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• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  unfamiliar with the terminology: hosed- (adj): to be completely and utterly ... whatever is bothering me at the moment likely won't be my biggest problem in the future. There's no need to be too stressed. 3. Remember that a life

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  incredibly competitive with him or herself. We're all used to being the best, I ... admissions that you will be able to succeed, then you have a good chance of ... , and let it be casual. It helped me to think in advance about the kinds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  over the summer, and by the end of each semester I would be extremely ... feel increasingly like I need a really good post about all the cool things I've done to explain why I've been away from this platform. To be

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  fine. It gives the same energy as 18.01. There will always be a weekly problem set due. There will always be multiple exams. Consistency. 8.02 Physics E&M. I hate this class. If I will ever drop a class, it will be

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  class once the semester starts. Of course, there will be those pesky ... the other half thinks. It turned out to be a really interesting ... to do with. Plus, many of the dorms will host all kinds of activities

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  predict that those late nights you’ll be up doing work till 4 a.m. will ... “Governing the Commons” made me think about institutions, and “Why Nations Fail ... success will mean in these jobs and (thankfully) not everyone wants the same

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  is on the interwebz rather than IRL. Tomorrow, I am going to be at the ... of event. The pre-frosh are all very exciting, and I enjoy being ... , after all, to keep being tolerant, when you feel like others will not do

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  -mail, normally the recipient will only see "From: [email protected]" but in the ... perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass Rat. The second, an MIT e-mail address. There's just something about

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  may be an ever-diminishing premium placed on the man who is different ... seeking uni-formity; let us not fail to discern the gifted mind, to foster ... . We believe that the mission of the Institute should be to encourage

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  mustache, because he thought it would be funny for the official graduation ... deal more to offer than money, and the key question each of you will face ... have been given and the knowledge you have obtained... I hope you will

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  the Indian in me appreciates being able to eat with my hands hehe El ... Afeefah Will Try To Read This Summer The Secret Life of Henrietta Lacks ... Places To Take A Nap On Campus, Ranked Barker Library - The pin

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the ... satisfied that they will be able to work together with each other and with us ... ’t be as hard as the other two to work with. Each sub team had their own

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  yes. if my blogpost were a series, this is a filler episode. One of the ... scientific and technological advancement, as well as close to one of the busiest and bustling cities in the world, Boston. During my time here, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  2015 about something you should be thinking about over the next few days ... I figured I was paying too much money to be unhappy. So I transferred ... wherever you are is the place you are meant to be. If you don't know what I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey ... potentials inside charged cubes. Erons is the type of person who carries all ... named Sylvester and pretends to be Stephen Hawking on weekends

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  you will be handled in accordance with the procedures described in the ... 't find anything. What's the fallback when YouTube fails to provide adequate ... also being sent to the Office of Student Mediation & Community

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  simplifies the process. Some people hire moving companies to transfer and store ... give me a hand. In total, renting the truck came out to be about $35 (U ... -least-favorite day of the year, after moving-out day (which additionally involves

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  . Your waitlist decision gives you exactly that: the opportunity to be on ... Every year, for as long as the blogs have been around, we post open ... journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  the selection committee. Ian T. asked, "Uh-oh, will being younger hurt ... still 16, but will be 17 by the beginning of the 2005 fall semester?" No ... .gp.)) will they be read by the admissions office.." 1) Yes, you can assume

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  skill. So first we tried packing the snow, which failed because it was ... -whose-temperature-usually-hovers-somewhere-between-the-sixth-and-seventh ... ’m from Michigan, so Boston cold is still no big deal. To be honest, if it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009