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  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  want in!” emails I've gotten over these past few months. My family eats rice every night and do not dine out much; I’ve never had Indian food in ... my life. But once I arrived at MIT, it seems almost blasphemous if you’ve

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  knew how much I would've liked this, I would've joined earlier, or, if I knew how it would've ended, I wouldn't have joined in the first place ... everything that's about to happen, because I've read it all before. Three As I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  mid-conversation that I’ve been animatedly [annotation note="If I had a ... ." "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we ... : She has, frankly, one of the best letters of recommendation I've ever

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  , and there are some serious perkus nonacademia. I've landed awesome jobs through MIT. I've destroyed and created things because of MIT. My entire ... .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to ... , don’t think I’ve ever felt so exhilarated or so exhausted. Let’s move ... very educational.) Extremely glad I've become less self-destructive than

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  -to-in-ages-because-you've-both-been-super-busy give you a call, or send ... are way too good at carving pumpkins. I don't think I've ever carved a ... snowing heavily. Boston's gift to me: the first time I've seen snow on my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  strangely hoarse the following day. -- PRESENT DAY -- I’ve had ten technical ... forever”. I’ve gone to fewer parties and social events this semester than I did in the first week of my freshman fall. I’ve dropped all but one of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  changed a LOT in the few years I’ve been gone. Registration is now online ... longest one I’ve had. On it is a bootable windows installer, bootable linux ... Charger - goes with (12). Mechanical Pencil Lead - I don’t think I’ve ever

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  -ish October, each District emails or calls its Finalists to let us know that we’ve ... , but there are so many other people who have helped build the story. I’ve ... blogger Melis ’08), MIT faculty and friends. They’ve spent hours upon hours

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  summer, I’ve been thinking about what to do for my last blog post. I ... new journeys. But as I get ready to start a new journey of my own, I’ve

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  the class was so full the first day--I’ve learned so much already. 21G ... love working here, and I’ve been surprised how much my past experience as ... years paid off!!) Now that I’m a senior and a lot more experienced, I’ve

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  blog to share some of my thoughts. I've gotten lots of love and feedback ... , and beautiful all at the same time. Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about time and how I’ve been spending it. Happiness and how people think

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  amazing strategy I’ve had the pleasure of discovering via 20.109 this ... you do, don’t stop reading until you’ve learned the complete history and ... critical reading skills, it’s time to move on to the artsy design skills you’ve

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  It's been over two weeks since I last blogged, and I've been working on this post alone for the past six days. Most of it, I've been writing ... story or narrative. Since coming to MIT, I've had far less time to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’s campus — and I’ve spent the past week thinking about how it has been a decade since MIT entered my life. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged ... institution) is hard. There’s the first problem of figuring out exactly how I’ve

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  barely overlap. In fact, our lives don’t overlap much; I’ve bumped into ... to MIT, I was afraid of being “Nisha’s little sister” forever; we’ve ... and classes and friends, and it’s wonderful. I can’t say I’ve become

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  thousand of you have applied. You’ve poured hours and hours into your application, stressing and laboring over tiny details. If you’re like me, you’ve ... days. You’ve probably replayed every possible scenario out in your mind

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  semester, I've been meeting with my pre-med advisor: the one and only McGreggor Crowley. (Best advisor ever?? Yup, I think so!) Together, we've come up with ... intimidating (so much to do!) and very helpful. I've visited the pre

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• 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…

  

  Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However ... counterintuitive, I know, especially because you’ve just spent hours crafting essays ... App as Shanon). The best analogy that I’ve ever heard regarding college

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  and wishing there was someone for me to just exist with. I’ve found the ... five (yes, five!) of the things I’ve really enjoyed about Boston ... . I’ve gotten to see musicals such as Hamilton and Hadestown and artists

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024