Search

Search Results

• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to ... see the Sistine Chapel and Mona Lisa once I got here. Luckily, going to ... college), and yet I've held down two to three jobs at a time pretty much

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  support needed to make it happen."]ridiculous events[/annotation]. People ... again next year. The data has shown us what we'll need to do to win first ... peers dedicate so much energy and skill into making one weekend of bad

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  about how much energy I have to do “work”, or “productive things”, I have ... monthly level: And as much as I’d like to pretend that the past few ... don’t have the energy to do things, it’s okay if I take breaks, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  applicants from Wisconsin! When the reality would be much closer to: we took ... to accompany and support the claims I had made. As one commenter put it ... .   So let's discuss admissions data. First, I'd like to say that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  finish with flying colors. Sound familiar? It does to me, because that ... guarantee one thing:   You're going to be crushed   Now before ... here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  student does more harm than good. This is the first year I've gotten to ... lecture (more than once (for an entire semester)) b) I decided not to do ... for this test, this class is harder than this class so I need to focus

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  events is so much more than that. Food events are a great place to meet new ... to other prefrosh. Everyone wants to meet new people just as much as ... don't feel like you need to be on a strict schedule :) 11. For those of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  graduate. September 2019 What does it take to get to know someone? I could ... 2020 What does it take to get to know someone? I could tell you that I ... hope you enjoy reading mine. March 2020 What does it take to get to know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  --look not much different from a green apple to those who live in the grayscale ... for presenting recommendations to MIT administration on the needs of ... . ‘18, once pointed out to me how unjust it is that the media often seems

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  difficult to implement at first glance, but believe me, once you train ... education is to learn as much as possible. 2) Make all of your figures before ... Do you have trouble writing? Does it feel like a daunting

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• 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?

  

  again -- I needed an excuse to get back in the gym. I spend the bulk of ... For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent ... and brain and cognitive sciences, which means that I'm going to have my

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

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  home because I was crying so much, and when I got to my house my parents ... . Went to bed super late so I didn't have to wait once I woke up. Woke up ... . Apparently, my face was a sight to see. So yes I'm screaming and in much

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  club, the place would recruit a remarkable amount of energy to help pull ... counterfactual world me without help wouldn't have and I don't need to have ... isn't the piece of paper, but the lifelong ties to the people who I grew

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  them to my dad and asked “Does this sound like me?” In my essays, I ... spelling and grammar stuff. I could totally write a much less sappy ‘how to ... student chose to become part of MIT’s class of 2018. While I have nothing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  really didn’t want to. I learned so much during these times (Matthew 8 ... I’ve been trying to write a blog about Christianity and Cru at MIT ... ’m not doing it right, and then push it to the backburner. But now this

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  moment, let the impact of the decision hit you, and do whatever you need to ... accepted/rejected, because there is so much more to you, your abilities, and ... to survive." Mackenzie '17 - "What school you go to does not define

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

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  enough introvert energy to spend a whole day in my room just reading ... So drastic and inevitable, the leap from high school to college seems like the perfect opportunity to change yourself and become the person you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  for pretty much everything, I had no idea how to rebuild, but eventually ... Tuesday night, when I needed a friend the most. She introduced me to the boy ... requirement to graduate, but, you know, it is much easier to sit at home and eat

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  [annotation note="I won’t specify which, and I hope that you will never need to ... need to take two ci-hs to graduate."][/annotation] I wrote an ... does not require resting. Cut across the grain into thick slices to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  it comes to college applications than trying to do too much of stuff ... week before an exam you need to cram study for).   Channel Name ... course designed to help you learn everything you need to know for it

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025