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• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  curriculums need to be restructured to give students better avenues for ... friends who believe this tend to not put much effort into meeting new people ... (my friends who agree with this tend to not bother learning much outside

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  doesn't want to make a transfer directly into my US account, because they ... Europe Friday -- Nothing much planned, just hanging out in my dorm room, to ... 'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  's really, really important to know when you need to rest. I think the ... to start practicing that as well. You'll need it at MIT, and, as it ... , as a described in that post, that it's possible to overtrain both body

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  it." We don't need "proof" but it does sound like that letter would be ... students to get in without AP classes etc. My school does not offer AP ... . :-) ------------------------------------- Olga wrote: "Do you need to send a mid-year grade report for EA? I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  trees, once bloomed, typically last about one to two weeks in springtime ... floor. Something needed to be different. Something needs to be different. So why am I finding it so hard to change? ... Once I find a familiar

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  to help with someone’s idea for a spread were unable to offer much ... ’s connection to the outside world. One of the directors handled the finances of ... the buildings to take these photos would be as much my own act of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  what I need to do at a glance! Why are you looking at me like that? It ... much about you. But, well. I’m happy to be spending time with you right ... was a new experience which led to a lot of frustration and more

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  does—it's great to have a teacher with such a huge range of experiences ... improvisational activity was new to me, but pretty fun once I stopped internally ... than once, you start to shed your ego entirely. when we practiced moving

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  needed to be a leader with drive to change something about your community ... mindset was "I have to get As on everything, I need to be involved in everything, and I need to try hard to be different than everyone." But let's be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. We know you ... : every year we hope to take students from our waitlist, and we are excited that we are able to admit 28 students this year. Today, at 5PM Eastern

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in ... Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT every once in ... to relax in #1, it does help if you do a bit of pondering before your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  feelings about the show, and the finale. It may be hard to believe, but once ... does idiotic things to ruin her relationship with her dad in exchange for ... extensive collection of movies. I've decided to replace Veronica Mars with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  because I don't want to sound like too much of a shill, but it also does ... right away to the meeting I need to go to. The second is that my schedule ... 'm glad to have an in-person class once again. My Todoist is less notable

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  , your concern does not seem to be "will my child make it at MIT or how ... interests, how much if at all the teacher would have to dumb down the class ... admitted - and are privy to their strengths and weaknesses much more than you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  time to cook more than once a week anymore. On weekdays, I'm working ... about not succumbing to stress as the semester gets progressively harder ... to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  narrowing down places based on your group's needs. Tour and Apply Once you ... between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... were being kicked out of our dorms. Due to this, I was under the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  poorly done. I wound up only going to S^3 once this semester to ask for an ... may not have enjoyed the experience as much as I would have liked to ... psets to do, I realize now how much more I prefer writing papers to doing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a ... know i’ll be able to do them again when i need to? last week one of my ... is our lives.”   iii. what does it mean to be a unicorn far from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  able to transfer my experience judging people in admissions to judging ... admissions officer. If they ask me what an admissions officer actually does, though, it can be a harder question to answer. Our profession requires no

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  much pain you must be in right now. You too need to allow yourself a ... , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well ... at MIT. So much so that I am proud to say that many are more like

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006