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  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  start getting up in arms about not getting to stay at MIT, keep in mind ... , in general. Where you end up for grad school has less to do with the ... admissions is figuring out WHY you want to put yourself through grad school in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all ... why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How ... this post I'm going to highlight one result in particular: Some might

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  , and in general how have you experiences been with the classes at MIT ... '04, Wolfe) - There are a lot of requirement-filling "perks" to this ... Course 9 majors, with a heavy systems neuroscience focus. You get to play

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you ... ’re interested. Depending on how many poll results come back in, there will be an ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the ... walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to

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

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  already know why he isn’t getting to them. He isn’t sure how to start. I ... will get them to come. In my writing group we do an exercise when we all ... already know how valuable it can be to learn to write and express yourself

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  gets in the way of your work or school, you have to deal with it and ... the difficulty of adjusting to MIT called How to Fail. Since then, I ... project in Ethiopia. When back on campus, I continued to be involved in many

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... builds character. 37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  year for me. I was getting in to new things, branching out in school, and ... [/annotation] + listening to hamilton journaling, more like how 2 get urself to face ur ... As we say goodbye to the decade, it’s hard not to get sentimental

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  , unreasonable psets. The fight to rise will start in your subconscious. Without ... uninitiated? How many hours can you commit? Experts suggest 6 to 10 per week ... schedule meant I could obtain more money-yielding jobs. I added 1 to see how

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  't get close to guessing how long the website would last. Consider another ... than I give to, like how I go to SaveTFP and get free food, or how I ... , or how I'll go to International Students Association meetings to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  whatever you want. And get used to it. I want to double major in 6 and 2 and ... join. How should I optimize my courseload to get a headstart? I actually ... are where it's at. Also, it's really, really tough to get a C in a HASS

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  ambitious in job-hunting (may turn out to be a problem when I get out of ... classroom concepts in a practical environment, you get research experience to ... of pictures of the Stata Center to show how innovative we are. Now, as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application ... one way to be a living human person in high school and end up at MIT ... was to get service hours to qualify for National Honor Society come our

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  the language). I’m getting interested in studying how social ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... different life paths to get a more solid picture of where each of them could

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  Learn how to get lost. Make a semi-regular hobby of wandering around ... ’ll never get anywhere. Just accept that you’re going to be in many pictures ... chances of remembering them later. Take selfies with people as a way to get

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  function of how far you want every dollar that you spend to go. To get my ... seven weeks in, it's a bit more like learning how to swim. You can cling ... 't swim. Not because I wanted to come off as that kid who had done well in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

   worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a plane, let alone how to get around [annotation note="to be clear, my ... outline of what to expect when we arrived: how to check in, where to go for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  state of your paper. 3) you get a week to submit a rebuttal to address ... conference and make minor changes to resubmit to another conference due in two ... conference due in a month.  I chose… none of them. I chose to withdraw and to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  . Yet another way to get involved in governance at MIT is through Dorm ... -year student to take five 12-unit classes in the spring; however, there is also ... enrolls next year (and for years to come). How did these changes come about

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021