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  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  focus of 2.009 is trying to prove out ideas as quickly as possible. Often, making a computer 3D model isn’t the best way to start an idea ... energy is starting to dip. By 11pm, the reviewers are finally all gone

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  advice. However, the best way to navigate the college process is to be open ... , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your ... make sure you're preserving some emotional energy to get through your own

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  probably get them then. If you're not traveling a long way, though, then by ... on this one, just because a) it's a fun way to get to know your ... pillows, but most of them don't, so getting your own is a pretty good idea

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  so much =p, and you have to narrow your list down after you get the ... 't solely use this test to measure how "good" your essay is! That is something ... "luring" the reader in. The college essay is very much the same way - the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  nagging, awful feeling that the clever trick is going to be forever beyond ... problem your friend figured out in the time it took him to pee. You sit in ... and people, puzzled by the existence of an outside world—a state that is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  great way to waste time and you’re sure to get a laugh and a memory. And ... happen. Better news: everything is going to be OK. Best news: you can ... the Harry Potter films to confuse your friends and relatives! If they

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  stuck behind TVs and trees, and the only way to exit the game was to reset ... designed to kindle the creativity again, and it is so liberating. ... barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  ’t be boring.  I’m overwhelmed and realizing the stress is getting to me ... . Then I soliloquized alone in my pod lounge, ate lunch on the way to lab ... smart enough and that is tied to your worth. It’s tied to your worth and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  student. Sorry. There is a way to be qualified to come here, and that's by ... responded the same way we responded to all the questions about minimum SAT ... by bursting into song; Davie said that he used to do the same. At 4

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  enough that I have to hype myself up to jump in. The initial plunge is an ... an all-too-realistic dream, but once you get used to it, the cool water ... the springs: you’re gonna be starving. Good thing Austin knows how to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met ... ended up having to completely reinstall the OS. As usual, XKCD says is ... that's out of the way, it's worth mentioning that they are an incredible

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  specific technical configuration (the way an abstract process is practiced ... night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job ... boots. Where the wind blows and the snowflakes start to fall is only

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Suite to make ridiculous creations for fun. Here is the first GIF I ever ... to make school assignments more interesting by incorporating the things ... getting the stupid gas cloud to spin properly and we only got 2nd place and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  . The scary thing is that there's no way to find out, unless we talk about ... some people feel it. It just is that way to some people, and it's not ... an internal monologue. The thing about brains is that it's so easy to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few ... best things that ever happened to me. I realized that a person is NOT ... beliefs about what you will do with your life. It is also okay to not know

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  seem like this door is *the* door. We want to tell you that it is ... who was able to get through the door you wanted to, or through a ... in you to move forward, fueled by your determination and goals

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  are almost never the best way to pick. This is kind of similar to the ... the first place."]in your hands.[/annotation] You should do your best to ... of this advice is not that your intent necessarily matters to the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  to get ahead on coursework--but the flesh is so, so weak. My family ... Happy 2016! (By the way: 2016 = 2^5*3^2*7, in case you need the ... ! internally! about! how! quickly! the! year! flew! by!) Anyway...consider this

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  't like computer science the way CS majors did), I would get to pick the ... . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as ... mutate more and more as the months go by. The journey to figure out what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  possible way for me to get done before 4 AM. Here's exactly why it took me so ... . Trek out to the suite kitchen to begin problem set, hoping to get about ... .) 9:53 AM: Back to pset. mCPBA is the most commonly used peroxyacid to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007