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  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  light, or learned how to in bruised capacities. But even then, there was ... problem your friend figured out in the time it took him to pee. You sit in ... that we had only two goals for the rest of the semester—to have fun in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  this particular topic. She is going to guide me in how to make circuits ... not originally intended as a blog; I just wanted to get my thoughts out ... , and on Tuesday the professor emailed me to “check in,” which has never

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and ... interested in airplanes than spacecraft. Three years ago, I planned to graduate ... -year-old high school senior planning to graduate and major in computer science at

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  , things have been crazy busy. (Perhaps at some point, I'll eventually get to ... was actually in response to an admitted student who was deciding whether ... 'll struggle to get good grades (I know grades aren't everything, but I'd like to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... used a ladder to get in and out of bed. Rather than the conventional four ... sure liked to get in my food if I wasn't attending to it. One morning, I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  August 2006, he asked me to marry him in Killian Court with a bunch of tour ... to take pictures in the museum, and we got this great picture of us ... research and development office in Cambridge. Adam is the go-to guy for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  , interesting. I get to stand in people jams in stairwells and shudder at the ... different campus layout. I look forward to lounging in our non-mahogany rooms. Despite that, I’d recommend anyone interested in the liberal arts to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  weekend to be over. Back in 2011, my host’s neighbor was an aerospace engineering major. Given my interest in the major I was curious to hear about ... 's possible and common to be so deep in piles of work that you will NOT be able

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... here in Israel) is something that forces you to stop. It can be ... want to do when they get out. It means that the MISTI kids are precisely

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors ... money in application fees, counselors get mad at you for making them work so much =p, and you have to narrow your list down after you get the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
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  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  company instead of graduating. This term, I’m back to get out of student purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But ... in my own life too. I live miles away from campus (which used to seem

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  has become painfully clear that I stand next to no chance of getting in ... how to study on your own in the absence of a teacher or curriculum ... somehow managed not to get them. Recently I took the SATs as well, which I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  "]basics of cooking,[/annotation] but it's very easy to get caught up in the ... way to model a cube in 3D? Certainly, there's a very easy way to make a ... learning the [annotation note="how long to cook a steak, what spices work

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in ... area and asked if I wanted to get dinner. Rejoicing that once again ... ability to make future decisions, either as well or, as in my case last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
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  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  people having strong feelings about how ‘easy’ it was for me to get into ... . Affirmative action is just a way for black people to get in college easier ... ). This in turn leads to things like casual use of the n word by non

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  a lot to get down and little time to do it, I’ll write one long ... full sentences. If I really need to think about it, I’ll write in Spanish ... entered Kindergarten with. There isn’t a lot to do in a small town, so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
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  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can ... stressed I am, or how much work MIT is, or how to handle it, because I ... 3, my floor, seems to like movies. It’s how we relax. Our floor lounge

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  out to get you. They’re so kind, in fact, that they give you an entire ... always bond over how much work that they have to do. It’s an instant ... you'll get to join this elite Nobel club one day! 4. It’s a meritocracy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  thing to get under control when you are feeling overwhelmed and/or anxious ... this as many times as you can until you start to feel better and more in ... . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon ... changed to toothbrush, if you happen upon me anywhere in the greater Boston

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009