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  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  , of course, won't make things easy for you, but I hope that some of these thoughts can help, even a little bit. As you submit your first MIT ... , brace yourself for lift-off or landing. Get to know your professors and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  more serious about college, I tried searching for answers on my own. My impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media ... college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  's shifted how I approach leaving the house. I can't just go home for lunch ... When I leave for the night day [annotation note="Am I dating myself with ... more into biking! I owned a bike for all of undergrad, but I almost never

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  supplies for team bonding events, since we were all virtual. as a captain, I ... being responsible for the entire [annotation note="aka performance ... joining another college team. from their perspective, the best move for me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  will be responsible for filming the work being done on each job site and ... children. I will also be responsible for managing the technological aspects ... equipment, etc) and managing the camp website. On a more personal note, this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  (not for the first time) in my inbox requesting me to submit my old ... Spanish essay due tomorrow and 5.12 to study for, but I feel I must get this ... parents are also thinking about your future. "Am I doing enough for my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  , not three, but FOUR times since I last did, it is clearly time for me to ... about the Red Sox. Because had it not been for the MIT Blogs, I'm not ... of the reason I chose this class - I knew that for any other class I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  .01, Physics Mechanics (you’re still on the hook for Electricity and Magnetism ... unit credit for a lot of other AP tests, and if you score a 5 on English ... summer and you have more choices for introductory humanities classes. But

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  Management), an intense four-day course for students in the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership (GEL) program.  For those of you that don’t know, GEL is ... coordinate the GEL1s. Check out their website to learn more! Our journey to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  other institutions, so this might be much easier for me than those at ... for various computer science groups because I want the job opportunities ... to company sponsors for thousands of dollars, then disburse that money

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  , go to docs.new (the most useful website shortcut frankly), and put ... debating whether or not I should, and it wasn’t an easy decision for a few ... for me it’s just a [annotation note="arts graduation requirement"] HASS

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CPW!!!! Class of '26, we cannot wait to meet you!!! I know how excited I was for my CPW, so I can only ... week. most people answered saying they simply could not wait for CPW

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  each and every MIT library. Now I have collected my notes for your ... original draft for this post, I had given Dewey four stars because of the trek: it's the library for the Sloan School of Management, which is all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  about my semester. classes i only had one final this semester, and for ... the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... (gender and media studies), for which i got to write a final paper about the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  reaching for a calculator. EXAMPLE #1: consider being in a room with a ... ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... after 30 or so seconds! The official, calculator-enabled, model for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  much it. We can talk—or argue—about music for hours upon hours. We have ... like a baby fresh out of the womb. I stood there in awe for about an hour ... fascists!" Not surprisingly, he urged everyone to pick up fliers for an anti

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  summer. I checked out the Banditos Misteriosos website for the details. The ... One thing you can totally count on as a student at MIT is for Boston ... for a battle in a specific location. I instantly registered and made Dan

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

   interview students applying to MIT. During one of my interviews, a student asked me for ... have no idea.” And I told her I’d think on it for a little bit before ... that you take some deep breaths, because it will all turn out OK. (For

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... she struck a deal with me that we'd share payment for groceries, she ... for genetic changes linked to different types of addiction. After a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  website, but...did not do that. I do have a base for it, though, so once I ... bestowed her wisdom upon the bloggers. It is unarguably god tier for task ... ways in my life that I've used task management, especially for goal

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020