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• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  heart soaring. I’ve suddenly found myself busier than ever. In the past ... Biotech Group and the UROP office and went in without many expectations ... on, but when the direct funding deadline passed and I had nothing in my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  For many years I have written these blog posts from a cubicle in room ... longer there, ask me in the comments about the hidden vault in the secret ... , part of the the Institute's new front door in Kendall Square. The new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  like a moment in time, sips away like a bottle of wine. Here I am ... in diary pages and used calendars. Another year until I acquired the ... to be held in a wiser person’s arms, safe in the knowledge that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  undergraduate admission in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions ... latest in this series, from Pat, who wrote me earlier this week: Hello ... Thailand in Oregon. I saw a TED talk from my current Ph.D. advisor, Professor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  remain most interested in facilitating the reflection and investigation ... . In my work with prospective college students, (as an admission officer ... ) thing that the reader/admission officer needs to know in order to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  . You’ll have a place in no time. Anxiety: Okay, but what about that ... ’t just in “bad shape”, what if you’re incapable of passing 8.02?!? Me: I ... deserve that A in the first place! You could never finish your code all the

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  summer in Cambridge, it is still true that: my neighbor's adorable and ... can’t write about what it’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for ... thing you learned today in class, and so forth. MIT works by giving people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  of which were 6.0002. One of the four was 6.009, the second class in ... class in MIT's programming sequence, which is also, in fact, not 6.0002. I ... destroyed, and I found myself with unexpected free time in the second half of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... . Thank you for sharing your aspirations and inspirations with us in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  through some really bad stuff in my life. in the scale of things, it ... , which i planned to go to, because i was too tired. i spent the time in bed instead. i spent eighteen hours that day in bed, not all asleep, listening

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  ="things you'd find in a typical machine shop"]shop tools,[/annotation] like CNC ... 'd present at the end of May in a big Open House that anyone could attend ... job in tech,[/annotation] the transition into doing fabrication (with

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... to the students in my CMS class about the RIAA lawsuits that were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  hell if I know what’s actually in any of them. While I finish packing the last of my clothes and move onto the items in my desk, the same questions that have been floating in my head for the last few weeks resound once

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ; You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just ... 'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever ... grants me a rare solitude in my suite kitchen. The counter is clear, all

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  . As I took my last midterms, handed in my last rounds of psets, and ... my undergraduate career, or perhaps ever too.     But in ... our goodbyes and promises of keeping in touch and future reunions, it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much ... deadline to remove from your transcript any class in which you were currently

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  wanted to teach about Love is that it was my primary game framework in both middle school and high school! While I didn't do anything worth while in middle school (except for some dumb game about passing bills in congress

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  -of-Semester exam I'm taking the day before I fly home, and 2 session exams in mid ... final papers -- due in mid-June -- to count for the majority of our marks ... examinations. Throughout the summer, I'll be interning in the US, and won't be

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  it done in time, but that left me no time to give a good go at 6.006. i ... 't have enough hours in the day - not enough energy - not enough days in the ... need something to snap me out of this stupor. --- working in boston

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017