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• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  solution was to that physics problem, while I would just sit there and say ... academically, socially, emotionally, physically, mentally (and every other "lly ... academics, and the college experience is not *just* the classes - it

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  physical wellbeing. So I scrapped all of the memes and jokes I made about my ... transitional stage between high school and college, all while in the midst of a ... creates problems, both mentally and physically, and it warps my perception

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  landscaper in high school it was my job to become physically exhausted. There ... physically tired from the last week, that was a sign that I shouldn't do any ... less marginally exhausting to read. One pragmatic reason why your college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  . I now realize that I am probably going to go a lame local college and ... that, I had tested out of the freshman calculus and physics classes ... equations and start with the advanced version of the physics 2 class we have

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  Technology, one of the world's most famous universities. MIT students are some ... Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland ... university are basically the same as the frontiers of human concerns, whether

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  be no “college” without the hallmarks typically associated with the classic american college experience: classes, clubs, a diverse group of ... .022[annotation note="Physics 2 (Electricity and Magnetism)"][/annotation]: the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  pictures from freshman year. I hate packing. It's so physically tiring, but I ... during the pandemic and me going off to college that my parents has

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  HAPPENS AGAIN IN COLLEGE. BEWARE.) Four years ago this time, I was sitting ... has developed for itself a spirit and a culture that no university can ... someone out to one of them. Party with Boston-area college students, get to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  , applying to college. This college may even be MIT. But, readers, if you ... college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you might want to apply for an internship. Just like applying to college

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some insight from these experienced college-ers. You made it! Happy Springtime :)

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ’s head designer Jony Ive recently described many university design programs ... on physical models (one early build challenge cost $20k alone), but it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  MIT’s other schools and the college. MITHIC will include seed money for ... university President, casually request an interview, and then get a response

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  though they may just live in this universe that you've created, has wants ... . As you fill out your college applications and ask for recommendations

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just ... come college life: trying to pick a school, a living group, a major - you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  University, Boston University, Olin College of Engineering, Berklee College of ... of other college students. I also valued the chance to try living off ... dream. Every day made me feel like I was at a college-student summer camp

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  that with me into college. I wasn't particularly well liked in high ... now in college and figuring out what aspects to keep and throw away ... , physical processes that are occurring to make these things possible

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  school or early college, far fewer students decide to 'take a shot' at ... 's widely perpetuated, particularly by science media and even college ... more than I liked physics." (This post you're reading is the long

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  when they talked about being hosed. On Monday we had a physics midterm ... that system but I didn’t. I liked physics C for itself but I also liked ... my physics professor. I’d googled her name the night before and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  place they want to spend their college years. The “weekend” itself starts ... , colorfully explaining physics concepts that I could only scrape the surface of ... your boundaries are mentally, physically, and emotionally. You will learn

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  present itself physically - via heart palpitations or sweating or the ... physically can present itself as tears and hyperventilation and the inability ... poor college students. Well, most of us are, I think. But allow yourself

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014