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  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  to what I was going to do and I was fearful of not being able to ... boss by doing things perfectly and working as if your life and future ... influence change? What am I really good at? What do I enjoy doing? I became

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  and loved to do were likeable enough, whether I was even an interesting ... , here are some things I do to keep myself sane: Poi Poi is a member of the ... around my body in playful arcs.   me doing a butterfly ^^;  

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  ’t confound “enjoyable” with “probably a good thing” but I do value the enormous ... susceptible to the Sad types of illnesses at this point, I do think being around ... to music for a bit, think about how much work I had to do, think about

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  difficult. I’m sure you can guess what I’ve been doing..... (*drum roll ... overall was harder. There’s also a couple things I’ve been doing outside of ... seemed, in my head, like the school itself had a brain, and was doing the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  's around 30 pages), the task was quite impossible. After all, how do I pick ... things to do in three and a half days of little sleep. I would love to ... welcomes the prefrosh? The students and staff are not doing it for tangible

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  . I graduated in June 2014. Now I do astronomy research at the Max ... from The Other Side of college: one on where I live, one on what I do on public transportation and in bed, and one on what I do at work. on where I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  comfortable place to be. Pro tip: ATTEND YOUR PROFESSOR'S OFFICE HOURS. DO IT ... introductory experiments. Eric and I will be doing them in this order: OPTICAL ... speeds, and show that these do not exceed the speed of light. We also use

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out ... realized they could sell aspiring applicants drafts of their essays. They do ... education" to bllllllaurhfhasklafsafdghfalkasf. Do not do this. Do not allow

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  It occurs to me that I haven't told you much about what I'm doing ... to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on ... from me is doing some crazy-impressive mapping of the Whirlpool galaxy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  people who might want to do the same. Who are you exactly? I'm Flourish ... convention to be held in Florida in June. What do you do at MIT? Like I said ... Hogwarts, students actually get to do practical work with potentially

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  availability on campus is a little scarce. Do you have time to cook, even if it's just once every two weeks as part of a co-op? Or do most kids just end up ... UROP, does that become your primary extracurricular activity? Or do you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  kittens" "How do you litter train kittens?" "Size of 2 month old kittens ... old are my kittens dammit" "How do you get kittens to sleep at night and ... your kittens to walk on their hind legs" "Why do cats look at me like

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  learning communities). I'm hoping to do a spring UROP, too. I'm pretty ... will consume. Do you think that, even if I got the position, being a ... of what you can do and be involved in. As you go through MIT, you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  MIT students (being, ourselves, awesome) do for the summer. So if you ... MIT students do during their summer "off"! Annelise Beck '09 (Courses 5 ... ." Teresa Giblin '11 (Course 9, of Senior Haus): "I'll be doing a UROP in the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  things you do at MIT. To be honest, I really enjoy them! I get weird looks ... picture of the skylight. But I warned you! Why would you do it anyway ... everything from the entire unit on the board. Solve the practice tests, do

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  slightly more sleep than I do at school and my caffeine intake is far too ... college, it’s time to do all the things that I should have done more often ... , having picnics by the river, playing Frisbee on Kresge lawn, doing psets on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  my friends made up. It's also apparently a term having to do with ... you need to do before you're prepared to take off (see the analogy ... 'll eat healthy and exercise, if you don't do it on your own now, you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  /statistics class. From Anna: Do you know anyone at MIT who came from a rural area or ... school to get admission in 1 of the best college like MIT. Do you think ... transfer admission, I'd say do well in your classes, do some research - stuff

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester ... was great. It is not always possible, as our alumni do work and have ... chance to meet the alumni who will be doing their interview. Here I'll put

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  year-round? Seriously? But when do you get to wear tank tops and skirts ... knowledge) and major in it. I know it's nice to think that "you can do ... up doing the molecular/cellular track, even though I had very little

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006