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  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  environment, and I’ve been trying to soak in as much of it as I possibly can. So ... the last. College can be a blinder. It can screen you from looking too ... differently. It’s no secret that MIT can be a high-stress environment. Classes

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  you can enjoy that!). No one can move from living in a house to on their ... can help! So without further ado let’s get started!!!!!! 1. SLEEP HOMIE ... yourself there is no reason you can’t work 24/7 without stopping. There is

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  can be making a rational choice that maximizes your utility, but if that ... be happy with your choice. And sometimes, unfortunately, you can ... choice has been made for us, what we can change is how we look at the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  -12 people classes for all of the GIRs. ESG can be as much or as little as you ... ESG to stay in the program, ESG can be only about taking classes or it can grow into a community of people that define your Freshman Year. 21

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  can tell these aren't my photos because of how awesome they look. Full ... you can count on to keep your mind where it needs to be. Then, once you've met a few people you can talk to, see how well you can get to know them

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... who are not English fluent, this is okay -- you can still have them write you a recommendation. They can write in their native language; the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  enjoy the culture? Is MIT somewhere you can see yourself being at for the ... "good in the humanities," you still can't take every single class that the school offers. (let's face it - as "great" as Harvard is, you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  Panel for Parents: Saturday morning, you can learn more about MIT's unique ... can answer many questions. For those driving to campus: I've been living ... day. Driving, on the other hand, can be extremely trying. Lots of one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  MIT student can sometimes make you feel like the only boy at Wellesley. You can easily pick me out of a crowd, rocking ratty untied Chuck ... buddy and lab partner, so you can see why I'm taking Harvard classes

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  what ungodly hour they'll have to wake up so they can make it to their 7 ... you who took Calc AB can opt for 18.01A/18.02A, which covers the whole ... can be said about most other classes you will take, but this is one of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  then everyone else figures out who the poem refers to. As you can imagine, these poems can get...creative? Amusing? Inappropriate for reposting on ... pictures of yourself wearing nothing but duct tape on the Internet, you can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  't ride the subway enough for this to be worthwhile, you can just pay each ... room, I'm almost positive you can find it at Target. There's also a Bed ... myself who like to window-shop at Tiffany. You can get to them on the Green

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  take your freshman year, you can take more classes in your major and ... results. It's really great if you can come into MIT and take sophomore ... . Alternatively, you can take 8.012 and 8.022, which are physics for masochists

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  . That makes me sad, but I can live with it, thanks to the rest of you ... Early Action, but I can still read it if I know which file to open. :-) If ... few emails about this: unfortunately I can't offer feedback or advice on

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... , then I can’t go to event A tomorrow, which will prevent me from doing ... generates ALL possible stories - but it can’t. Because the world is so vast

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  . Plus, my mom ordered them on the internet, where anyone can say whatever ... ago so that undergrads like me can use these tools for this exact ... light interact with a chemical, which can tell you things like which atoms

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  can be a little scary. I think it’s especially hard at MIT because it ... . Something I wish someone would have told me from the start is: you can’t even ... the South. On campus you can find me creating stuff in one of MIT’s many

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second ... professor. But in reality, each step can be incredibly, and somewhat ... time. But I look back on my time here, and I can't help but feel like it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  electronics. It's where I realized that I can too can be a "maker," that makery ... a Real and Cool form of making. I can speak on Metropolis/The Deep ... training session each week. During open hours, MIT community members can come

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  thus any adjectives may be attached to it. It can be apocalyptic. It can be dazzling. It can be destructive, or it can be beautiful. This ... has not demanded anything from us, we can imagine it to be anything we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023