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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting ... GIR, and, of course, the overall decision to pursue an MIT education in the first place."]in your hands.[/annotation] You should do your best to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  's how I was in high school. I procrastinated like you wouldn't believe, I ... never had to work that hard. I was getting results I was happy with, and ... pull off the kinds of academic feats you're used to. Working full-tilt in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  idea how to get more specific.  My previous experience was all over the ... ! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to tell you about my life after MIT.  But in order for me to properly tell

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  a tree. in my freshman year, i aimed to get my [annotation note ... grad students in research projects. with urop, we get to learn more about ... where my mom had me wash my hair in vinegar to get rid of lice. to me

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if ... who get in vs. the ones who don ... list of their stats, and demand to know how they could possibly have been

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  's very easy to get caught up in the daily metronome of life, especially ... learned everything I needed to at MIT. But in these moments of reflection ... going to do. I was going to dive in head first, I was going to take the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  graduate. September 2019 What does it take to get to know someone? I could ... shop at Newbury; we could go to Prudential and complain about how ... 2020 What does it take to get to know someone? I could tell you that I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  're excited about. While I was in California in early October, I started to ... . You get the point) The best candidates to MIT bring much more to the ... score. MIT students are three-dimensional, are good people in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  ’re deferred, and you get trapped in an endless purgatory, living in torturous ... afford to relax. I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few ... ’t help myself sometimes. But no matter how much we tell you to relax - let

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and ... extra-long. And as far as comforters go, try to get something that'll be sure to keep you warm in the winter, because here is something I knew but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  that. How did we let it get to that point? It’s not just the corporations ... live, and how to live ethically, and how to live in a way that is very ... asked him what he’d like to say to students in his situation, undocumented

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  learn the material in your classes, but you will also learn how to manage ... will learn at MIT is how to handle failure in a constructive way. You ... yourself how you spend your time and money. The school you choose in the next

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  never get to hang out with Beyonce? Ugh, it's all terrible. Back in the ... 't get to suspend disbelief anymore, when we live in an era where planes go ... that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  need to think about work/life balance in high school because they had ... your work will get done—there is enough help around campus to not stop ... break! it is always tempting to take an extra day or week to cram in more

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  't really know how to apply knowledge. At the engineering extreme, you get the ... club to get off the ground, but maybe in the future... So I am a ... extremes. At the science extreme, you get brillant people who live in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... out into the world and get lost someplace new, and it’s just as nice to ... window, curl up in blankets with something good to eat, and escape to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  Year that I didn’t know how to study. I’d never needed to in High School ... 'll listen to, but you're also choosing the atmosphere you will live in and the ... important thing to do is to get your bearings. Whether it's your dorm, the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule ... summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  doing here? That was two years ago. In retrospect, that was just how I ... to go to Norway, depicted in one of the photos above; in the photo, I ... cosmopolitan cities in the world. My five-kilometre commute to work takes a mere

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  summer. When they offered me another chance to get involved in the program ... major in, what student groups and other communities to get involved in ... listing (a lovely modern apartment in Reykjavik) to get a better sense for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014