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  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  , celebrations, and sometimes songs. They are also a natural point to look back and ... anniversay of my MIT journey. 10 years ago today, I was just about to start my ... to cook, or contract histoplasmosis while exploring a cave. Looking

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that animates the sketch. When the Roadrunner points out to Wile E Coyote that he ... you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule

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

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It ... 'm saying to comfort myself.☺ Since graduating, I’ve been thinking a lot about two questions: why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT, and why I was keen to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• 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

  

  to connect high school students from those backgrounds with top ... to go to college?” There it was again, the dreaded question high-school-senior-me didn’t know how to answer. So I gave the only response I knew for sure

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... kind of situation (aka any kind of situation) is to make lots of plans

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn't swim. Not because I wanted to come off as that kid who had done well in ... marketable skills you acquire from college to land a job constitutes a good

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I like to mention that there is a writing requirement here at MIT. To some

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• 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

  

  I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know ... resulting mostly-unfiltered list of Things We Want You To Know When You Start ... chances of remembering them later. Take selfies with people as a way to get

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  off the TINIEST sliver at a time, in order to drag out the eating ... interests you - FOR A LIVING! You get to make connections with renowned ... perfect to me: my favorite activities are writing and teaching, I love all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  would cringe seeing this post), but I find it fun to read an analysis of my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I ... reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and ... …the last twelve to fourteen months. Even at the start of my junior year of college, I had no idea what I wanted to do after graduation, but I wasn

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  Act I: A (Probably Flawed) Introduction to Aristotle Although I ... ; often used as a noun or verb to refer to specific UROP positions ... something to put on my resume. A: Why do you need something to put on your

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  letters with actual human handwriting. I was therefore super pumped to find a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  much I'm interested in), and I really have to credit one class for giving me the strength to declare the major that I did: 6.08 6.08 is one of MIT's Intro to EECS classes, with each of the Intro to EECS classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  Thanks to Petey, whose ideas I am stealing to write this post. Thanks to Alan and Vincent for reading drafts. This post is dedicated to MIT ... wouldn't win a science fair. When I went to a party in SF this summer

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a ... first got to the office, our information sessions even showcased a picture ... classmates helped build.) I'm really grateful that Zack I. '27 offered to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  in any case, I was far too busy to contemplate what it meant. I met up with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... surrounded by this deluge of words and stories had something to do with my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the ... going to be useful or informative to anybody, except for future me who wants to reminisce back on my glory days at MIT. So, for future me: here

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since ... ago, a fairly lactose-intolerant resident of Random Hall decided to make ... ’t possibly hurt, he made his way to Shaw’s, a grocery store, braving and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  food. Not wanting a fight this morning, I ran to the kitchen, and dug ... to see what I had forgotten, what shoelace was missing, what sock was hanging around quivering in fear and hoping not to be left behind. It was

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013