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  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for ... telethoning, in hopes that they'll be useful for some of the prefrosh we didn ... breaks for sleep in the wee hours of the morning. The entire campus bands

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  did you miss the EA deadline? why i applied and admissions anxiety

  

  Course 11-6 was an ideal fit for my intersecting interests in urbanism ... For all of you that missed the Early Action deadline (November 1st ... submitting in early January (around the deadline lol). I [annotation note

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 5, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  nothing in this world is deserved except for love, that love is both how you ... in search of more friends, new experiences, and potentially a ... really meant was, “How do I know more people?”, because in my experience

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... confusion. I read in the itinerary that MIT would be bussing us from the airport, so I scurried around and looked for MIT folk for a solid twenty

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  On Sunday night, I sat alone on a bench in South Station holding what ... away at problem sets, preparing for exams, and pulling all-nighters had finally moved from the present to the past. But, for some reason, this wasn

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  ’t interest me. for instance, in the case of my ohms arrangement (1:02:00 here ... depressions in the ground and sinking slightly, and the same is true for ... from composing for 21m.301 and from arranging for ohms, is that i’m a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  ’t possible for me. I thought I was absolutely screwed: I would never fit in at ... filled with all kinds of MIT students in the line up! I think I can speak for the MIT community when I say this: I really hope we do right by all

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how ... . General Advice for Grocery Shopping Bring an empty backpack. You should ... ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  , compete in actual competitions, and are really "actual" sports for all ... write about while cheering for tonight's MIT mens' basketball game, and I ... 's probably not in your best interest to use the comments to wonder about this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you through my mess of overcommitment so far. February has just been a blur for ... involved putting seven shelves’ worth of class supplies in boxes and moving

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  In a very institvtional gesture of welcome, each incoming MIT student ... Sciences"]HASS[/annotation] reading. It's good for you. Take a class that ... [/annotation] for at least one semester. Find something fun to do with your extra time

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little ... home for spring break is the first breath of air I've had in a while ... that the "Sell By" date should be taken in a literal sense - "the milk

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  University, had this advice in his most recent entry: 1. Time for a self ... replies throughout this week. I assure you, we have a space in the class for ... Well, tomorrow is May 1st, the postmark deadline for reply forms. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  grade for the second midterm. cue instant panic and regret mode...and let ... and a mf pandemic??? ANYways. as i've talked about in previous posts ... . living in a dorm last year was wonderful because I could have all sorts of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  I lose depth. We cook for each other in our apartment, and everyone ... did not read them all in the hours between 12 am and 3 -- feeling rebellious for staying up so late, although I do not know who I was rebelling

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  , but it is also mutual-- you care for others, and they care for you. In ... , really. Home is what I am studying for. I carry it in my values and work ... you might find in a BuzzFeed headline. (I’ll do my best.) Since I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  new, but I just don't think it was the right thing for me to do in the ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the pressures that we put on ourselves. Each of us here has high expectations for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  spent his childhood building robots for FIRST Team 1710 in Olathe, KS ... blogger Rachel. He once auditioned for American Idol, where the girl in ... over 50 applications for just a few available spots. The vast majority

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  learned that a spot had been reserved for me in both classes. Writing ... write. That is, there are many people who are interested in writing. A lot of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009