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  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  [/caption] Now, rank the categories in order of importance, and rank classes within ... a number of different course planning websites (and apps!) to choose ... " /] Firehose is one of the most popular schedule planning tools at MIT. You can

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  effect on my life, so it's no surprise that I spiraled into a disarray of ... 'd be locked inside of my home (aah) i would've told you a year ago ... a waste of my time" or "Yeah I really should've gap yeared but oh well

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  first semester of my master's degree here. GPA isn't that important for my ... Twitter. Since my blogs do a decent job of encompassing how 2022 went for ... want to improve into a few goals. Like, I haven't been eating well and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  field. For so long, I had put off taking any initiative outside of class ... of a fear that I wouldn't do it "right" or I wasn't "smart enough" to ... of myself for doing these things, and even though it seems kind of

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

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  enjoy it, for a glimpse of a hot field as well as a bit of the research ... -year undergraduate student at MIT, a math major and one of only five current MIT ... effectively as most of her peers. A short paragraph can take Y half an hour to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  okay to incorporate multiple elements of yourself into one essay as long ... this was kind of helpful and gave some insight into how I approach any ... Note: all of my MIT essays can be found online so if you're curious

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  ’re into this stuff, but in the interest of not taking too much of your time ... it. This idea is importantly intertwined with the concept of consent ... Economics is a weird kind of science. Like biologists or chemists

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  turning the font of your well crafted essay or statement into the size of a ... Hi Everyone, The Office of Admissions is closing for the holidays ... probably important to get some information out there for people regarding the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  's like, they were inputted into the neural network of my brain and the ... much of a case for why self-knowledge is important, and I’m not sure I ... these women had no obvious dealbreakers that I knew of, so I asked him why

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... ." ___________________________________________ Prefrosh!!! We have Early Action adMITs now, and the circle of (admissions

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  Sunday rolled around. take care of yourself! as a student, it's important ... living group, Burton Third, has been the most important part of my MIT ... OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CPW!!!! Class of '26, we cannot wait

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  the biggest fan of group work, hard to get into class 21G.704 - Spanish ... One of my favorite things about college is browsing all the classes I could hypothetically take and imagining my futures in them. Of course, the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  new information about my life just dropped [ from the archive ] roses, thorns, and buds

  

  of my junior year, with annotations where things are now drastically ... about being on the organizing team side of things!  During team meetings, we like to start off with an icebreaker that’s some variation of slay

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • February 21, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  . Second, and more importantly, the song shares the title of this year's game ... 's game, what went into its design (sneak preview: the lead engineer of ... on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  The month of January felt like a whirlwind this year – it was filled ... of video. I was definitely busy, filling up most hours of my days with ... feelings tend to sneak into my experiences at MIT, but I think I've found

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  note="one of his last memories is getting knocked out by running into a ... source. But can you use Wikipedia as a source of entertainment? If you ... a source of academic knowledge that might help me with my courses and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  Longtime readers may recall that I am a big fan of the His Dark ... think my entire theory of the blogs, and what we try to do with them, is inspired by a line from the Amber Spyglass, as the ghost of an old woman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... of goals for this semester: Be less lazy. Yes, it's freezing cold ... think it's important to let the people in your life know that you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  order of decreasing importance) marshmallows, hot dogs, hot dog buns, a ... to pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome. No summer ... , right in front of the departure gate boards. Maybe they were upset that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012