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• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  interview; you know how to prioritize, triage, get stuff done. But it teaches ... think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... to cope. The psets aren't what's getting me this semester (and I'm very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  gain from getting to know as many people as possible. I also quickly grew ... Focus on getting educated. Learn to talk. models for thinking . Use your ... among the many resources MIT offers to get the little bit of extra help on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  , which is where we really get to practice our skills. LLAB is run by the ... sophomores useful skills and to let the upperclassmen get practice leading a ... " according to their injuries. Sometimes we would be indecisive or get something

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  to be different than everyone else to get into a good college. You ... mindset was "I have to get As on everything, I need to be involved in ... honest, this is Sparta MIT. It's physically exhausting to get A's on every

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  . Don't go comparing yourselves to other people who did or did not get in ... For now, I'll refer you to this blog entry, but I'll be back. --- All I can really add to that blog entry is that this year, I'm reliving

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  ). Happy because I finally get to eat, and because it's my favorite class. It ... front desk of dorm. People hardly come by during this time, so get to get some work done. Desk is such a great job--basically getting paid to do

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  occasion to get paid just to sit back and have fun, so I definitely seized the opportunity. I had to leave early to get to campus to film the ... to celebrate a friend's 21st birthday. I returned to my Texas roots

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of activity reminds me of the mental motions to solving a math or programming ... get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  write a really great paper. We're hoping to get it published somewhere if ... afford to get better at it, and I know this class will be good for me. It ... we get to build our own storyworlds and creatively write! It's been so

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  worked it out such that I'll get a new hard drive mailed to me, completely ... computer. I'll have to get Microsoft Office and Mathematica shipped to me ... and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  , you can hit snooze on. you can keep hitting snooze until you need to ... hitting ignore and ignore and ignore until i actually need to deal with it. similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  trying to get through it. But now that you're going to college you're going ... different it is being with people who 'get' you... It gives me time to focus ... post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... intense fear of missing out, I've definitely made an effort to get out and ... trying to take (but know I could never get into due to its popularity) is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it ... really is better to get a good night's sleep before a test than to stay up ... don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... -- which tell students that they're likely to get admitted -- to "love ... (probably? why not definitely? what would have to happen to not get admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  semester goes on; this post is my attempt to get them all organized and ... decorate the living room and what kitchen utensils to buy or get rid of. In ... a lot more motivated to get out my helmet. The best part is that now

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date ... . Kim asked if it's possible or easy to get a single as a freshman at MIT ... 's possible to get a single as a sophomore, junior, or senior if you want one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  your demons than to write them away."]it's taken me days to even get ... me that is still so, so bitter that you get to move on with your life ... tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  isn't meant to be an "Oh non-MIT people just don't get it" in a snobby ... needed nothing from them at all, and I had let it get to me a bit too much ... has been well received. People listen to what I have to say, they value

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  !"]FPOP applications[/annotation], advisor forms… You thought the get-to ... . “Oh no! How dare they ask a simple get-to-know-you question instead of ... The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025