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  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  evening you don’t have enough energy to do anything anymore. But this is ... itself up like clay on my shoulders. Maybe that’s why frosh energy is such ... opportunities to do this. I tell myself, I can hang out with people tomorrow, or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  crust.  The two things this semester that I put most of my energy towards ... their wings and putting in a copious amount of time and energy into ... integrity of [annotation note="Reviewers can't know who the authors of the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to ... for the ‘Gram? Yes, he would.” Then I muster up the energy to go to see

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  ) blew my mind, how my school was teeming with energy and diversity, how I ... was one of those kids. I made it here. You can too.

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  and you like consuming—so dumplings, certain energy bars, canned soups ... grain of salt. Making friends with other frosh is easy because you can be ... can learn something new from talking to anyone. You won’t be able to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  space, you can do most anything: I’ve taken naps on the couches, grabbed ... , friendly energy to the space)'][/annotation], to tell you more about it ... streaming capabilities and can be used to project presentations from a laptop

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  one more lap around the track, has been so that I can be a better soccer ... body at this point and who are one of the few that can say they’ve been ... that we can hear them from across the country. Wow, I will miss it. I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  [annotation note="Anyone with a bad idea can apply to receive the resources and ... errors when you can't see what you're writing. VI. Family Feud East Campus ... peers dedicate so much energy and skill into making one weekend of bad

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  professional blogging career. How can I... ...get sophomore standing? The ... metaphors for energy Me on my best (work-related) all-nighter ever Paul on how ... for Concourse, ESG is a really great program. You can also sign up for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... home to find dinner on the table. Hooray for boyfriends who can cook! (It ... energy in comparison to the apathy of my mother. Still, in my mom's defense

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  their sun, moon, and rising signs so that I can give them an "astrological ... ambitious people I know. And during the college application process, this can ... make sure you're preserving some emotional energy to get through your own

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  orientation for the class of 2015, in late August. You can see why these ... you make, or strive to make the smartest decisions you can in any ... as often as possible. The worst thing you can do in college - and in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  Friday(!), giving an address on clean energy. As prestigious as MIT is, and ... kind of work with energy or that deans felt would benefit the most from ... so that they can see what cool opportunities await them at MIT. This

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  long to grade our homework."]fair[/annotation], and students can augment ... : Each silicon wafer can fit 25 solar cells, so we had space left for other

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  , even with so much time, money, and energy invested in that outcome. Yet ... likening my next four years to learning to swim: You can cling for dear life ... 'll never know what you can accomplish until you push yourself. I also found

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  can't stop raving about you. And sometimes - as hard as we often try not ... you received. I can't (and don't) expect any of this to change how you ... many of you have poured so much of yourselves, your time, and your energy

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  question. "can you?" i asked. "the short answer," john replied, "is that you can't." two. in my continued adventures with the american ... ? john asked. you can't, i learned. and yet, we can work toward that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  club, the place would recruit a remarkable amount of energy to help pull ... challenge me even more to raise my own expectations of what I can achieve ... community while being honest in what I do, believe, and want so that I can

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  of time and energy since I kept convincing myself I was bad at physics ... that took a lot of emotional energy. I was forced to: Recover from the ... Perfectionism: I judge my self-worth largely by how well I can do things, the

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  's not worth your time or energy." I came to MIT wanting to be a chemical engineer. If you ask Matt McGann, he can dig up the essay on my MIT ... against MIT's Premed Data stats, we can talk a bit more freely: My MCAT is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011