Search

Search Results

• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  for feeding yourself, setting your own curfew (or not), and choosing for ... or smarter than you, and just as willing to work hard. In high school ... decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did happen to be amazing). Monday and Wednesday nights are usually dedicated 5 ... recitation to revise problems or figure out problems I couldn't do on my own

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  -semester classes. And, normally, you have to show up and actually take them, or ... life hard has also made you unable to FOCUS or STUDY, and promptly bomb the test, possibly failing the class and definitely tanking your GPA. Or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  applicant's true voice when we read his or her essay. Not some perfect piece of prose worthy of a magazine, or something that has been edited and edited and edited by a variety of different people. Just a voice, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  ’t come to MIT to relax or even to hang out. I came here to learn, and in ... this week or the next, and then get frustrated with the apparent futility ... Logic Unit for a 6.004 lab, after registers and stack pointers and opcodes

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  old blog posts, and then used gpt-2-simple to retrain it on a bunch of ... focusing on making haikus, but I have a lot going on and I can't keep up. i ... , and I was so excited to see what it would’ve been liked. I would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  sample. -- 1) People love Indian food and/or frozen ... was mean or obnoxious. But she ends up being on my floor and my initial ... Megabus, even @ home – wifi is comparably unstable and/or slow. Enough said

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of ... is vines and fire escapes up brick walls, streetlights leaning against steep slopes on narrow brick and stone streets; it is hidden alleyways

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However, this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another ... left before your early applications are due, and if you are anything like

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  Tech, or anywhere). Instead, you should study hard, be nice, and pursue your ... and hawk their school. I recently returned from my travel, which took me from Raleigh, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia and a dozen places

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  magnetic strip swipes and pin pad punches led to this array of stuff. Or ... quite long or comfortable enough to bust out the laptop and get some work ... purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and ... -hipster phase. I loved setting up ridiculous goals and then reaching them, just to prove that I could, even if it meant sacrificing my physical and mental

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  competition experience or etc. will pull me far behind my classmates and I ... about how "elegant" a math proof was, or how "neat and interesting" the ... about missing me while I was off at grad school, and now, I'm reposting

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  conversation. Or something like that." And then I get real sad, so I go back to ... beach, or he plays "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen and everyone knows all the words and sings along. And one by one everybody finishes or gives up and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  give you written feedback and a preliminary decision based on the current ... their feedback by conducting more experiments or counterarguing their claims. 4) you get a final decision of accept or reject

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  hour to eat, go to the gym and take a fabulous shower, run an errand or ... multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question ... plenty of time for both... so being slammed with opportunities and open

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  one floor or lounge of a dorm, and it will be your family. Here are some ... skates, or hoverboard for an easy commute, and wait to get used to the ... fraternities, sororities, or independent living groups and take the MIT shuttle

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  , four or five hours in a row. And everything feels interesting, and good ... dips or bursts of energy throughout a given day. And there are more ... . And it’s not a cop-out or anything to say this, right? It’s okay if I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  future or work through some crazy hypothetical situation and shunt your ... thoughts. I wouldn't even reread or edit my papers, just turn them in and ... : extraordinarily impressive or effective; a smashing performance    

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010