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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  nurture,” it does add a tremendous structural asset to the growing mountain ... highlighted to them. A 2005 study showed that girls score much lower than boys ... ’s performance in activities from chess to negotiation to driving. Nor does it

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  needed to fulfill my HASS-Arts requirement (we’re required to take at least ... take it and also because I need to graduate....^^; So why was I told to ... last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  , for a burning revolution in campus spiritualism, for people to know God ... "live" means verb, "to live," or "live", as in concurrently, alive ... not know her. The man on the stage insists that he is not here to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  need to remember that it's okay to need help navigating sometimes. I ... me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit ... worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  much more life to be lived outside of it. In that same vein, I know that ... applications. And to connect our lives to the life of you, the reader. The ... will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  test ever could. Of course you need good scores and good grades to get ... This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... understand that people want answers and explanations, but… alas. Trying to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  day are not okay. When things get to be too much, it is really important ... to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic ... numb. A panic attack occurs when the anxiety gets too much, and can

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  home. You need to be physically present to build meaningful relationships ... were some mistakes that needed to be made, by myself, in order for those ... asked me what I wish I'd known before I came to MIT. I wish I'd known

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  I would like to direct you to this blog entry before we begin ... culture of Conner 2 during my stay there. To the best of my knowledge there were only two rules regarding the units of measure. Celebrities get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  was in the mood to do. I don't need to tell you that everything seems ... :10, Davie was back in German class, and I, feeling much better, went to the ... something international students have done in the past to make them qualified

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

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  Regulations, faculty from across the Institute had to vote on it — and we needed ... ’s policy-making process, creating projects to address student needs, and ... meant to represent the opinion of the Committee on the Undergraduate

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  or another, and so I rolled the cart along, once again sad to be moving ... contracted, collapsing from a community to a few lonely souls haunting a space filled with memories too large to contain any of us. It is the end of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  REALLY wanted to do anything else, or had much of a conflict about their ... hours giving me a crash course in the linear algebra one needs to know for ... off the TINIEST sliver at a time, in order to drag out the eating

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  concentration of crying spots on the right of the map). We need all of you to help ... dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  to think that I have a much better attitude now. Regardless, I had ... Media Lab, help build some software to make people’s lives better, and ... definitely still want to help people, but I’m not finding it all quite as

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with ... is so cool but also you have to pick something. Or else. *ominous music ... people to come talk to us about their majors. We spoke with fifteen MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  display I'd use to play dance videos whenever I needed a break. Pros ... "] credit to joonho, again[/caption]   Pros so much natural light ... since it's my last semester, I've been trying to spend more time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  to mention, I had tuned out so much of the material during lectures in ... was far too late to drop the class, and I needed it to complete my minor ... reasons, but so much of it felt like my own fault, like something I had to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats. Students can use it to share the classes they're taking and see the classes ... unfortunately won't be using Interstellar, but I look forward to using it next

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  and hardworking, you won’t need that perfect school to succeed. You can ... ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... foolish to recognize his potential. Washington rebounded from this

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016