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• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do i have unsolicited tips for you

  

  at MIT. I have to prove that I can do it myself. In retrospect, the ... physical MIT ID. You can get them at any kiosk. I don't understand why the ... This week, I worked as an Orientation Leader (OL) to help first year

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  sometimes, but it can also get in the way of the reasons I began writing in ... . I became interested in songwriting after listening to Olivia Rodrigo ... among dark churning waves. In tenth grade, I entered a writing contest

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... of it all. When I strapped on my helmet and pads, in my mind I had the ... underground. Instead, I was met with this as the entrance: As you can see

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  where I felt I was meant to go, imagining how I’d install a WiFi enabled LED Matrix on my dorm door, how I’d bring my cooking to my friends. It ... ? How had this moment that I envisioned for so long ended like this? I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  the general store), I can still remember exactly how it happened ... dark ages of 2006 (in my day, I read my acceptance letter by candle ... , just didn't shower? Me too. But seriously, congratulations! In my 9

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  the effort I've poured into everything in my life thus far." I sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... , and probably will be unable to avoid doing so in the future - I don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  graph’s title—in this case, a single word—can affect how people report its ... the full-size version. I’ve been looking at how changing the title of a graph can affect how people remember the data it contains

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  . Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological engineering and neuroscience and double minor in history and music and I was ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  it, and those who love it. You can find me in the former. If I ever ... hours perfecting my email’s filters, labels, and everything in between. I ... my Gmail account, and for the first time in quite a while I was so

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  I can tell, they only make the problem more complicated than it ever ... asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you ... may have sent in one of those little response cards asking if I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  , and oftentimes even while doing [annotation note="I can only do this if ... my brain. And now that I’m at MIT, I can only occasionally do this ... ever again! As a side benefit of obsessively using Libby, I can go into

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  how good a post can be. i am optimistic by nature, so whenever i ... me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit ... description. i’ve written about this idea before in the context of meeting new

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  today too. And I'd love to hear how you're doing :) ... what the day holds can be scary. Or exciting. Or overwhelming. You ... a time. Because today is special. Because you'll never be in this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  interested in the material and can therefore contribute and participate more ... journalism, how newsrooms function, and the science news coverage in daily ... So while I like to pretend that I don't procrastinate sometimes, up

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross ... we met. In this post, I describe how we've stayed in contact (and even ... time zone mismatches and Zoom fatigue got in the way of calling. I took

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  citizenship status. In the MIT first-year admissions process, you are considered ... applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If there is a change in your citizen status during the application process
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  their classes this semester, I thought I would show off how naked and ... nothing. In fact, I think this will be one of my busiest semesters so far. I ... expanding to fill its container. I am enrolled in 45 units, which is 3

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  't belong here, or like I was just in the cosmically wrong place. I didn ... , Asymptones, NaNoWriMo—but I enjoyed the camaraderie, enjoyed learning how to ... story still sticks in my mind. I've told it over, and over, in a way such

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023