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  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  vacation since finals ended due to moving and setting up the apartment)... my ... ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... that I thought he had, and that I need. (I am annoyed.) He tells me to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 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…

  

  that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in ... that I just seem to keep getting older and older. Or maybe that I will ... actually the very first blogger who had to apply for the position, and I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  floors - from Burton 1 to Burton 5, and from Conner 2 to Conner 5 (Conner 1 ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... course - there is no substitute to visiting MIT and checking out the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  season ends around May, and the rainy season ranges from maybe June to ... magpatila ng ulan—to wait for the rain to pass. You wait an hour, and the rain ... —where the rain does stop. And you'd just never know, because you've never

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

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  bearings and figure out how to use public transportation (the “T”). I started to wonder if I’d find anyone who shared my experiences and if I was ... backgrounds at MIT. And it was okay that I needed longer to adjust to Boston

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  wrote flashcards for myself and tried to teach myself course material I ... you get something like this to happen? Final exams and projects are ... -semester classes. And, normally, you have to show up and actually take them, or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  , and to really let them know once their five minutes were up. Every ... or for worse, no one seems to know. 32 years after Mr. and Mrs ... went along, and brought my little sister. She was excited to be there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only ... . You get the point) The best candidates to MIT bring much more to the ... perspective on the reading, go on over and visit Ben. Shahab commented with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  in your decision and prepared to give yourself to it fully. I think ... very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as life-changing as ... classes, and thanks to AP credits I could graduate in two and a half years

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  finding place

  

  and a huge campus. You need to be more intentional, unless they literally live next to you. I was not on top of things and was mostly unaware ... called me out and said man, you need to be careful because last semester

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... always bond over how much work that they have to do. It’s an instant ... a dozen According to the MIT website: “Seventy-one present and former

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  dorm). DINING: this one is a major addition to the bill and an ... the building, and closeness to campus, and I want to counter that with ... find that it’s actually pretty easy to feed yourself, and that the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  sometimes ask students to imagine who reads their applications and to tell me ... . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we ... different voices in your application and try to immerse ourselves in your

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire ... to talk or donate but are polite about it, and others—a very, very

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... listening to the answer, like, at all. And I ended up kind of majoring in both ... conflicting times and few prerequisites), it's actually not too difficult to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show ... Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... More reading going on here tonight, after a yummy Super Burrito and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  applications. And to connect our lives to the life of you, the reader. The ... will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... the waitlist and have a few more months of waiting to go, or feel like a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• 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 ... ?). But then when you pop up and think back to just a few months or weeks ... delaying faster than you can improve. Instead, you've got to dig deep and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  understand that people want answers and explanations, but… alas. Trying to ... worked so hard to include the world in that passion that Amtrak noticed and ... who chose to commute an hour each way to attend a certain school, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004