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• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  side, I had the option to work at a startup in Cambridge called Geo ... Speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs said, “Have the courage to follow your heart ... choice has been made for us, what we can change is how we look at the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  about what I am capable of. I pre-registered for six classes at the ... . However, all of the assignments were due at the same times and the amount of ... class. That's right, I GOT MY FIRST A AT MIT!!! I am so happy!!  I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  notifications up the wazoo. 7:13pm - My Floor I went out to lunch at a Japanese ... I could play with at my leisure. Can anyone PLEASE explain to me how ... ; And some shenanigans: 2am - My Room At around 11:50pm, Sarah '17

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  . We set up camp at the lower falls: Jennifer stayed behind to watch ... hurtled around a corner and there, a couple of meters ahead, a snake at ... . I thought: "That snake is at least six feet long." I thought: "I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Freshman Learning Communities Your first year at MIT is all about ... to Concourse in that what they look at is an intersection, the ... through Wednesday, for at least 3 hours a day. This forces you to get into

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... , at 12:30 this afternoon, I zipped up my big poofy winter coat, tugged ... French House freshmen, and he back to campus. As I got off the bus back at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  without it are at no disadvantage. We will accept your school's own ... take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this time about documents that ... not send a second copy of any document at this time. Also, you do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  middle-of-nowhere suburbia, at 3am. Power lines and a small rickety corner ... . Look at what we do for you. We almost fell prey to a demon ... : especially 1) the state trooper at IHOP and 2) friends we ran into there). I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  at one of the top engineering schools in the country, or that the guy ... parents at some point. I'll wait.) So it was certainly an overwhelming ... to start at around 12-12:30, so naturally they asked us to get there at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... 's quite the character. I had to look at my photos carefully to make sure I ... ). Students get their rings at the end of sophomore year, and wear them with the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  interning at a fairly large Asian public health clinic in Oakland, CA. During ... medicine at the slightest sign of a recurring cough or a stuffy nose that ... 's worth of medicine. At MIT, I'm covered under the MIT Extended Student

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  : pika is an independent, cooperative living group at MIT headquartered in ... neighbors over for dinner.) No surprise that I've decided to room at pika ... clear.). At this point, however, I think I need to learn how to live with

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  with each other. The dorm gives them an annual budget to spend at their ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time ... did my show at 7am and stayed to answer phones for Ben '09. He does the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  here.) Kevin wants to know: How is the food at MIT? The food at MIT is ... those at MIT? Is it easier to get a good grade because of grade inflation ... I've taken all my classes at MIT save for just two classes at Harvard

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  (whose number I still can't remember), a monthly metro pass, my own desk at ... here Saturday afternoon and was met at the airport by Mónica, who is the ... outside my apartment at 2 AM than 2 PM, so it's pretty cool place to live

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can ... easy). Quite soon, after you begin taking exams at MIT, you'll be ... ) to be at the borderline between a B and a C. Course policies really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  jerk all the time. I mean, not all the time. Today I was looking at an ... 4 years at MIT, if you ever ask yourself, "Do I have time for a ... could never understand any of that math stuff!" (that's okay, I'm bad at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  insist on denying that the future is rushing towards me at a terrifying ... how much enjoyment I get out of yelling at the television during ... Adelaide would like it so much, so she suggested that Adelaide at least keep

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  beyond capable of accomplishing what high school is throwing at you. So if ... things actually are. Because chances are, you're looking at them under the ... to eachother and the only vocabulary you knew at the time didn't even

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... a one-year (or sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you ... knew all at the very same time. And you’d wake up every day knowing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007