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  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  of the winning teams' strategies. My team is planning on doing this again next year. The data has shown us what we'll need to do to win first ... ideas a success reminded me of what MIT students can do when we put our

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  day than I do—if you’re an athlete on just anyone on a high-calorie diet ... different accommodations. You can do this, I promise! [note to parents ... change. Some would even say, “I could never do that. It’s too intense.” And

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  Pad Mini - I do a fair amount of review-level work on an iPad while sitting ... it much less likely that both will do their best impression of ... consider their thoughts much more carefully than I do, because I blow through

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  . Just kidding, bacteria don’t have mustaches and hats (or do they). I am ... following lesson about myself: I can do good work under pressure, if I manage ... at hand, not the pressure of the tasks coming up. I try to do my best

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  , scrolling through the Facebook group and thinking "I DO NOT BELONG, I AM NOT ... meet other prefrosh (and current MIT students) and don't know what to do ... . Or both. Please make it the former, and do whatever you can to prevent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  already doing research in the field I want to dedicate the rest of my life ... drove you to follow it. Do it because you know you want to do it, not

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  a human doing by Caroline M. '18 In which I am somehow still an MIT ... [annotation note="*gestures broadly at the world*"]too tired[/annotation] to do ... Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and so on than they do to the blogs

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  would be a lot more dull.” Do you have any nerdy interests? MIT is known ... explains how, as a dog lover at heart, she has gotten into the hobby of doing ... . What do you have to say to people who are reading the blogs and applying

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  colleges. This network is brand new this academic year. “Where do you want ... academic advisor (Dr. Ann Graybiel, a really cool person doing really cool ... me hands-on experience and helped me decide if I wanted to do something

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  . And then David and Ali asked me, “Do you want to lead this new project ... ."]trainers[/annotation] and performers and generally people who knew how to Do Things ... /volunteers/photographers. Because I had literally no idea what I was doing, I’d email people asking

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  pray that you do. A few key facts about me that may or may not provide ... [annotation note="cj: stressed out, busy, lots of things to do, idk ... do? Remember that dietary guidelines change drastically every few years

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  , cramming problem sets, meeting people, and doing activities, and then in the evening you don’t have enough energy to do anything anymore. But this is ... ASE, I eat lunch, I go to another orientation event or go do a REX event

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I ... , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your ... charge in a group setting as much as I do. As a fire sign, they are known

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  do, and Chinatown is awesome for that. My memories of the district ... backgrounds, and so do the customers. Some are friendly, and others grim ... Do We Have Snot?" (hosted by Elizabeth C. '13), "Why Can We Regrow A

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  's certain parts of campus or food or whatever! Otherwise I'll just do my best ... make sure it stays on the front page -- thankfully I've only needed to do ... of the bloggers *really* do), but you might know my face/backpack color

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  (see, e.g., Krystal, Rachel, Ceri, Ana). I've been thinking about doing ... dark brain fairies at bay, and now I make it a priority. I do make sure ... extracurricular or award I've never heard of, etc). Doing this job well requires

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  -time employer to do the same. But it also horrified me, because suddenly I was ... do grown up things in the grown up world. What did I learn at MIT? (We ... sentimental of a person and do that crap everytime I go home, and because I was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  might imagine, quite a few of them! Unfortunately we do operate under some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  notoriously huge workload because I was pretty sure that I'd love doing the work, no matter how much there was (I really enjoyed, for example, doing ... still do well at MIT, that's great... but if not, be as brutally honest as

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I ... being real, or your high school econ teacher going to the same gym you do ... twisted, unconventional, and often incorrect. It's what we came here to do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007