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• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... stats sound like you are smart enough to do the work, so you should think

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  , but this doesn't need to be true nor is MIT benefited from it ... competence super smart and talented ofc. Raw talent I’d be referring to the ... any niche topic you have to talk about MIT also has a lot of unique or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  right, mom. Getting sick really does suck.) To end on a positive note ... super sick and ended up having to undergo surgery a week after that blog ... tell you all about the experience. (Now would also be a great time to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a ... and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final ... . The words "too many irons in the fire" don't mean much to us. We like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  ? I love to work. I'm a hard worker. But I'm not so smart when it comes ... Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College ... things MIT students do to afford college. Does MIT offer sholarships to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  demonstrated to me just how passionate, smart, crazy, and down-to-earth they ... experiences as a student at MIT. I hope you enjoy their stories as much as I do :-) ... : had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  break, which was urgently needed to prevent a severe case of a horrifying ... started looking around for things to stir thoughts in my head, a stimulus of ... . I had wanted to blog about some casual photos I had around for a while

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  friendships for a degree, but I think you have to understand there's much more ... , in fact, qualified and smart enough to get through it. I don't have a ... " because I have never known a school to go as hard as MIT does. East Campus

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  of rigor and pace. I also need a lot of reinforcement to grasp a ... does it really take to get in and whether or not I still have a shot at ... of need to have a Ph.D or will a bachelors or a masters get you a good

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  smart! That girl you have a crush on thinks your ability to derive is sexy ... for picking up women Doodling away at a billion different ways to ... would be an awesome movie). I was probably a little too excited to finally

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  just too much of a standard to live up to. I had a friend of my ... smart people *cough group project partners*) I was lucky to have a ... was a few more meters away to say things outright. I was a girl; I wasn

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  ask me questions i often pause for a while to think before giving a ... factor might be that the presence of other people forces me to think at a higher level of rigor than i’m used to the other day i called a stranger

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  need to get in? Because I only got a 1590.” How do you plan on ... I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or ... are you most likely to ask on a campus tour?  what do you mean

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  'm supposed to be the smart kid from the smart school. At lunch time, I eat a ... wanted to be a [annotation note="At this point, I was pretty sure I was ... events led to me, a high-schooler, getting the opportunity to work in a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  window is fixed and with a screen. But that day, there was no screen to ... . We honor Squanches and eat a whole lot of pancakes. Perhaps one of ... can see, he is very derpy. Derp Cat is not smart. He is not smart at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  a fear of heights and needles. I am smart and capable and ready for ... have to work for it. Despite that, I didn't expect to struggle this much ... went over. I felt like a detriment to my three-person team, as I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  's only .75% of your grade when you only need a 40% to pass the class ... beautiful and so big and has so much! There is bound to be a place for you. 4 ... . There are going to be crazy smart talented kids in your year. That does

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  "bad" answers. You just have to know yourself and know what you need and ... mentality with regard to work?" is much more open to different strokes for ... encourage other students to work to the best of their abilities; in a sense

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  we only need to write a few lines of code to build powerful machine ... I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  ! Q: Well, that certainly wouldn’t be a bad choice, but you need to ... life, and needs. Just because her college is a good fit for her, does not ... of the things that you may NEED to get out of a college experience are

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010