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

  

  " or "Leadership" that you get to put on your transcript. I'm not an ... On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... something international students have done in the past to make them qualified

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month ... health to the extent that it helps you be a good biologist. You’re willing ... outside. I’m trying to get nine hours of sleep a night, even if there’s work

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  bandwidth to pay attention to them now. a few days after i turned in my thesis ... 'm running errands in california, like going to the bank and getting my mom ... in a 24-hour mcdonalds or taking the BART to san francisco to reconnect

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  to live in these places until your second year at MIT. Figure 1b ... calculate the probability of you living in a dorm given your self ... (if you’re on a tablet) to see each color on its own. There is a sad

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... , which is a big reason that I'm writing this post. In one week, I need to ... , or a smaller department that lets you get to know faculty more

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
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  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  getting back into bed to watch actors in their mid-twenties pretend to be sixteen when I discovered a very large, very live spider challenging me to a ... basement of an entry in Senior House, eventually moving to a studio in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  in the first semester is good. First, you're in P/NR; second, you get a good chance to meet other first-years; and third, you get a requirement ... you get to see the syllabi for all of the classes you're enrolled in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  ? there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for ... 's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on him ... reading your blog. Write her or him a letter.” I wrote elsewhere in the

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  activities in Zoom rooms. It's a lot of fun, and getting to meet and talk to so ... ,[annotation note="in particular, I had missed mine to play in a pit orchestra ... set. My co-chair and I set up a few meetings in early June to discuss

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self ... forward or backward at a particular moment. But that tends not to happen in ... wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  ’ll have freezer space in your residence!), get a bike, skateboard, roller ... This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... dorm with a dining hall will add a significant additional charge to your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  Meet Catsby: He was a sweet boy who loved food, sleeping in the dirt, and sunbathing. Sadly, he passed away shortly after I moved to MIT ... of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better ... from high school. Trying to find a parking spot in Spain. Ice skating ... are for getting to where you are now. MIT is a pretty cool sword, but it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  want to focus on making next year. To summarize my thoughts in a sentence ... join a local weaving circle back home in California, to learn a new skill ... .. I need to get back on the grind 🏃 5 - a ceramic fountain that melted

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get ... computer, and an external monitor oriented in portrait mode to my right. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
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  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  person to leave my wing of Next House. I rolled my possessions in a cart up ... contracted, collapsing from a community to a few lonely souls haunting a space ... , or that I have grown from it. That will take time to see though, and in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
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  demons on depression

  

  that way to me. There's a Quora answer that describes anosmia in ... used the name to drive the demon out. The process is a whole story in ... images in one's mind. It turns out the majority of people, when asked to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• 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 ... : maybe you’re accepted, and you envision yourself instantly getting a job ... afford to relax. I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  a few who really got to me, and when they didn't get in, the tears ... library, find a quiet corner, and immerse myself in your lives. I read ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... D students/post-docs so I’m again the youngin’. I’ve been able to get to know a ... opportunity to travel. Having grown up in a Christian home, I've heard about

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012