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  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  One of this year’s admits asked me how MIT sets you up for grad ... , in general. Where you end up for grad school has less to do with the ... Ds, too—you don’t need an MIT undergrad to end up at a place like MIT for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  on Tumblr In hindsight, I am positive that signing up for a Tumblr ... enemies and wore bandages for pants. On Minecraft I would stay up till 5 a ... you, essentially, and don’t do it if it’s not. Here, I dug this up for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... of laws and ending up on various rooftops around campus. Hacks could be considered “pranks” at any other school but since MIT makes up its own words

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  ’ll end up with some amazing choices for where to attend school for the next ... sick right when I got back to Boston after IAP, so up until a few days ... either side of us. Eating lunch during chemistry lecture. Staying up late

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  wanted to be when he grew up. I reached for the right words to validate the ... put up with me, and it would be an even bigger miracle for a full ... up with people for no reason other than to derp in the hallways and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  I would. I grew up in small towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, and ... , however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For ... occasionally shop for bok choy and Asian pears, but I don’t think it’s known for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
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  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  really as difficult as it felt? I found a deep appreciation for how my many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of ... MIT has brought its own set of failures. It's hard not to get hung up on

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  interesting title. I ended up TAing for him for three years. He chaired my ... was also one of the toughest for me to master, when I did improv at ... , I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the

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

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  Previously: Boomeranging. Content warnings for detailed discussion ... -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was like for me to go on medical leave for mental health reasons. I’ve been

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

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  later, I woke up at 3 pm after sleeping for 14 hours. With my eyes wide open, I lay on my bed—a strange feeling emerged. I didn't care for work ... beautifully describes IHTFP at MIT. I hope this post touches you like it did for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids ... making stone-cold mistakes about all of them. we’re still growing up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  . Others, like Rhino and SketchUp, have associated plugins that'll do it. To ... inputs for length, width, and height. Make a rectangle using your width and ... too limiting most of the time; they're a good starting point for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  bootcamp and lived alone for ~3 months with a job and a nasty commute - my ... 'm introspective to a fault and end up writing overly pedantic spiels. On my 6-hour ... pass the time ended up being a 2000+ word stream-of-consciousness. So I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  get a P or your class never shows up, there are no letter grades) for ... things, it's up to you not to jump down their throats and scold them for it ... I have finally made it home for the holidays. Let me tell you, there

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  Some days, I feel good. Some days, I feel like I can work for hours. On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... Messenger. I work for an hour, and then I’m lying on bed scrolling through my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
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  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  , and cookies-up-for-grabs that turn into tea parties... I love checking ... about UROP opportunities, or asking my chemistry TA how to make up a quiz ... print for writing-centric high school classes like US Government and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  came. Some would call me foolish for getting this wrapped up in the job ... up the mail (for real), so it's on the way. I'll be thinking about all ... 'm too tired to dig up the post so I'll give a quick recap. First you apply

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Class In January, I made the last minute decision to sign up for 6 ... display it on the LCD. After asking for some help from Jay, I ended up ... , implement, and create a presentation for our final project. I teamed up with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
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  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  post it. I fail at life, I know.) I woke up on Wednesday morning at 11 ... answer review questions for a paper before my 1 PM 9.12 lecture. Because I ... ignore the paper for another 42 minutes and watch this week's episode of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  minutes for him to identify a medication I’ve been on that sometimes causes ... ’ve had. It stretched to four hours and left me nonfunctional for the next ... of the term. It was doubled by the work I had to make up from the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012