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  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I ... much better score if I tried. So after taking them a second time, I ... . I now realize that I am probably going to go a lame local college and

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

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  nurture,” it does add a tremendous structural asset to the growing mountain ... highlighted to them. A 2005 study showed that girls score much lower than boys ... There is empirical evidence to support the idea that males have a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what does it say now?” asked Arthur. “Mostly harmless,” admitted Ford with a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  --look not much different from a green apple to those who live in the grayscale ... their potential ability to see a fourth dimension of color. But I really ... . It is tiring to feel like a foreigner everywhere. So, my world is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  within a mile of MIT. And while there’s much more to explore (down in ... did. But how much of that is MIT? Or is it just me choosing to be a part ... place. A very special place with so much to offer; but also, the parts of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  dry, but not quite rain. Tagalog does not have a word for this kind of ... you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you ... the hurricane will herald a turbulent fall semester to come. https

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  -gravity environment. MIT expects and forces you to work and *be* at so much of a higher ... To understand this post, you need two important bits of context ... subject of a famous hack in 1991, where hackers hooked up a fire hydrant to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  march is a rough month. you are lost, not only in a pile of things to see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can ... makes you lose focus. but sometimes, you just need to AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  I declared it out of spite to prove a point, to prove that I'm smart ... . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as ... 's a common thing among my friends to joke about how I can never make up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  instructions to students? What does a virtual help desk look like? Soon after ... here? Do I deserve to be here? How does this reflect on me as a person ... learn to adapt The fruit of my labor Impostor A sense of scale

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  'm introspective to a fault and end up writing overly pedantic spiels. On my 6-hour ... freshman-Ceri three years ago. What started as a fun thought experiment to ... 'll be happy to hear from you. 2) The first people you meet in a new place

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the ... the first time, which meant a lot of new logistics to sort out. I got to ... . But, unfortunately, the position is not year-round—I needed to find

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never ... surprised to hear they had a pretty heavy course load, despite having most of their requirements done. I thought that most people would want to take a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  does a really good job of trying to make sure that first years aren ... if sometimes you're left still needing to take a leap of faith. train ...  worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... a distinction between submitting an application and trying to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  much install anything you wanted, suddenly not being able to was a shock ... . According to MIT, about 73 percent of undergraduates live in a dorm on campus ... elsewhere in non-MIT affiliated housing. There's a lot of pros and cons to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  fly. This is a place that is very conducive to taking these passions ... . To begin the cringe, the video opens with two students in a lab. They ... . Remembering that parents are watching, the focus changes to a short segment on

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  "make sure I had a solid foundation" before moving on. It's obvious to me ... turned out to be a decision to not take two additional classes. I wish I ... to understand that it takes physical presence to build a home away from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  to a need with which many other bloggers past and present concurred ... way to blog? Maybe like creating a profile that any blogger can use when ... is from 2009, when Laura published a guide to the MIT Rainbow Lounge. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  could be so vivid as to touch it. When I "visualize" a banana, well, I ... actually seeing a banana. But it's not at all similar to looking at a banana; it's just bringing to mind what a banana looks like. I have never

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021