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  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  their envy of me, so I don’t have to speculate about their motivations ... boosted my application. But really, I don’t think the answer matters that ... could’ve resorted to self-deprecation (you’re right, I don’t deserve this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  lives complaining about things they don't like. So, you're adding power to ... we're wanting to move towards instead of away from. You don't have to ... better minute by minute.’” i don’t believe in chi, but i do believe that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  true about me then and remain true now: I don't drink coffee or ... and frequently arcane knickknacks I don't have any piercings, but I do ... is way healthier, and I don't just try to push my body until it breaks

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  my feet to quickly realize that I don't know much of anything, really ... little more wary and a little less [annotation note="To be fair I don't ... my two other years here. I don't know what the future holds. But

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  - Accomplished. Once again, grades don't mean anything but I really found a ... since I don't want this to become fixated on numbers. Once again, GPA ... (135lb). - I don't know if this is...realistic? I currently max at around

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  with this week for "skooks." Since I don't have any afternoon classes on ... note="before this I genuinely don't think I'd used a stapler since march ... "]post-covid[/annotation] world feels like, I don't know what is. I don't know how to process it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  things, get upset when things don't go my way, or when things or people ... and expect promptness. I don't like sudden changes and I don't like when ... fear of the unknown, this fear of "What if things don't turn out the way

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  found the time, I don't at present have the bandwidth to do that and ... years older than me. Usually I don't press too much. Last time I let them take an x-ray, inform me my bones were intact, and send me home. I don't

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  forestall the inevitable next question, we don't know exactly what day we will ... materials, so why don't I see them in my portal yet? Due to tremendous volume ... application completed before the deadline? Again, don’t worry! The Regular

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  I am very tired. And I don't think that I'm ready to go quite yet ... , they don't really mean it. They complain about hating school and hating ... 've always felt that I lack in comparison to other MIT students: I just don't

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  did it. The Vice article arrived at a different conclusion that I don't ... my bitchy reputation. I don't want that. In light of this, I have ... this is I don't know how to do this for emails to adults who would be

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  written!” and I wrote like crazy! I don’t enjoy writing very much (good ... here is very normal (mostly). I wanna give y'all some advice. Don't be so ... 'm on PNR so I don't have that much to worry about, but you can still feel

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  and intended major. But in case you don't stop by East Campus or Meet ... about this. remember that it's OK to change.]. Don’t come with pre ... remember we’re human. Don't compare yourself to your peers. Learning from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  we, um, don't). They are a half-hour walk from MIT, by 3 pm or before ... -so-distant horizon, and from that distance they don't look like they are separated by 0 ... homework is done and you don't have any midterms next week (just kidding

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  incentives. Fraternities don't really need to invite girls, but they do. Professors don't need to sacrifice their time participating in a Professor ... moments, and the moments don't have to disappear with the advent of classes

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  . I set my own schedule. I don’t have to travel to eat (actually, I don’t ... . Snow days here don’t imply a “get out of school free” permit. They mean ... , professors’ syllabi don’t change and students’ productivity doesn’t increase

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there ... happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start ... the rest. Except when you don't Because, sometimes, you won't. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  sympathetic to the academic viewpoint that it should be open source. But I don’t ... anyways came from playing poker during work, so I don't think they were too ... ) "You get more vitriol from political people. People in sports don’t take

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  meal plan, I don’t have to do this Sunday – Thursday), be social Saturday ... fraternity Given that scenario, here’s the problem: I don’t go to my UROP ... don’t want to treat it like a technical class; I don’t have time for 4

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  Princeton 2012 Commencement. His address was entitled "Don't Eat Fortune ... rationalized. People really don’t like to hear success explained away as luck ... success was somehow inevitable. They don't want to acknowledge the role

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012