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  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  you can really go to any group you want. It’s a great way to get ... 👀), and you can get involved through: [email protected] Cru is also ... was coming in. I knew Cru existed but not much about it, and after

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  they expected, so try to be open as much as you can. Gemini Many in the ... can also be exciting and get you through the slug of senioritis. ... their sun, moon, and rising signs so that I can give them an "astrological

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• 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 ... application process can be very competitive, it is not inherently a competition ... suggesting to potential applicants that they should avoid trying to get

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

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  superintendent. As much as there were "I can get through this, I've been through ... much I can say before it gets drowned out in a pile of words. These are ... experienced adults. Even with the high school nostalgia, I still felt very much

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... can read (and maybe learn from, too). Enjoy, and wince when you remember ... , nothing before this had ever suggested that I couldn’t get the results I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  unclear) at midnight because all I can think about is how much I’m not ... , there are a lot of things I can do, even if they feel much more ... my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  came across a collection of things that I had written which can most accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  much and get off this train only to see those lines behind me and myself ... First of all, can you believe the blogs are 10 years old? That ... between the amount of stuff you can do in a given year, and the amount of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  in your life when you can. If you write your best papers the night ... . Become friends with your favorite professors. Recognize that they can learn ... . When your friends' parents visit, include them. You'll get free food, etc

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  not so good at and that i can usually get away with neglecting. this is ... 'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... spent too much of my earlier years laser-focused on getting my math and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  ’ve blogged before, you can get away without a meal plan even if you can only ... dorm is pretty uniform in culture (e.g. Maseeh). Explore as much as ... cost of living (though you can purchase a meal plan while living in any

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to ... getting a bad education. Choosing MIT just might make the whole process a ... MIT helped me take care of that, too. Finding an on-campus job can be a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  got to hang out with Beyonce in the time since I was that age. I can ... that I just seem to keep getting older and older. Or maybe that I will never get to hang out with Beyonce? Ugh, it's all terrible. Back in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  STEM stuff (cause you can get some pretty cool results while having fun ... degree. With just a glance, you can see the CMS option has much more free ... us in the heart the way nothing else can. Another HUGE factor is that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  get the idea. If you don’t, there’s probably nothing else that I can say. ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations ... achieve those priorities vary just as much. At one institution, the sole

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  squeezing my stomach in their fist? Why can't I get out of bed in the morning ... feel more comfortable about my anxiety (as comfortable as you can get ... and we get out of bed We get dressed We clean up last night's mess And

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  company instead of graduating. This term, I’m back to get out of student purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But ... like the ends of the earth when I was an undergrad before). I tend to get

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  plane, let alone how to get around [annotation note="to be clear, my ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the ... helping him. His dad says: Watch what the people do. Watch how they get on

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about ... seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats. Students can use it to share the classes they're taking and see the classes

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  , I'll get any job I want, I'll make so much money, and everyone ... at getting jobs, making money, or having a GPA that anyone can respect ... . The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019