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  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  might be nice to my face, but I know they were secretly upset. They didn’t want me to succeed, no matter what platitudes might escape their lips. It’s a story I’ve heard from plenty of people. I needed to be careful

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  poster on which are listed "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate". Out of ... "), touristy ("Have your parents take you to the North End"), or non-MIT/Boston-specific ("Go to a formal"). I've never understood the attraction of formals

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  crowd lining up all the way out to the building 56 Athena cluster ... .) LSC GUY: Hello, and on behalf of LSC, thank you for coming to this free ... , here to talk about his movie, Doug Liman. DOUG LIMAN: Hello, my name is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  , because we're edgy and unconventional, our equivalent to a regular college ... their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to ... Course 6, I can firmly attest to the fact that our lounge sucks, and as a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... to be an admissions blogger read, Once, years ago, there was a Great ... day. Time and time again, a younger version of myself began to nod off

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  appropriate for the situation, like you wouldn't walk up to the CEO of GE and ... appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover. 5. Do your homework! If you're going to an event sponsored by a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  biked to D-Lab to weld. I’d started a new project two weeks before finals ... was scrambling slightly to finish. On the way, however, I passed people ... [annotation note = "residents of Random Hall, the soon-to-be last bastion of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Too Good to Just Tweet About Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT)...

  

  promise as we approach mid-March, I hope to have some more blog updates ... , I couldn't just tweet about it - I had to post it on the blog, too. Maybe one day personal robots will deliver valentines to our doors

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  shortly thereafter. I'm pleased to let you know that we're on schedule to ... , March 17 or Tuesday, March 3/18. Decisions will be available online to ... were deferred in Early Action (the system is unable to display decisions

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... , but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  to the website Then read the News Office article Finally, watch the ... director Michel Gondry was here just prior to CPW, he made it a point to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My MIT interview was with an elderly alum, known to me as Mr. Neighbours, who was one of MIT's Educational Counselors, or ECs. He had retired to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I ... nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first trip to this campus which I think really changed the way I’ve viewed my

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  This year, I’m volunteering with the MIT Educational Council to interview students applying to MIT. During one of my interviews, a student asked me for ... moment, I felt so much panic. “Oh no. What am I going to say. I literally

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... research. Some of it provided clarity for what I didn’t want to do—my destiny ... . I didn’t go to career fairs or recruiting sessions; I didn’t upload my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  Policy to RL circuits as you can see from the picture. With four or five ... most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time out of class contributed to mastering the material. For me, I cannot

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  heading to MIT one hour and then think that I wasn't getting into my ... know the professors will accept it. So I wanted to reach out to you, MIT ... College Confidential forums. Now, don't go to these, but there are whole

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  Today is May 1, the conventional deadline for admitted students to ... haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a ... from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018