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• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  in quite soon), but I'll do what I can for now and try to cover other ... of mentor, actually encouraged a friend to consider it. I do not recommend these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  ,[/annotation] and people do often introduce me as the token [annotation note ... do we care about their foot"]foot [/annotation]is  my confusion at ... about who you are now and what you will become. What’s your name? Where do

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  go haywire. well, i think you're doing great. i mean, you really like ... what i'm doing. i'm far enough into my courses to be taking all bio ... kind of sort of have it together but i don't have enough time to do

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  at MIT. If there is something you want to do, there is always some way to do it. There are classes of all varieties from bookmaking to ... to do: catch up. I needed to bridge the gap that was created by a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z ... does X and ben does Y. after they finish, they both do task Z. then Y has ... 'll take them 5 hours. alyssa does X, ben does Y, then they both do Z. alyssa

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  do things. take this post, for example. i’ve been sitting on this post ... what i’m doing, but i’ve come to the realization that (almost) nobody knows what they're doing in [annotation note="and if you are one of those

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  sulked about it in my mind quite often, which I do not usually do, because ... being able to run that week really had less to do with not being able to run, and more to do with running being my one thing that didn't hurt me

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

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  of a fear that I wouldn't do it "right" or I wasn't "smart enough" to ... of myself for doing these things, and even though it seems kind of ... doing more research, I ultimately settled on i3. Before downloading it, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  routine. I knew what to do. #runwithmaud spread across the internet like ... laptop across the room because I felt… I shouldn’t have to do this. WHY AM I STILL DOING THIS. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. I AM SO SICK I AM SO

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  my peers living their absolute best lives. “How can they afford to do ... , I had nothing to do. Quick aside: The next revelation I had is why I think the question of “what do you do for fun?” is one of the most

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it ... favorite people Reading all day instead of doing urgent school work ... :( Parents/professors assuming that if I don’t do well it’s because I didn

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  . They told you that you could do anything. They forgot to add that you can't do everything. Meanwhile, MIT was a less-than-perfect place. Not all ... reasons (both my own and because a family member was not doing well), I took

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  she would do it after class, and told me to go to the back closet and ... one could do yoga holding a pair of weights, if the routine was too easy ... the floor and began doing pushups. Mind whirling in horror, I dropped to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  . Who do you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X ... over international students on the waitlist? No, but we do consider ... do the Overnight Program? No, I'm sorry. I'm still very interested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  , “You know, I think some students just feel like they have to do things ... they are. But you’ll also see people who genuinely love what they do. As ... and say, “Man it sucks to have to do this paperwork or to deal with this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  recommendation for them -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the United States, but do happen with some frequency abroad). Instead, ask ... mentor. Also -- you do not need to choose the teacher that teaches the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  5/4 Update!: You Know You've Been Doing Too Much Bio When ... +" is not something you can say you want to do and achieve with complete ... ya'll who committed (if you haven't - seriously - just do it. One small

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  of sleep and gave me time to do homework. Unfortunately, here in MIT ... nothing to do with my summer sleep schedule. You see, instead of a 9:00 AM ... do Laundry without TechCash. MIT has this awesome payment method known

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  will tell you, being sick isn't an excuse to not do homework, so the ... (somebody out there better pick up on this reference). Consequences to doing ... ? What other questions do you have about any topics that appeared in the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  received an interesting little poster entitled, "101 Things to Do Before You Graduate." It's full of cool ideas about things to do at MIT and the Boston ... ? sunday? cuddling afterwards? why do i talk? Well, if you want us all that

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006