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  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... fullness. Now that I’m (fortunately!) doing a lot better, I remember only the ... working on the Pi Day video. And while I was doing these things, I really

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  "words of comfort" - they are advice to help you do well. If I had to pick ... should know about the interview is that... 0. Do It! If you're offered an ... you should do some preparation work beforehand. Some good topics

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  that are relatively unprocessed. I would be doing readers a disservice to ... a lot to get down and little time to do it, I’ll write one long ... habit, but I do think it is a compulsion, which I am uneasy about. So, a

  • by Ella T. '25
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  social media posts and do some ~research~ like things for MSEF and it ... between urgent reminders to please for god's sake do your psets you dirty ... and it became a game of "So what do you love the least?", like asking to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  applied to do Interphase EDGE, which is a 2-year enrichment program. The ... student do you need to be to get one? Those types of articles feel like a ... ’t doing all that much. I was tired, all the time, but wasn’t sure why or how

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  anything and everything else, once you’re on one side you do not want to ever ... , most people do not need other people to understand that they themselves are special. When I meet people who do need me to understand exactly who

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  categories. Lab and other school things I do less often than lab Since I ... in the lab full-time doing research. Eventually I'll finish the ... my lab -- we do take MIT UROPs. At the very least, come have $1 ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  hopefully help you proceed and answer a big question: Where do we go from here ... 'd like to do some light studying or review for fun before MIT begins, then sure! But do not spend this next year constantly studying, studying

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  you really believe that you were meant to do something, then nothing ... control all we can do instead is change the way we think and go about those ... requiring me to do that consistenly. I had already asked for help dozens of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  grad student!) at MIT. So naturally, we had to do a blog post together ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I ... yourself these questions as well!) How are you doing today?   Bryan

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  Robin, should've volunteered that extra hour like Kim." NO! Please do NOT ... , whatever works). Let's do it together: In my circumstances, I tried my best ... ! Wherever you end up, whatever you end up doing, we're confident that you will

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• 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

  

  Attending MIT. MEETING PEOPLE AND DOING THINGS When exchanging phone numbers ... people you do see every day too. So I guess just make friends ... . Say yes to things. You will get asked to do many things. You should say

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  fights do, on twitter and facebook. (cue flashback music) Some brief ... nerds procrastinating psets are want to do, MIT students hacked the poll ... huge hidden treasure. Will Hunting Janitor. Mathematician. How do you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  : "So where do you go to school?" ME: "Oh, I go to school in Boston." HIM: "Do you go to Harvard?" ME: "No!" HIM: "MIT?" ME: "Yes..." HIM ... reason, I do feel like sometimes saying "oh, yeah, I go to MIT" sounds

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  class, but I didn't. So it's okay. "How are you feeling about it?" What do ... it obviously bothers you." I guess that he's right. "Why do you tear up ... consequences? No, I do not want to play chess. "You have to get used to losing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  ." List your skills for us. How many programming languages do you know? I ... application. "Tell us about something you do for fun." McGreggor and I ... stayed up until a totally unreasonable hour doing my 8.03 pset, which I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  chancing may be fun, or a way to blow off steam, or just something to do ... prepared to do the work at MIT, you will not be admitted, because we don ... demonstrated academic preparedness - as the majority of MIT applicants can and do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  night, working, working, working. i'm trying to challenge myself to do a ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  ’s more of an “I now live a post-MIT life and therefore my weekly updates do ... why do I have this thing, anyway? Throughout the process, I reflected on what I was doing with family, friends and professors out loud, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it ... to. Keep the future in mind, but live in the present. Enjoy what you do ... all into everything you do. You’ll probably miss at least as often as

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012