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  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  has the concept of "you don't have to take course-specific things until you're a second year". Things that feel notable to me. "Algebra ... Boston to take the exam and have no guarantee of admission? The exams

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  NASA. At the same time, my life ambitions have shifted dramatically over ... more than I knew. In time, I started to feel alienated by the corporate ... . It’s possible I would have decided to be a software engineer if my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  , unreasonable psets. The fight to rise will start in your subconscious. Without ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send ... signals to my body. Dangerously low. Lower. Gone. Time to find a charging

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  . Seriously, when’s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your wish is to go unfulfilled. You have another midterm tomorrow morning at 9 ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  great way to waste time and you’re sure to get a laugh and a memory. And ... thousand of you have applied. You’ve poured hours and hours into your ... afford to relax. I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few

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

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  Add Date), you have to get both the instructor's signature and your ... class. Trust me, you'd probably have to at least skip half your ... will need to have completed (read: passed) the following by the end of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . There will be times when decisions affecting your life seem to come down ... communities around you full of people ready to support you, and you will have ... have agency: own your decisions. What do I mean by that? I mean that at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  mostly gone you have oats. The cooked oats stick to the pot, but they come ... landmarks, if I want to. I have no idea where I’m standing right now, but ... words, if you are lucky enough to have a singular greater vision or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like ... murmuring “but this is your dream” and you’re trying your best to ignore it ... first place requires quite a bit of bravery, you had to have enough

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  alone. Have adult mentors review your essays and listen to the advice they ... post apply to all applicants, so have fun reading and don't come for me ... , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  many Black women – women who have had to overcome many intellectual and ... lot of persistence for me to not get frustrated and give myself time to ... students who have gone through and continue to go through this process helps

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  you have explored it’s time to focus in. Master your major, and focus on ... happens, you have to grit your teeth, consume some caffeine, and power ... there to see. You’ll never again have such easy access to vacation time

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your ... Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard ... have applied to, you have an obligation not simply to avoid squandering

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  't have your people. Sometimes, you’ll find your best living group on only ... cultural fit to find your best space. PRICING: MIT has three tiers of dorm ... dorm with a dining hall will add a significant additional charge to your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  work until the next time you have to kick your brain on for some project ... guarantee one thing:   You're going to be crushed   Now before ... here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  fail, because really, isn’t that the point?, to I have time, to I ... that a lot of our usual systems would have to be changed. And directing ... possibility. Imagine what we could do if we didn't have to worry about the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  , others aren't me. To the 87% of you who have shared your lives with us and ... years ago when I was applying to college, perhaps I would have felt the ... close to you who died. I read about your small towns, your big cities, the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  little bit of time every day to have to yourself—the unsatisfying answer is ... and family and drop everything if i need to make time for someone. "life ... simply do not have the energy to do so. here is some of what i have

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  could manage to sleep at night. To clarify, I have some options now so I ... I enjoy having something to read after a long day (well I didn’t in ... last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to

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

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  going to go out just before CPW, but that got canceled, so… Anyway, here’s your orientation, in the literal sense. This is what the campus looks ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020