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  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I ... underway, we write. We put pen to paper the old fashioned way for 15 minutes ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  reflecting a lot on what it means for me to be a computer science major and ... mentors and coaches to write referrals for interns so that they can skip the ... to stare at code for 6-7 hours a day. I could never be a code monkey

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  just for the day. After that, he had to move me back to my original ... easier for him to say "Sorry Charlie", but hassle he suffered for my sleep ... Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department (or EECS for short (or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  for 21W.758 aka. MIT.616). I'm usually really bad at talking to ... Workbar   I usually only go to Central for art supplies, so it's fun ... I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  freshman year, but generally the first person I went to for help with ... during high school. Competition here is more difficult for me to spot ... by just overexerting myself.  Learn, for the first time, how to

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  is closer to a complete end, something chosen for its own sake. The ... , for the most part, handle difficult classes. I wanted to walk out of one ... for the future. Each of those skillsets corresponds to a set of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... Pressure." You should take the time to check out all the results, but for ... WORTHY!" (honestly, it's hard for me to keep those feelings in check

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• 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 ... visited Caltech, but I didn't want to pay for or sit through the flight from ... As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  if it's so snowy that nobody can leave/come to my house for anything ... $50,000 a year to pay for tuition. As such, parents want to see that ... lecture (more than once (for an entire semester)) b) I decided not to do

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  casting agents for the next season of Game of Thrones and just happen to be ... for pretty much everything, I had no idea how to rebuild, but eventually ... was applying to college, the single most important thing was for me to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  “youngest Asian American to run for public office” and “Forbes 30 Under 30 in ... to strive for. And if I’m not going to accomplish anything or be ... responsibility to succeed academically to pay back my parents for all the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  asexual people describe. For example, not really wanting to have sex, aside ... anosmia, up until they were asked to describe the scent of a peach for ... visas, even. Pretty much everything was set for us to go. One Sunday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately ... hours dedicated to grinding out reports for this course, I have finally

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  last week. I still had a four- to six-page research paper for 4 ... -day Thanksgiving weekend doing a problem set for 1.00 (Intro to Computers and ... work for 21F.701 (Spanish I), even though that really amounted to maybe

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  of your essays to do this for you, but it doesn’t hurt to do it ... vouch for you, but your application is your only real chance to speak to ... , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  dignity. A waterproof laptop sleeve for your laptop to hide in when you ... not as safe. It’s a good idea to lock your laptop for bathroom or lunch ... might want to install Linux on your computer and start using it for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  good for their admission chances. WARNING: You are about to encounter a ... rigueur activity that everyone needed to do in order to look good for ... New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... me. My summer adventures, the time I felt for once I was beginning to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... to notice and to contemplate. it's hard for me to really wrap my head ... for so long, and i'm excited and terrified to see where the chips will

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018