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

  

  of your four years Keri on how having too many extracurriculars is ... long as your advisor signs off on them. For the month after that (up to Add Date), you have to get both the instructor's signature and your

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  of (my crush) Aubrey Plaza to “Make all your decisions based on how ... did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application ... impression that your college application was literally entirely based on your

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• 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 ... alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send

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

  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  've written countless posts on reading in the abstract: what we look for in your applications, how bleary-eyed we get from reading them, and so on. But the ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  striking up conversations with people on the subway! She would talk to them about their children or where they were going or how to get where she was ... wasn't just to congratulate me. She said "... but... aren't people on the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  relationships (or lack thereof) to measure your self-worth. Focus on understanding ... what to keep personal, and how you want to curate your online presence is ... the starry night sky will remind you how to breathe. Go on walks without

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  . It’s very reassuring to know that if you’re grinding on a hard PSET ... start. FSR is over the span of four days, where you get the opportunity to ... and get to know the new class. I vividly remember the first time I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  was, and I finally resolve to get up. Behind me on the fort a string of ... -built rollercoaster, one tapping hand on knee to the beat of Galantis (“visualize it ... 600- to 800-pound weights on the ballast (“Once the rockets are up, who

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  snap on your way to a party, ending in a hug when heading home, ending in ... welcoming "How are you doing today sir?" to his deeper and brotherly "wassgood ... themselves. As I was getting my food to leave the man in front of me reached

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  your experience was like mine, many people were doubting you. To you ... chances of MIT were that of a coin flip. But I managed to get in early ... to catch up on work became a weekend of shambling around grasping for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  watching (i.e. water polo), it was hard to know how good MIT's varsity teams ... every day and travel to games on the weekends. As a reminder, this is MIT ... full schedule during soccer season actually helps her to get more work

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  accomplishment? Seeing your name on the leaderboard from week to week? There ... . If you're still hungry for more details on this wacky game, never fear ... , and testing this project. The two of us wanted to share how the other

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... . The MIT name on your resume won't mean much if that's the only thing on your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ’d imagine belongs to two MIT grads and a master’s student:   Here, on the ... stove is on a different fuse, and for that we are very lucky. Here’s how ... might not think knowing how to stove-cook oatmeal is a useful skill. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  ."]twitter[/annotation] this is just gonna be my go-to place when my followers on tumblr get ... to go anywhere else. i know its bad to have your heart set on one ... People here get to class on [annotation note="I remember coming to campus

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  like to work on -- getting an orbiter to Venus is an interesting ... what kinds of problems I want to work on. Recently, my PI asked me what ... want to work on satellite and spacecraft controls for NASA, and I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  getting divorced, your house burning down, your girlfriend cheating on you ... having known you. If you've had an interview, I get to read about how you come across in person to someone you've just met - how your face lights

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• 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 ... videos on mitguidetoresidences.mit.edu Visit all dorms. Even if you’re ... cultural fit to find your best space. PRICING: MIT has three tiers of dorm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018