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  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  , statistically, people do with YouTube videos) I won't blame you. Self ... what I've been doing this semester, good lighting/focusing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  get into MIT, but I do believe you're all guaranteed for success just ... soon, my question "what encouraging words do you have for applicants ... , dear applicants: not only do you have my full support but you cleary have

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  really evaluate what I like about my major and what I want to do. Before I ... , we have a block of time to either do assignments in our curriculum or ... do technical interview prep. 74% of my program's interns from last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  About a month ago, a parent asked me: "What do all these majors ... my mind lately. (And by subject I mean aw-maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing ... decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  applied to do Interphase EDGE, which is a 2-year enrichment program. The ... student do you need to be to get one? Those types of articles feel like a ... ’t doing all that much. I was tired, all the time, but wasn’t sure why or how

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  categories. Lab and other school things I do less often than lab Since I ... in the lab full-time doing research. Eventually I'll finish the ... my lab -- we do take MIT UROPs. At the very least, come have $1 ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  hopefully help you proceed and answer a big question: Where do we go from here ... 'd like to do some light studying or review for fun before MIT begins, then sure! But do not spend this next year constantly studying, studying

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  grad student!) at MIT. So naturally, we had to do a blog post together ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I ... yourself these questions as well!) How are you doing today?   Bryan

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  Robin, should've volunteered that extra hour like Kim." NO! Please do NOT ... , whatever works). Let's do it together: In my circumstances, I tried my best ... ! Wherever you end up, whatever you end up doing, we're confident that you will

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  chancing may be fun, or a way to blow off steam, or just something to do ... prepared to do the work at MIT, you will not be admitted, because we don ... demonstrated academic preparedness - as the majority of MIT applicants can and do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  night, working, working, working. i'm trying to challenge myself to do a ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  ’s more of an “I now live a post-MIT life and therefore my weekly updates do ... why do I have this thing, anyway? Throughout the process, I reflected on what I was doing with family, friends and professors out loud, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  you should do this week in 3 easy steps (results not guaranteed, though ... . You need to actually do the essays first before you can edit them. Just ... of your essays to do this for you, but it doesn’t hurt to do it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  process as long as possible. You can do that without losing flavor because ... that they want to go to graduate school in X, or have been doing a UROP ... 't seem like there was ever a big identity WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  they get here, and I like sharing with everybody the types of things I do ... often discuss the current "admissions gossip." The one thing he'll do that ... 's fine. Do you ever see such and such? No not really. I really like Yan

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , tell them I am trying and doing things differently and really putting in ... well I did or didn't do was being tied to my self-worth until it wasn ... world. I see friends who are struggling and I can’t do anything about it

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  . I’d say I’m doing pretty well on this. Sidequest 4: Get a cool ... winter without a winter coat. I’m doing better at this than I expected - a ... something I genuinely love to do. Incomplete, with the following addendum

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  I’m spending this IAP doing, among other things, five shifts a week ... ,” I said. “Do you mind if I ask why?” (Sometimes we are able assure ... ,” he said. I may have actually leaned back in my chair. “What do you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  have contributed some insight into how and why we do the things we do ... do we measure and how do we measure it? Is the trait thus measured ... admit rate? Aha! Clearly we DO prefer higher SAT scores! Well no, we don

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  casual relationships right for them. Many people entering college do not ... sure what you're doing (or will do) either. I will provide you first ... " There are some things that we see in movies that we do not believe exist

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018