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• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

   (or, getting addicted to success) Soon you're not so special, and that's fine ... class, your professors talk about how you're going to use something in the ... you know that you still have to be successful on paper to get everything

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  chance. And now I'm wondering - To all of you who just clicked 'submit' on ... asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... repeated reassurances on College Confidential that my tiny error would not

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  behind that is fairly simple. You get to write about yourself! You're not ... ? No matter what you write, your audience has to read it!* They get paid ... sometime tomorrow (check Matt's post for the details) to get your essays in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play ... reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... 's been easy to put off what I'd prioritize on any given Sunday morning

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  to college admissions, once you get past the surface differences.) One ... outstanding job teaching MIT students how to interact effectively with companies ... had been on an MIT schedule, with classes and meetings tending to start

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  .  You’re working on yourself, and I’m just going to call you out: You ... house sucks? What if you have to stay at home with your family?!? Me ... late! Communication was bad on both ends; you’ll get it done. And the

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  , current students, feel free to give your opinion on the best day to visit ... new Macbook) and so I just used that. I don't know how to resize them ... you'll do is look to your right and see Killian Court, realize that you're

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  each other instead of simply strategizing on how best to stay on top. He ... My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest ... , education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  lab to the tennis courts on the other side of campus to play a quick ... might crash your browser. :) For even more photos, feel free to check out ... It's sort of funny how some of the most interesting things happen

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  referred to by your username. "In some circles on campus, you may become ... make: choosing your MIT username. You may not appreciate yet how big this decision is: your MIT username (also referred to as your Athena or

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  may have complicated feelings that you don’t know how to name; that ... know Weekends, get it poppin' on the low Better days comin' for sure ... If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  to get into our (or anyone else's) headspace for your essays. One tip ... forthcoming cycle. There's no reason to start on them now, but some people like ... way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  is true no matter how you drew the vectors you picked for your zonotope ... parallelogram to the other end, you’re going from a side to a side that’s parallel ... , eventually you’re going to draw out of the zonotope. What this doesn’t explain

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... to function properly. When you don’t get sleep at night, you end ... use the provided parts to make air cannon to get a ping pong ball to

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  (technical skills and mathematical maturity), before moving on to the meat with ... week[/annotation] based on my estimate of their workloads. To estimate ... based on how many of its prerequisite classes I'd taken. For example, past

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  hat to be a pre-show hit! So hold on Tim Gun, it looks like you are ... fashion class. Stick a solar panel to your shirt next time you dream of being on Project Runway, and get ahead of the game! And the game is just

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  pointers on how to find a date, things to discuss with your date, etc. They ... baby, how about I tinker with your software while you turn on my hardware ... 's get together later to converge. --Hey, I'd like to sample your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  central to your area, explore and get to know them. You are a temporary ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... questions and plenty resources on campus to help you figure out the details of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  how to perform each exercise. From then on, we dove straight into our ... to leave, which meant I had time to change and get to my next class on ... class by “stretching”—aka sitting on the floor pointing at your feet, or

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  corner. You’re excited about getting to finally be your own person.You can’t wait to throw your cap up high at graduation. But you’re also a tad bit ... meals. And the laundry you don’t have to do. You’re worried how the future

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017