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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  . If you're googling my full name, could you please leave a comment ... opportunity-laden time as college. If you're going to take the easy road now, you're going to be taking the easy road for the rest of your life. Ugh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in ... , and a certain amount of mental dexterity. And if you're like me, they ... your M&Ms and 3 of your Skittles, how many snacks do you have left?" Here

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  you for your work). More importantly for me, labs at MIT are more likely to have a favorable view of your intelligence as an undergraduate and ... motivated and encourages you to work your hardest. My personal suspicion is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  strength of your essay will likely rest on whether you find an interesting ... choose to say, you should support your contentions with close examination ... all of your new stimuli. I know I am. Second, any long-term projects or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  that sushi can reveal your personality? (Japanese literacy required) 56 ... -ray-wah-ray-wah-day-key-roo) (wareware = formal plural of "me," dekiru = can! poder!) 61. When you're ... „Å´„Åé„Çä„ÄÅnigiri - the kind that you're used to with a rectangular blob of rice and a piece

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  . Getting into every ivy and your dream school and having already cured cancer ... fail to see, but the incessant reassurance from everyone I know "that you're ... switched their tune from "you're destined for Stanford, the greatest school

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  yearlong membership for $45! it's pretty worth it if you don't have your own ... my bike breaking down.  “Aw that sucks. I can fix your bike for you though! You know, I’m a robotics engineer. And you study, what? Anyways you’re

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  your stomach clenches tighter and tighter, and you just want to scream. All you're left with is an angry red welt. Even though you know that continuing to bother that welt would increase your chances of infection, you

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  some of what I learned! If you're interested in learning more about ... learning about safety in the lab, since you're going to be working with glass ... molten glass is and collecting some on the end of your pipe. Finally, we

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  be memorable in your college essays; you should try to be knowable. In other words, while I’m reading your application, you should seem like a ... not. But while I’m reading your application, I should be able to get to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  , even though it's evolved into your standard "amogus sussy imposter baka ... gave her some feedback, we chatted a bit, and then she asked: "you're ... no, actually, you're not going to do any of those things, and you're

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  help from other people--and actively asking for that help. when you're a kid, you typically don't have to go out of your way to ask for things, because your parents are supposed to provide for you already. but then you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  ’t know your private key this also means that ownership of a private key is ... you import data from your marketplace 2 account or vice versa then this ... platforms was performed by a consistent identity, without revealing your real

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  little, and if you're not careful, you'll lose your balance just as quickly ... last year, decisions all made with seeming finality at a level above your ... you have to tell your whole life story just to get any help from support

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  's you who made them leave. And you throw your hissy-fits and pity parties ... yourself. And when when you're done throwing your tantrums and crying and ... the pits of your stomach. And so you start to overcompensate for that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  vowels are so open, as if the word wants to hang on to your mouth even when you’re done saying it. The words “tangent” and “integer” are cognates ... Mahal. It means “palace”, which, if you close your eyes and coerce the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  told me, "That's good. That means you're no longer needy for home. But it's funny cause that means you're needy for your friends now." It is ... -seeking mess I've always been, but there is slow improvement. Less 'message your

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  weren’t black. It was as weird as saying “you’re human”. But by my first ... , “You’re black! Where’s your Kendrick Lamar? Your J. Cole?” The word ... FUCK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.” But it would never be enough to type it. I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  . Three days of back to back college tours is just too much. Your kids will ... confusing things are thrown at you all the time and you’re expected to take ... ’s something that’ll carry you through your four years here. I don’t think any

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  watched How I Met Your Mother and ate a chocolate cupcake. Then came the ... accurately reflect your command of the material and to encourage you to not let it discourage you. I've been impressed by your questions, answers

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013