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  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  possible way for me to get done before 4 AM. Here's exactly why it took me so ... . Trek out to the suite kitchen to begin problem set, hoping to get about ... .) 9:53 AM: Back to pset. mCPBA is the most commonly used peroxyacid to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  this: the best way I know to honor her is to be a strong and good and ... when it comes to losing the most important person in your life, there is ... construct meaning from my everyday life and that the best way I can do this is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  want to do when they get out. It means that the MISTI kids are precisely ... D students/post-docs so I’m again the youngin’. I’ve been able to get to know a ... drop out of my time either. The summer is a great opportunity to rest and

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  possible for me to get into MIT without foo?" The answers to these questions ... have to be creative. There are a lot of ways to show your creativity in ... , outstanding intellectual aptitude, a desire to use your knowledge in the world

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  paper, I was the [annotation note="Usually the last author is given to the ... is given to the author who leads the project and does most of the work ... of trust in me. I would get to shape the story, develop key methods and

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

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  suburb outside of Madison, WI, and I was actually the first person to get ... -Madison. What inspired you to get into limnology? It's like the (awesomer ... willing to get mauled in pursuit of our interests, she by vicious animals

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  process, which is really what the essay is supposed to do in the first place ... Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students ... impressed by my response to my upbringing and family situation. Like, about to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to ... army is a lot like getting rejected from your favorite college. That ... reader is in when they peruse your essay, or what the rest of that year

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  believed that what stands in the way becomes the way: it is only by moving to ... 've come to believe that this is the only way to do anything that's truly ... try to snag the one solo seat, all the way in the back and to the left

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  end, as I said, is that I left. The means to that end are worth talking ... is what happened to me: I started out as the girl who got a reasonable ... , not in any meaningful way. It was easier to write than to talk. My best

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  enough" is easy. The challenge is to admit that the way you study doesn ... and forget to ask your TA about. Maybe you keep one eye on the answer ... exhausting routine. At the very least, take a walk. Get to know the community

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  your inbox. please come and visit. oh, and by the way, i hope to see all ... sadness in the world ok my fourth crush is in the works so i need to get ... syllables so your goal is to get as many haikus as far as you can count Can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  , or, in this blog post, your home for the next four years—it seems to me ... biked to class in the morning, always surrounded by forest and mountains ... with other people. You stop defining yourself by your grades and start to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a ... benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your ... have done to help you get to where you are, not only by telling them so

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  Aero/Astro department that he's one of the best undergrads to come ... ranked, and by the time he was accepted, he had been to Junior Olympics ... Fair. The fair is held every year at MIT, and Adam's award (a trip to a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  'd just have to meet them. The best I can do is try to introduce them to you ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... confident in declaring that Burton 1 is the best floor in Burton-Conner. Maybe

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  . The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good ... Bible. This is why some Bible verses are like And then the LORD said to ... 't getting an A in this class. WHY? Your work is not good enough, and here are

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  taking the time to learn the "long" way. After all, MIT is a marathon, not ... normal physics class in every way. From the outside, it is just MIT physics ... .100L. You have to decide this switch by the end of the very first week

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  . This post is Part 1.0 of my favorite ways to burst the MIT bubble, dedicated to Downtown Boston. Boston Common Located conveniently by the Park ... -watching! There is plenty to look at besides passing humans as well, like the old

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  , which is this: How do I get in to MIT? And here is what I tell them ... , liberated from the pressures of not having cured cancer by your 18th birthday ... is your "hook." But what if you don't get into MIT? Well, you may be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010