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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  engineering. So I don’t know 3: I hope everything turns out ok and I have an ... breaks :( ) but on the first day we typically don’t have any recitations ... feel less practically prepared for classes (I don’t have clothes hangers

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  load, especially if you don’t need to bring a sleeping bag. Space in ... bring: Homework. If at all possible (i.e. if you don’t have The Most ... . Strategy and Events to Attend Don’t plan the majority of your weekend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  honesty I don’t think I would have noticed my school's lack in drive if I ... school like MIT because they don’t think they are “smart” enough. Please don’t let the circumstances you are in, or the people you are around

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  and how to solve tricky problems. Now, I don't feel like I'm thinking ... since the beginning of 2015, I don’t feel radically different. That ... I accomplish (or don’t) comes from my own decisions and motivation

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  simply). Of course that doesn't exist (but hey, I don't see why you guys ... ; nevertheless, I don’t think I was 100% ready for what was coming up. My initial ... ’s just what I do, don’t worry about it), but that is what these blogs are

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  , and also a very large snapping turtle, which I don’t think the swimmers ... you will spend some subset of your time doing things you don’t want to ... value. You don’t have to be doing something that sounds cool to be cool

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  , age groups have been very definitive. 8th graders don’t hang out with 5 ... pessimistic people is very not true--it is not true that you don’t use what you ... the policy, it really does affect everyone in Colorado, although I don’t

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  blogged about it, but don’t tell my future employers, OK? I’ve thought long ... - great! - but know what you're getting yourself into, and don't deceive yourself into thinking it's easily sustainable. And definitely don't blog

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  "Don't give other people essays that you won't be willing to write ... fees -- I don't think "I left my passport at home on the east coast" is a ... departments. I don't remember that much about protein structure anymore

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  prototypes.  But the high speed motors I'm using don't have enough torque to ... just as important, which designs don't work) will save loads of time and ... 'll be working together with in 2.008, 2.009, and other team projects.  Don't

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  or blogging or whatever. But honestly, don't worry too much about the ... here.  Don't waste it doing activities you could do in your parents ... okay?" Yes!  One of the best things about MIT is that you don't have to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  don’t talk about them, maybe we don’t have to think about them. The ... . (You guys, my hands don’t just hang there awkwardly anymore!) So, here

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  that it's pretty explicit (so Mom, don't let Ry watch it! He already ... school. I also don't think there are many people who share my enthusiasm ... get points. But the rules are made up and the points don't matter, so

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  , list experiences or ideas that highlight that quality. They don’t all ... implies a very meaningful epiphany or plot twist; if you don’t deliver, the ... were. Good luck, and have fun. Please don’t spend Halloween editing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  several benefits. First, I don’t have a bedside table or shelf, which means ... -hour naps were a staple of my freshman year. Don’t let them take over yours ... because I don’t want it to roll out the window, so when I do use Clocky I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  . Don't forget that when you get to the Activities Midway, held on the ... Live, install it, and open everything up. What if you don't know how it ... sure that you'll be going out that much, don't worry - your MIT ID

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  looks like (don't panic - take it from a reliable source that there is a ... to the bottom after realizing that Steve and I don't usually sleep till ... is my firm (and often vocal) opinion that you don't have to be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  , "Slam is a safe place." In some important ways, so is MIT. If you don't ... stuff. Talk. And don't always feel like you need to have a p-set in hand ... , but the top prizes don't just go to the teams that place in the top four

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  our identity. 9.00: don’t you see our love is real? My hand is stained ... badly on Thursday, and we are still not on speaking terms. Since I don't ... didn't write this class a sonnet, simply because I don't think I could do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  stereotypical “jocks” or students that don’t put academics first. And now I can ... , but I really don't remember. What I saw also was some of my peers who ... are. Most of the time we don't get to play with my childhood toys

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011