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  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  College apps are done! You did it! You’ll probably never have to write another uncomfortably personal essay ever again⁠01 unless you become a blogger, of course ! But, now comes…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  who needs sleep when you're in an amazing musical?

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only for women until Persian traveler Jonas Hanway popularized umbrella use among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  . 2. Recalculate Your Entire Grade For some reason, this is always ... it on your phone calculator and then get mad because it's saying you ... It That one person you've seen on your floor twice? Start gossiping

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done ... 't worry - you're not missing out): 0% of people who do not apply to MIT get ... you to show off your unique personality, because let's face it - you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  yourself without remembering that you're distracting yourself to forget the thing you're trying to forget (but failing, because now you've remembered ... the college application process, nevermind your classes, or work, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute from your dorm ... classes can be added to your schedule in the first 5 weeks of the term, and can be dropped from your schedule up to 10 weeks into term. A tradition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  Alan: Hi! You have words— Fatima: and we want your words— Alan: for our poetry. Fatima: For the past semester, Alan and I have been reading ... . Fatima: Once again, we want your words— Alan: and we want them now in the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  your questions that I could know, some generalized for the public. If you ... your questions later. And if you’re wondering why I didn ... this post is so long). Thank you all for your emails and kind words and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  ridiculous. The going advice is that you shouldn't go over 30% of your credit ... with the assumption that you should only use your credit card for things ... number related to your credit history, which is something that people like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  QUOTE(S): “If I have kids, I’m going to name the first one “Control” and the second one “Experiment.”” -an embarrassed ’12 “Can anyone help me eject my device?” -an embarrassed…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  brings the world to your doorstep. You can meet a lot of new people, try

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  your mind and find your way There will be a brighter day Have a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  't listen to all of them them or censor anything, so y'know, use your judgment ... that note, if you have your own application motivational playlists

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  So a few days before Halloween I asked you all what I should be for Halloween. I then ignored all of your votes and went with the most popular choice anyway, because it was exactly what I really wanted but was not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  front of the computer. All that said, if you're reading this now, then you are probably sitting unblinking at your computer refreshing the ... to do otherwise. So, while you're here, I figure that I might as well

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  make a quick collage? You can use existing images from magazines and your ... you give yourself the opportunity to change your mind, and be led in a ... your time in college more as a work of art than as a focused linear

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  yours? In short, the T is normally a very reliable form of transportation

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  ? Today was "Bring Your Audience to Work Day," definitely one of the more

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  ’s incredibly rewarding to hold the finished product in your hands. The whole ... by a generous grant from the Mind Hand Heart Innovation Fund. If you’re ... relating to food! If your dream has always been to paint radishes, or sculpt

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020