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• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  here you are; the forgetting that sometimes you need to take the seven ... solving; the wondering hesitance of whether this habit is going to last once ... , and semi-permanently, knowing how much you've grown to love the whole

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  're going to need it.     ... storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering

  • by Ella T. '25
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  high schooler with limited experiences and no clue how to handle life at ... give as much time to my classes, friends, and passions as I want ... ="exactly 2 years ago to this day. i am the master of eerie timing"]month into

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  continues to affect me so much; it’s been two years, somehow I feel like I ... what it means to care for myself. Self soothe, when I need it. Move ... … everything. MIT is so much, so different from what I know and am used to, but I

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  the time and effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love ... . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  the day by which admitted students need to let colleges know their ... decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  . Seriously. I guess I just never had needed to or something, but once I got ... more. This just does not happen. 2) There were once only 24 HOURS UNTIL ... anticlimactic, but apparently I had needed to take it to show someone some

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT ... what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... need to tweak it a little depending on who’s asking the question (future ... only need a few ingredients to make mega bubbles. Unfortunately, these

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  applicants.Now this is a matter which needs to be resolved and I hope you act ... need to worry about the interview now; I think September is usually a ... sounds to me that you'll be well within our range, and once you're within

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  trains. Getting around is so easy. Now I drive all the time. You need to ... you out of the way because they need to be at places. I don't miss ... so much. There is no one answer that fits all questions. I have to meet

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it ... more I feel the need to learn something that can help me give back, to ... Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  these soon. Best of all, I get to bond with new residents, transfers and ... . Life’s entropy continues to increase. It’s a paradox: the more time I spend exploring life, the less I know what to do with said life. My career

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers ... also want your input on something else for 11.125. I need to sit in on ... In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a ... that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... important to note that WE DON'T NEED EVERYONE FOR THE ENTIRE 24 HOURS. If you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  off, I usually try my best not to cause too much friction with people ... my best to minmax and try and get as many tasks done in once. This is ... relate to this a lot. I think I am very much a person that demands to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  in top law schools? Thank you so much...I can't wait to see everyone on ... given an extention, or will I need to decide prior to recieving it ... . Anything you can tell me? Do I need to panic and wonder where it could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  needed to do, you have it made. That's not true - it's once you get here ... lab that I didn't need to graduate, who TAed a robotics class ... , if I'd gone to pretty much any other school - certainly any non

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  ’s not just academic exhaustion. If it were, I would know how to handle it ... together and it’s just too much, all at once. Not only am I keeping up with ... ’t think I actually fully realized just how much it all is until the first

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day ... I admit that I haven't been doing it as much as I'd like to. I ... saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012