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  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  are looking forward to getting your form on time. Thanks for taking care ... . I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise. How do I ... to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress! What is it? The MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  descriptively "How to Build Jet Engines." While this class ranks much higher on ... how my interview weekend went" entries. So seeing all she has to talk ... now going to tell you about how much work I had to do last week, and you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  truth on an application. It's about how you lead your life. Don't worry, I ... BE HONEST on your application. Don't change your honest answer to ... blogging again. Maybe I'll even try to match how prolific I was as a freshman

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... used indexes of chief executive compensation show close to a proportional ... , startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  , a TA is hovering around Google Earth on the side trying to show us ... the mechanism of these reactions. The idea is to extract how self ... segments, and 6 more raising them to different inclines). How would you feel

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  . Second semester, D's and F's do not show up on your transcript, but A's, B ... previous credits to use. 5) You are now in your new major Last spring, my ... early for most MIT students. there is also more on this to come

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles ... let you adjust to different temperatures (by putting on/off layers), but

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a shoebox pc clips of summer

  

  internship on june fourth, it's already july 17th, and i move back to mit late august 25th. 41 days are behind me with 41 days to go. before i know it ... arrangement of the couches on the living room floor. the google home that can

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  classes within that department. The idea is to get some depth in a HASS ... comfortable place to be. Pro tip: ATTEND YOUR PROFESSOR'S OFFICE HOURS. DO IT ... and pushes you to come to the answers yourself; I walked out on Monday

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  reflect on the transition back to MIT from a place where I have lived and ... easy to say that some people and/or places just don’t get me, but harder ... .  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by ... Killian Court, but since then all my Google News feeds seem to be telling me stories about getting out the vote at the grass-roots level, I'm going to do

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  think about how these “traits” map to your life and how you act, and even ... through teaching, organizing events, or just listening to a friend on a hard ... deciding whether to hire me based on supposedly being an “ESFJ”. This is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  because you refuse to get a scooter. Your entire schedule revolves around ... seeing your friends on it in the mornings, and when it gets cold and snowy ... whopping 168 acres – which is 1.5x bigger than Vatican City! To get from one

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  . For me, getting on the airplane early just means having to sit on the ... uncomfortable couches on which to spend the night (ps. MAD doesn’t fare much ... on many airlines and seen how air travel functions in several countries

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able ... training and have started working on the MIT-EMS ambulance. On your end: CPW ... prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  .031, elements of software construction, dubbed as how not to get fired in industry ... on a first date. or, if you prefer, trying to get to know a college by ... absolutely no idea what college would be like. the whole concept of getting to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  , you might need to learn new content on your own. No matter what, you ... half-explain/half-give advice on academic preparation for your freshman ... . This means that if you get a passing grade (70-100) it will show up on

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card, and I'll add you to the post. :) It's kind of a fun way to meet your ... send me your pictures and I'll keep adding them to the post! Happy

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  this past week? how is your next week going to be? are you being ... any more intense? do you feel like you’re getting closer to act upon ... guy, and it’s been going okay i guess. i get that it’s meant to be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  , I just think it's pretty cool how I get to live with a whole bunch of ... too many windows for it to fit on any wall, so it ended up in the living ... quote truly needs to be preserved on the board when I'm laughing almost

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020