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  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  can’t get jobs at career fairs. I can’t emphasize this enough: this ... . Disclaimer: most of these people were working in Computer Science—but I also ... programming classes, but I’d never worked in a tech company before. But by

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  i can see how far others get when they push off and glide, or see how ... underperforming. sure, half of the people in a class are below median, and i've been in that half several times now, and i'm lucky that i've never really

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  entire show that Valjean never sings at all. I was Javert in my high ... mutilated me recently, I posted the much-requested "before" picture in my last ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent ... passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I ... Michael Waldrep. October and September: I took weekends away. I camped in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  responses in one document so someone can read it. MIT is stressful and I don ... questions in my DMs and asked publicly and on the IG live that I really wanted ... in a couple of weeks, and I still have moments when I walk past little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself ... that advice. I do it myself sometimes, usually when I'm in a terrible ... the "college experience". In order to be fun at parties. I always hated

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  's technicalities. Okay, can I perform in the class? Honestly, I'm grossly unprepared ... room, that's 30 minutes. What are some MIT things I can do in 30 minutes ... . Do I really want to major in 6-9 or 11-6, or am I actually just

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  September 11th, 2001. I was a freshman at a new school in a new town in a new state; in fact, I was still living in an extended stay hotel with my ... make sense of them again. I watched TDS nearly every night in high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  turn in to Admissions. While writing my essays (oh how time flies), I ... special kind of courage. I know some of y'all may be in my shoes in this ... important as well. After rush, I settled in my dorm pretty quickly and got to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last entry where I talk about the horrible trigonometric torture I endured in ... think I have a fictional character crush on Piz. I can’t help it, he

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  Chicagoland Gallery[/caption] Beading in particular is how I honor my Ukrainian ... recap of what I did between graduating and becoming a full-time artist (in the most non-linear path I could find on Canva): Somewhere in there

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  starts -- they put up the fall 2005 schedule in late May -- so I don ... year, and we can all connect the dots on what that means. (I'm not ... take 21A.100 (Intro to Anthropology) -- I'm concentrating in anthropology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  pride myself in knowing titles that I can genuinely respect as masterful ... . MIT encourages a love of knowledge that I can't help but soak in. But I ... easier. I figured MIT was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I should

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  at prioritizing. I mean come on y’all. How can I choose between ... .”   2. HUBRIS (aka, Biting Off More Than You Can Chew). Sometimes I ... ...inspiring. I mean yes, I could go to that talk about “In Vitro Vascularized

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir ... out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... 't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  I've been taking the time to explore some classes and activities in Copenhagen that I haven't tried in a while. I took a pole class, a week of krav ... learning? I found a studio in central Copenhagen and took a trial class

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  history book in the form of blogposts). And when I first started out ... I haven't! Yay! Insert digression here:   When I was in my ... digression here. In any case, I also used to hate tea. I thought it tasted

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  and unavoidable reflections on how I’ve been feeling once again. So ... myself I was starring in. And for the most part, I would argue these ... a plot relevant enough to need them there, too. In my head, I was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  than two and a half years (i.e., five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our residency requirements. If you have been enrolled in college part-time, you should calculate your full-time term equivalency in
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  home ruminating about things i could’ve done differently in college, and ... spend in college. if i knew about covid i’d have spent more time exploring boston in the time i was actually there. if i knew everything would be

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021