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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  to eat shit when it does get served so I can move on and work towards ... to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to ... survival, whatever you’re trying to survive against. If you don’t hit that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  like trying to get a stray cat to come closer. sometimes your efforts and ... utter silence. but, hey, i get it. turning on your camera and talking ... to get a series of them yesterday. i listened to them on my walk to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  how much it takes to learn English, let alone pick up on nuances like ... room with shoes on. So I try to adjust. I remember to not walk and eat ... walk, how I am or am not in the flow, to how it takes me time to relearn

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  , and can easily spend an hour watching videos about how not to ... work on. I’ve been paying attention to where I direct my productive ... project I've been working on for the past two ish years and want to try to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... Ξp is what it sounds like: a week dedicated to working on the house.  t ... courtesy of Toolever Of course the five screws on the sweep have to be old

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  advice on how to succeed here.” I still feel that way. But I didn’t blog ... from getting an early start on your project. Wanna stay up late doing ... ’t have time. 2. Relationships: I didn’t get to enjoy the company of my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  finally back from Maine, where I managed to survive on only dialup AOL ... Swapna '05, at least I had internet cafes. To all of you on dialup, I ... internet wasn't my inability to write amusing new blog entries or chat on AIM

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some ... engineers may use in their career in order to measure certain properties, such ... on fourier transforms and sound waves. I was a little tired since I

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  option. You figure that the world is over and that you're going to fail out ... light in his room is on. You're scared of knocking, though. He's an MIT ... sophomores do when we get stuck on chemistry pset problems, and help in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  because of your scientific passion and not just to get into college. Nick ... really need them and don't have them, your counselor can expect to get a ... your trimester grades, you don't have to send them again just to get us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  have to put on your gear, get on rope, ascend, change over to using your repelling gear, repel, change over to your ascending gear again, and get off ... time, but I do it anyways.   2:00 PM: Finally, I get to work on

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  I inexplicably neglected to get a picture of, featured a real mosaic ... bear. We're right in between the United Kingdom bear, who appears to be ... . Pascal, from FRANCE (how could you be named Pascal and not from France

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  Google calendarism: [See legend at end of post to decode course numbers ... I ever invite you to a potluck.” Shortly after- K: Your salad right ... various living groups grapple to outsplurge each other on steak and lobster

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  on Google Earth highlight how much it towers over the rest of the ... to how we structured each rep. After each strenuous climb, we spent a few minutes on the 18th floor, where we first made sure to record our

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  bubble - it can be easy to get caught up in whatever role you've taken on ... . -- There are murals on the walls! You can paint on your own walls and ... stuff, impostor syndrome is fairly likely to cross your mind in East

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  this one is the most difficult answer to get. Every student on the ... My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... the news with as much interest as your kids are. But getting the "answer

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  everything on my laptop (thank goodness, because my life depends on Google ... Ethiopia in January, much more able to handle myself in Shanghai, to get ... contrast.   On the way back, my mom went to go meet up with a high

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  how to do a bunch of 2.005 so I don't fail it next semester 3) Work on ... Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on ... who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  your grades just the way they would appear on your transcript. No need to ... applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your newest grades, and give you an opportunity to mention other updates since you submitted your

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  your own child is on the gifted side - since you clearly expected MIT to ... , your concern does not seem to be "will my child make it at MIT or how ... Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005