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  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands ... , when we had moved on to floating on our backs.  Okay, I thought

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... as the others. For example, almost all the people I've talked to have ... get decent enough grades to apply for graduate school) or find research

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

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  technique used to reproduce the layout of colonies on one petri plate on a ... . When I’m up late the night before a deadline I try to focus on the task ... , get it done, let it go, and move on to the next one. I try to carry it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  reality for three whole months, I thought to myself: What on Earth am I ... on the phone was "Have you ever planned to kill the president ... morning and the airport was fairly quiet, being just past sunrise on an

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have ... to unique resources and unique opportunities. A close friend of mine ... is the only path to success, which is a topic for another post.) I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  convenient for those living in [annotation note='now referring to the dorm ... better suited for free weight workouts. Because of the small surface area ... targeted machines, so weightlifting focus here is mostly on free weights

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  is the spiritual successor to on success, meaning, and time. Obviously ... features: There are so many lists online about things to consider for college ... , opportunities afterward, location, weather, “fit”, and so on. For me, facets like

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  likening my next four years to learning to swim: You can cling for dear life ... to wear yourself out. After that post, I've gone on to disregard each ... three years after writing that post, I had gone on to unlearn important

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

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  . I friend mine on Facebook.). So the professor doesn't have to know you ... router. Someone on Burton 4 declared loudly that it was all due to those ... how it occurred later on this week.) It's hard to get time to yourself

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  arrived here: like I had no limit to what I could take on. That if I just ... how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the ... know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  , and penchant for offering room and board to wayward nerds. My own love ... best thing to do about it. Talking it over with Dave and a friend of mine ... make it happen. So Dave uttered the words every geek wants to hear (for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  asexual people describe. For example, not really wanting to have sex, aside ... anosmia, up until they were asked to describe the scent of a peach for ... visas, even. Pretty much everything was set for us to go. One Sunday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... polling my friends to find out where they like to study on campus and what ... tons of nooks to study in on every floor of building 9 (except maybe the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  STEM”. I see the arguments for women-specific programs being adverse to the movement as a whole; I also see the necessity for them to combat ... /lactation room, and lockers. The lounge suite also has a Keurig for free coffee

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... probably don't say to your face for fear of inflating your ego: that you ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  place. You get people to work with on homework for free. You have people ... , but look into classes that aren't on this list too. The best way to ... semester. The big requirements you should be paying attention to early on are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  from time to time about events, dining hall swipes, free covid tests, and ... to be notified about every single event on campus"]deleted it ... for our living spaces, and 2. the free art is REALLY GOOD. the program

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  valid excuse for ETH to prepone exams (most students end up staying on ... ;individual responsibility"—served as a preemptive warning for us to get our sh ... be on my way to living that dream Suisse way of life. Simple as that

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... me. My summer adventures, the time I felt for once I was beginning to make some sort of impact of this world of mine, for me. Me being just me

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally ... finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015