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  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  checklist for the ages. 52 THINGS NOT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO BE ADMITTED TO MIT ... performances, or to write lyrics that use Boo as a pronoun.) Do not use words that do not exist... irregardless of how much you orientate the direction

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  straight up told me that I was going to do it. I practiced hard at home and ... knew that if I thought too hard about it, I wouldn't do it - so I put ... . L, put my trumpet to my mouth, do my thing until the rest of the band

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  . Forgot what I was doing for this code assignment and totally lost? STUPID ... say I can’t go to this event I had said I was going to, I do it, because ... ;   And I know, that I wanted to be faster, smarter, to do all the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  grand visions for senioritis in college. i would go out all the time! do ... the cosmic fabric of the universe, you certainly can do positive work for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... 't matter as much as what you do with the opportunities you're given there

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  notion, but I think it's useful in interrogating why we do things. Consider, for example, the following hypothetical conversation: A: Why do you ... "]UROP?[/annotation] B: Because I need a job. A: Why do you need a job? B: Because I need

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

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  'm developing my traditional mid-winter cold. I have way too much to do in the ... the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System can do to you. Despite my cold, I ... idea what I'm doing," I was pretty proud of myself, although I'm sure all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the ... done. I try to work, I really do. I spend time sitting in front of ... do it if I tried, but I’m just not trying hard enough. When I think

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  other words: you do not need to have had a blog for a zillion years in ... you *can* do it. When the application came out, I was in the middle of ... I said I'd do in a zombie apocalypse, and don't remember how I said I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  awhile I do get that itch to come back and write something. And thus I ... First of all, I want to say that I do 90% Skype interviews, and 10% in ... -person interview would be difficult. Of course, I prefer doing in-person interviews

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  ’t work, or is inefficient. Maybe you spend a lot of time doing problems you know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do ... key while doing practice tests. Yes, a poor performance can sometimes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  We are confused about what we want to do with our lives and thus what ... . We chose this major by thinking endlessly about what we want to do with ... stick with 21E (doing both course 6 and CMS stuff) or just drop the course

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  , remember what it is that makes your heart sing, and keep doing that ... . You are very brave for doing so!   But if you get sad, let yourself

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  , statistically, people do with YouTube videos) I won't blame you. Self ... what I've been doing this semester, good lighting/focusing

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  . Need blind means that we do not consider how much financial aid we would need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is ... example, if you do not see your country listed, do not take it to mean that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  school admissions. Now, you do NOT need to be worrying about grad school as ... why you want to Do The Thing MIT did not convince me to Do The Thing—here are the things that did Do research and/or work to discover why you

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

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  get into MIT, but I do believe you're all guaranteed for success just ... soon, my question "what encouraging words do you have for applicants ... , dear applicants: not only do you have my full support but you cleary have

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  really evaluate what I like about my major and what I want to do. Before I ... , we have a block of time to either do assignments in our curriculum or ... do technical interview prep. 74% of my program's interns from last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  About a month ago, a parent asked me: "What do all these majors ... my mind lately. (And by subject I mean aw-maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing ... decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  backlogged self-reflection and emotional processing to do, so it’s actually ... I’ve also been doing a lot of concertgoing (relevant zine lol ... do useful things. 2. It is sometimes okay and necessary to run away

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017