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

  

  asking about their work. A little more on this specialization resentment ... procrastinating on picking classes for the semester, I went online, made a list of ... , become a physicist, profit. I, on the other hand, was certain that I WASN

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a ... ’s kind of like plodding uphill knee-deep in mud on a hot humid day. Who

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  on Hamsika's blog about the Boston Globe special feature on MIT and ... pretty epic list! What will you do to make it on the MIT 200 retrospective?

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

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  ) Lawyer; former staff to House of Representatives Committee on Science (Georgetown JD) "I work on quantitative stock trading out of my living room ... start-up focused on mobile money lending in Africa" Cirque du Soleil

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  account on my.mit.edu so I can actually catch a glimpse at what the new ... on these small essays. Essentially, you have 5 "mini-essays" - What ... that MIT DOES NOT admit on a quota, and you WILL NOT be penalized by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another perspective on the reading, go on over and visit Ben. Shahab commented with ... those signs on the side of a bank that tells you the time and temperature

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  students smiling and laughing while sitting on a perfectly sunlit lawn under ... compared to the classes in my major that i would take later on. but i saw a ... our classes are on pass/no record (pnr) freshman fall

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  than done, relax. Give yourself a pat on the back. MIT is one of the most ... whole years to learn all about us. And on that note... Take what we ... it or not, we are going to biased on everything - preferred classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the ... you’ve had; on the other hand my wish for you is that through storms and ... Cook barley in a pot on the stove. Make according to store directions. As

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  the semester and plan on doing a reflection sometime before finals ... picture from my seat on the bus without looking too strange.   9:56am ... was going to be on a panel at SDCC, which she then found) over Tumblr

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  I've always been a procrastinator. I've procrastinated on such tasks from toddling around on the carpet and thinking "I suppose I'll try ... : Breakfast on these mornings is always Go-Gurt (despite scarily

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  buildings on campus, and the classes which they will take in the coming four ... ="depending on how you frame the situation, the General Institute Requirements ... paragraph on why. Why follow this advice? I have two reasons: first, having a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  . INCAPABLE. DEPENDENT. Got a low score on a test that I knew I could’ve done better on? LOSS OF POTENTIAL. DISAPPOINTMENT. BAGGAGE. For the past three ... .  It means that if I need four hours to read this lecture slowly on my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  steep slopes on narrow brick and stone streets; it is hidden alleyways ... facing the street. I am sharing it with you because 1. There is a store on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  MIT has the best possible college location. On one side of campus ... occasional art festivals. On the other, just beyond the Harvard Bridge ... historical 1809 Park Street Church. On mild-weather days, my friends and I love

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  /musing on the topic, I’ve gotten a bit closer to an answer, but the same sort ... was making them. It was kind of like I was “trying on” all these ... necessarily looking to work on third-world water purification, either. I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  happened to be standing right there, going on about amide formation. And then ... would by no means put myself on the same standards of my brilliant ... -value level of what you're about to learn is on a par with the Tooth Fairy not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  out on Netflix, and everyone on Twitter and other various group chats ... ? Binging Avatar video essays and calling people to rant about Avatar. On one ... picking three things to focus on very difficult. I didn’t want to make

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  I am starting this post on Thursday, April 8, 2021, and today, it ... is the spiritual successor to on success, meaning, and time. Obviously ... , opportunities afterward, location, weather, “fit”, and so on. For me, facets like

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  the largest women and non-binary community on campus (making up ⅓ of all ... very [annotation note="First years are already on campus for orientation ... partners in crime for the week. I was on the orange PRC team, and it was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024