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  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  deferred applicants, I thought I should post a quick Q&A about what to do ... . It continues to be a great pool of motivated and successful students ... after they've been deferred, right?" Not true. We need to look

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  no idea what I'm going to do, but medicine is definitely a possibility ... someone who can't talk to people and who only sticks her nose in a book... nobody's holding a gun to your head. If anything, MIT students are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  need. I felt guilty and sad for missing this opportunity to give a friend ... to another friend's last-minute need to hire a thesis editor in order ... of contribution I'd need to make it a sustainable lifestyle. Knowing

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  , a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts ... of a deadly asteroid. - It is believed dinosaurs are extinct due to a giant meteor. That's true if you want to call Chuck Norris a giant meteor

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  to the Learning Zone A wise woman once said that you need to raise ... to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard ... carrying dirty laundry. I couldn’t run off to Boston at a moment's notice. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  good thing if what it creates for me is happiness. It does not need to be ... yet, a child who is spoken to twice as much as another child will make ... different. I tried to get into a fifth class and didn't (it was too

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  how much space I personally need to be able to think clearly and write ... much value to the process that even if I end up with a good score or a ... how much you are doing. there is usually a lot to do but there are ways

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your ... individual, not as part of a group. However, you are allowed to collaborate ... assignments that you have to do yourself with a huge group project at the end

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  does a great job of explaining what sort of folks are best matched to the ... recommendations need to come from a teacher who's known me for at least a year and ... adventurous enough to want to give Senior Haus a try!" Absolutely

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  needed to get back in shape. With the desire to end my career on a better ... summer. ], I needed to train smart and efficiently. I dropped most of my ... a much-needed, regenerative 10-minute power nap before I left for the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  above the Museum. I got a message saying I would need to pick up a key ... dream? Do I need a dream? I don't have an answer to that question. My ... showed up to office hours that week. *** High school was a magical time. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... needed. In rehearsals, I create the skeleton of a set and movement to ... you care so much and work so hard to make a piece the best that it can

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  . Hopefully, this slice of pop culture will give your stressed-out psyche a much-needed ... a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... one of the chosen 5? Does anyone know where I can get a used Viper

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  peers. We wanted to share a snippet of our experiences and reach out to ... to have more freedom and fewer social pressures. It's a great time to ... are great places to do this! "Right now I identify as a cisgender queer

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  write a post "about being someone rejected from mit & learning to ... who are seeking to make a decision about your MIT future by May 1, and ... truck stop town. a city in the central valley that used to have a bean

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  . It’s also important to listen to that voice that says I need a break ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  create community for South Asians and provide a space to talk about ... failing to reserve at the Indian restaurant nearby, we decide to go to a ... small so it takes me a long time to get them in a reasonable shape. Sarah

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  much faster than a lot of people are used to when they come in, and can ... future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of ... health, and even have time to have fun once in a while. Although your

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  chemical reactions. Going to MIT helps to give you the tools you need to ... senior year I realized that I've perhaps dedicated too much time to purely technical pursuits. And I've begun to feel a certain yearning to do something

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can ... 's just a nice place to sit and think. So here's my list of Things I ... really is better to get a good night's sleep before a test than to stay up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005