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  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... difference in perspective relating to what applying to college is supposed to ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  how they manipulated me into believing I have to get everyone’s approval ... fourth post in a four-part series, so here’s some context. I went to the ... Boston. It got delayed, so I had to stay in Boston for another night

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in my practice gear and taking down the decorations in my locker. So, how ... about our successful regular season. Which leaves me to tell you about how

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  you could get involved in. Not to mention classes. College will be a ... 'll be happy to hear from you. 2) The first people you meet in a new place ... begin to understand just how many things there are to learn. 4) Do

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  so we don’t really know how to do it). In other years at MIT, I would ... lecture at 11, so I rush to get ready at 9:45, going through the motions of ... try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  investigating in the paper, and a description of how you're going to investigate ... pretty psyched to get in). The reviewers leave comments and suggestions for ... value, getting rid of the watermark in the draft, and trying to fit those

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  're gone.  Arrive in Zürich. Figure out how to get from ... whenever I wanted to, read a book, go hiking in the Alps, get to know an ... manager will be okay with that. Figure out how to get the exam proctored

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  . Sleepyti.me tells you when and how much to sleep so that you feel rested in ... and get chopped in half. Don’t let this happen to you. Finally, back up ... laptops in their book bags or purses, exposed to the elements. The thought

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  actually works in the lab where I’m doing my thesis--we’ll get to that later ... we’re now in a study group together. I feel like I’ve been able to get ... on MIT and I was fortunate enough to apply and get in early action. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  encountered this in college and had to figure out how to clean up my own messes ... over that snothead you used to get into shenanigans with back in high ... looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
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  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  refusal to learn how to do drawing on a computer."]Day 1: Web ... to tap xylem and phloem in the tree. The web secretes enzymes and a ... ; Day 2: Pocket In transitioning from a Web to a Pocket, the critter has

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... Find Them. We had met to discuss my interest in astronomy, and our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  Zoom dinner with them to check in and see how they're doing.   ... time to check in with myself and do a vibe check on how I’m doing. This ... weaknesses. As freshmen get used to being in this environment, many (including

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  wasn’t going to get accepted, I stopped being super formal in my update ... one to get in. There were two EA admits, and I don’t remember any EA ... MIT, and if you are able to get in from crafting “the perfect

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  the first time, and in academia no one teaches you how to do that; she ... Light) almost exactly the size of the Pantheon in Rome. To get there from ... . I had been given permission to call in from my office on campus. Two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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 / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  side, this meant that in addition to the ~12 hours a day I already spend ... like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... a page and seeing cold numbers on a screen to getting attached to you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  was hard to deny that MIT does in fact wipe the hard drives of your high school English Lit. education in order to install diskloads of nerdly lingo ... evolved need to consume nutritious minerals? In either case, the spacial

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• 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