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• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  , especially taking 6.145. I found that I'm probably the least qualified to be a ... what you're studying to do it, not be good at it. And I try and repeat ... 's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... room to my right swayed with me, and so did the world four stories down at the open window to my left. I was terrified at first, but some time

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  , was not true. To make matters worse, during the reception afterwards in ... announced to the crowd that the score was 2-0 in the second inning. That part ... driving back to my hotel, listening to the game on the radio, and they kept

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  long since my last entry, but also, my parents will be calling to see if ... ! You just might be the lucky one who gets to join in on our late night ... party; Monday will be the pset party that I put off all weekend. (Oh yeah

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  -out and needing to be at the airport. I could push my 4 bags around the ... can actually be too early to check your bags (boo) Sit at the entrance ... earlier flight, only to be told no because you bought the cheapest ticket

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  Recap: I survived the last week of February with hit points to spare ... page 2 of my test booklet, and continued to the next round of combat ... proceeded to spew unneccesarily-but-hilariously theoretical answers over the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  ill; don’t let this be you.   Why not? Because the unfortunate ... Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to ... 's never too late to check the IAP listings by today's date and attend an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  's questions, or being painfully honest about the terror of flying to college for the first time. Blogging is being careful not to reveal how little I ... be in New York with high school friends for the weekend; more on this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  underneath the blades cj: i'm not sure that helps wayne: wait wait wait keep ... center of gravity closer to the ground cj: ah, just like in every other ... class right cj: almost falls wayne: try not to fall cj: good advice

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  their tongue, their brains will still be able to process the signals and ... . it turned out to be a very inspiring class that truly expanded the ... to be done during sleep to be effective, but that is what the data

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  ’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation ... to finish the book by the end of last week, but I think I’ll be able to ... a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  breezy to frigid and raining at the drop of a hat; you have to be prepared ... ). This fall will be the start of my senior year at the Institute (!!!!). I ... blog EVER! * waits for the “Welcome to the Blogging World” song * I am

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the ... geeky awesome? There must be something in the water. That might also ... The Forbes blogs broke an interesting story early last week that I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  , it will be appropriate to send in an additional copy of this missing ... action. We do not expect to have finished processing these materials until ... action needed to be taken by you. You are at no disadvantage of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  it is not true, it will generally be found that the writer is some kind ... being able to write well is important. You will never encounter a ... tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  about the inevitable goodbye. ''This whole week, I've tried not to think ... ,'' his mother said. ''We will eventually have to cover the third and fourth ... , Lozada had to work, and later, she started a family. Today, she will see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  complications, I'll be graduating from MIT on June 9. (The ceremony will be ... Laverde's all the time. I'll be continuing to work in my undergrad lab full ... that as a graduation present, they will foot the bill for Adam and me to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  cement below. I scrambled down to salvage it, only to find the screen ... rest stayed black. I went to get the screen repaired. This took going to ... -line when I bought it in 2020, but the powers that be had rendered it just

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college ... the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5 ... into the depressing habit of staying up unnaturally late to take

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center ... coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007