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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  ? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college ... need to think about work/life balance in high school because they had ... and family and drop everything if i need to make time for someone. "life

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  trying to renovate, then they will need to bring the buildings fully up to ... reason why a living space needs to have a culture associated with it. And ... in this crazy place does. Side note: this also led to a lot of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  ask, does a fluorescent light need to be controlled? You have likely ... through the bulb, it needs to be able to jump from one atom of metal to the ... in the first place, you need to provide a HUGE voltage. So why aren

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  time you once had for pleasure reading is going to disappear. Keep a list ... if you're closed off. If you need to get a job, find something that ... , where you go to college doesn't matter as much as what you do with the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  soooo much effort." At MIT, though, I've tried to remedy this countless ... hours before needing to wake up again and turn in the problem set that ... walking later," to my second-grade phase of "Why learn to tie my shoes now

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  much as things to be studied for they work, but rather as elements of a ... means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  's more important, now, to begin as you mean to go on. What does that entail ... -friends muscle, which you'll need to strengthen and rely on throughout your first ... . Little does she know that soon a swarm will descend upon this campus. In

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  an all-too-realistic dream, but once you get used to it, the cool water ... easy go-to’s are the following, in case anyone needs some inspo ... ’ve learned other skills, too, like how to do proper user need analysis to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• 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

  

  commute killah. Need to be on a bus/train/plane for a long time, but not ... , and a folder with random files I needed to cart from one place to ... Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize

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

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  cross-pollination. You need diversity - broadly defined - for college to ... , and to become aware of problems which exist in the world which need ... backgrounds, then you need college. Or at least something so similar to college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  how to cry. MIT has changed me, yes. But not maybe as much as you ... , friends, and all the rest to ever find a moment for yourself. But you need ... them to. Poetry, prose. Prose, poetry. Sometimes I think there's not a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  Reddit comment needs to be published here, so here it is, reproduced below ... crushed by my first semester of college. I need to ask you, has anyone ever ... will burn out. It's scary to acknowledge that it's a decision because it

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  going to get. "What? No. No, you need to keep the computer science. What ... let that go when I went to college, so I knew that I needed to minor in ... that. Of course, there's so much more to business that I don't know

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , making me feel terrible about how much I have to face with no energy or ... need to function and study. But despite all this, I won’t ever see the ... another semester to finish. I know I need to reach out to my s³ dean and the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  thousands of dollars, as much or more than the day-to-day cost of living in a ... things I never used to let myself have time for. It was very much ... scrambling to get money transferred from my savings account to checking

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  ) Sometimes you need to impulsively hit that “Send” button.. There were many ... instinct? An MIT psyche? or a sign I need to get more of a life? HAHA.] ... Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  learn so much about all of you, so I thought it was our turn to share a ... carefully crafted prose, while others take a much more casual approach to ... colleagues, Bintou (thanks Bintou!). It’s been a go-to spot whenever I need a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  I didn't think I'd have that much time to shop once I got there, which ... , because the beds aren't fantastic, and you really need to make the most of ... 't need a laundry bag or anything to lug stuff down to the laundry room. You

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  so much =p, and you have to narrow your list down after you get the ... college essay. Many feel that there always needs to be a "moral to the story ... , what does this entry have to do with froyo? Nothing really. I really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  physics and a HASS class). Once you start skipping one class it's hard to ... requires you to correct for it all at once. I can't go to lecture if I haven ... is about learning to take care of yourself. Well, as much as I hate to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007