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  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  control of your breathing. 2. Feeling Safe Make sure you are in a safe space. If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your ... sitting on your desktop that refuses to get shorter? Is it a person that you

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our mission

  helpfully publishes in a free PDF for anyone who cares to read it, remains a ... 's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and
• Discover / The MIT education

  Independent Activities Period

  machine to a crash course in stand-up comedy. Other students take the time ... [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
• Discover / Learn more

  Social media

  MIT Social Media Hub If you want a snapshot into what all of the ... MIT Social Media Hub is your spot. The Hub shares everything MIT, from the latest research and news to the craziest hacks and campus events
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the ... ? Well, I guess I could go home pretty early to get a full night's rest ... likely to come to the minds of people. In short, it lends itself to group

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Apply / First-year applicants

  First-year eligibility

  earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full ... they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For home educators

  .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants ...  Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ...  Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students
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  Newsletters

  [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while ... on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the future of work, and technology in general.

• MIT visits you

  [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that ... sessions in locations big and small, urban and rural, coastal and mountainous
• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  in October 2025."]1,155 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2029. All percentages are [annotation note="Except for when a number would round to zero ... according to the [annotation note='The IPEDS methodology is a federal standard
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are ... note='Source: MIT Facts']Campus[/annotation] 168 acres (0.68 km2) in
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  had fun writing these! Short pieces fast and easy and a great way to ... page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... 6. In this post, I reflect on previous Yultide posts, in a quasi

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Discover / Learn more

  Other videos

  ."]DLCs[/annotation]have a YouTube channel where they post videos about teaching, research, and people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of

• En Español

  [intro]¡Bienvenidos a MIT! Esperamos que esta página ayuda a cada ... objetivo de MIT continúa siendo el mismo: "ampliar el conocimiento y educar a ... a la nación y al mundo en el siglo XXI mediante la generación, la
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  up the stairs to get a higher seat since sitting in the front scares me ... to learn. Lab 1 The next day, I had my 2 and a half hour lab session in ... clients. One client will access a web page that will allow them to POST the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  last week. I still had a four- to six-page research paper for 4 ... 'd actually be a paragraph in a giant book about the Taj Mahal. I had to take a ... and a previous call to the airline), and she eventually caved in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  submit a pull request to get something changed. In theory, if there's an ... wouldn't win a science fair. When I went to a party in SF this summer ... whether to create the website in Perl or Python. There's a bit of discussion

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  dignity. A waterproof laptop sleeve for your laptop to hide in when you’re ... not as safe. It’s a good idea to lock your laptop for bathroom or lunch breaks. A distinctive laptop sticker to identify your computer. So you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed ... have a major in economics?” I’m going to be like “dude, why didn’t you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008