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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  ' classes you attend, I'm interested in what you do between classes, any interesting things you happen to do, etc. I'm not sure if someone has already ... will post once I see a logical end to my day. Brendan asked, "What do

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ). While I was doing problem sets with some friends at Senior Haus, Gheorghe ... ?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have ... 's no way I could make this horrible process better, but I really do know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  work I've been doing for the past year and a half. I'll be graduating ... month of August off... sort of. I am not so good at the "do nothing" thing ... vacations; he's like, "But what do you do on vacation to the beach?" So far

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  that I'm doing so many awesome things, like watching April paint the room ... of LEGOs. But do I actually do any work? The answer, surprisingly, is ... "eighteen" not "one eight." Numbers after the decimal do not follow any

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  convinced that spaghetti wrestling has something to do with it -- if you are ... 'm only answering one question today. 1. Vanessa asked, "Do you have any ... rushing and not doing the best job they could. Start your essays now

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  visited my high school, not even the state/local colleges. I do remember ... small number of high schools that I do each year, I'll often feel a little ... what we are doing with our time in the fall. Our small admissions office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  worth of audiobooks–while doing chores, while falling asleep, and sometimes even while doing psets. It’s something I’ve been doing since middle ... MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  . No way, I said. I'm not trying to do anything extraordinary, I just want to live a calm life and do a little science while I'm at it. We had ... do anything particularly extraordinary, but saying that I wasn

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  notion that people exist through time in the same way we do in space (for ... envisioned. But what I want to tell you, is that you didn't do anything wrong ... instead you had chosen to not do *insert thing that became a fundamental

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  from 1-4 on MWF and 1-2 on TR Do homework and sit with friends from ... slots for when I can do fun things, like that nice slot from 2pm to 5pm on ... commitments to figure out if there's anything I can do to better spend my time

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• 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

  

  January 6th, 2021. If you plan to apply to MIT for Regular Action, you do not need to do anything special to request or claim this extension ... holidays this season must find new ways to do so safely while still spending

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

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

  

  overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done ... MIT, but still go on to do an MEng, or do a multi-year grad program

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  for the MIT community when I say this: I really hope we do right by all ... most trusted inner-circle made my stomach do flips, and don’t even ... together that weekend. I wanted to do those things so badly, but whenever I

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  about my exam, I will certainly feel worse than if I do literally anything else. I could study, I could sleep, or I could do something else entirely. There are many things I can do, things I can make, and places I can go to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  Admissions and have been doing my full-time gig for the Office of Digital ... ) Walk to work. It really depends on the day, since I do production and ... job. 3. Hopefully what I’m doing will help kiddos realize that science

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies, and it has nothing to do with the fact that the word contains my name, I ... and you will be infinitely quenched and satisfied with things to do

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  your adventure but I think this 12 step plan will do you some good too.   Find something to do. Generally speaking, your options are to intern, volunteer, or do research. Some options (at MIT) to help find

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  Night at Pops. Chris: What do you think are the most unique aspects (if ... ) is the amount of dedication they put to everything that they do, and ... relationships here, both in the practice rooms and out! Chris: What do you think

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  by the freshman year, and what support do you give to help make that ... the hardest thing is which of them to explore. [...] We do things in the ... ." Prof. Drennan: "You will never do an acid-base titration at MIT." Goes on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  assignments a week to keep up with. I did not do a very good job of keeping up ... least committed class, and so I do the poorest in it and enjoy it the ... goal is to prove that you’ve been doing the homework and understand it

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025