Maybe you guys don't feel the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  definition of ice climbing, I don't know it. But a layman's definition might be ... repeat. (If that's not how you climb a ladder....well I don't know what to ... with the sharp point of an axe (hey, can't blame it. I don't either). So

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  Howdy folks. It's freebie time - for the 99.9% of you readers who don't ... implementing those techniques (well my instructors don't, they follow us around to make sure we don't drop our cameras into the Charles River and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space ... today will be a day worth blogging about, even if I don't end up blogging ... going to be crazy, it had better be crazy in a good way. You don't have

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  included). But none of those things matter if you don't like the people you ... . Former hotel. Don't know much since I'm not a woman, but seems to house ... . I don't actually know much I can in conscience say about it. Near the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  up before 5 a.m.; I therefore try to fall asleep before 9 p.m.; I don’t ... . You get to try a career for a few months to test the waters. If you don’t like it, you have narrowed your options. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve really

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  students are not required to join the campus meal plan (although don't worry ... Student Center steps. I don't know why the lighting in this photo is so ... . In fact, I don't think I'd ever had any sort of Mexican food beyond the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  your days don't end with grass stains on your knees. I'd like to suggest ... companies (arguably, that's redundant) don't like to give up their stuff. I ... , then stay tuned for a blog post about DIY supercomputing[2]! If I don't

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011