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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  the summer, so that moving back to Next in the fall would be easy. I ... moment, though, I try to keep that analysis in the background and cherish ... the most efficient operations I have ever seen; you walk in, they look

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote ... far, I've deep cleaned my dorm room, put in necessary work orders for ... are there. Next we have "apple," and what I presume to be "apple" in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  . there’s one short scene i want to talk about in this post; it is probably ... ; let me give some more legitimate examples: i played piano briefly in ... i could sit in front of the piano, know where all the keys were

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... , and in the last few months, I feel like I’ve lost my way more than I ... “sophomore slump” is a real thing. In general, I think everyone goes through

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... in the summer after 11th grade.
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  go for a hot cup of cocoa, but I realize we don't have any in the house ... : "...It would be hard for me to choose which to attend, if I didn't have to ... applications for MIT. One word I would use to describe application reading is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate ... and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for ... should try to move in some direction. I wish I were more convincing, or

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  ... my bad. Meanwhile Mr. Prolific has logged 43 entries so far in 2007 - I ... 'll definitely have some openings in the fall and I'll post the application details ... -fed at every turn. Even though I lived in Berkeley and Oakland for over a

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the ... Workshop  After meeting with my advisor, we agreed that I would take three ... Listener. I registered full time for all four, half convinced I would drop

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  there were a Ph. D. in learning everything, I would do that," said Sal ... 2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a ... arms in the air, and yells: "I'm SATAN!" The man at the register looks

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  would inevitably meet our untimely, grisly demise. I was wrong - that was ... then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have ... himself over to your house and would let himself in and begin eating your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  . Athletics. If you are an athlete and would like to participate in one of MIT ... included. Research papers. I think research papers are best talked about in ... 'll be most interested in your research experience: how you got interested

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  -and-tank-top-wearing days to finally be upon us again, I have also been in an application ... shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in ... each, sending them out to whoever I believed would give me honest

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  -- since I didn't come in yesterday (I was up in Maine at Adam's ski condo watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7 ... do this again?' But I digress. The indomitable Adam won third place in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... ." I've found solace in my writing classes and creative outlets: writing ... 'm reminded of why I'm at this school in the first place. Being an MIT student

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  thing I would say to this is be careful; it is so, so easy to burn out ... the beginning of the rest of your life. I know that when I sent in my ... (and trying to decide if I can make the hurdle over the guy sleeping in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  modification of language which many people would think of as controversial. I don ... idea in itself. It would take a period of getting used to, but we know ... would make sense in a professional setting like an HR department. But

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... time, I flirted with the idea of majoring in History at some really ... , as a complement to my life (aka. I don't have to actually "major" in it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase ... , "who would know anything about this?" and i said "no one who's now here ... know what we're doing in a few years, no matter how well we document it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . In fact, the thinking has already been brewing. As I'm talking to my ... important and life-changing. Some people even get engaged in college - how ... "success"? In the meantime, how do we prioritize? Just my thoughts. Feel

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011