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  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

  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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido, dark beer made richer with beaten eggs, and my uncle taught me how to ... industrial town in the north, I taught debate to high schoolers ranging in age

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note="though i have some ideas"]what to do,[/annotation] and how to do it as

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... FIT: I cannot emphasize this point enough. No matter how (in ... also super convenient to many, such as those who require more food in a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make ... finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester ... to delve into some of the things I've been feeling this year about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... Monday, simply because I knew I wouldn't be able to focus in any of my ... others of you are stuck in that frustrating and seemingly interminable

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  about their children or where they were going or how to get where she was ... work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston ... , in the comments please let us know if you have other anecdotes to add

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010