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• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  whatever this is (a blog post? A stream of consciousness diary entry? The ... stop talking with yourself and talk to the reader? Oh god there's a ... this is a good metaphor. It's more like an increasingly simmering volcano

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... life or how much you'd learn in each class. There is so much learning ... -frequently, will be remembered. You might take a whole class about some topic and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  ,[/annotation] that there is a limit to that is rough. But it's also important. In my ... there are things you really want to do but can't bring yourself to begin ... Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  age, people feel a lot more tolerable. The world is a lot more colorful ... here." And I stood there for a minute, laughing to myself a little ... stronger than before, knowing that there is no ill will or wrath driving my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  myself instead." You can see where this is going. Especially because I ... 're a brand new man, and the brand new you is confident, composed, and ... friends can't be that hard. All you have to do is say hi, shake hands, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  is playing sonatas by dead composers. You too, can play sonatas by dead composers! (Can you tell I never got into piano after all? Such regrets ... ways, this is entirely true. You come to college and you’ve been

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  , Autumn is slowly creeping in. You don't notice her at first - but there ... colleges) is quite often a way to help you know more about the school, for ... detail on the application (how can you convey a lifetime passion of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  Ahoy there! It's been a [annotation note="more precisely: 6 years, 4 ... looking at a baby photo. This site is both ever-changing from new voices and ... . This city was where I learned how to advocate for myself and form a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  before, suddenly, there is a clearing and you can see off into the valleys ... -dominated environment of Boston, and then feeling like I can do anything, like there is so ... course, there is nothing like the pure joy of meeting a friend moved away

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  everything -- none of us do (item #5). I know that there's a class where I know ... inherently means worrying. Instead, I think the lesson is, "if you're a ... imagined. One big part of that rightness is all the ways that I can see the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  problems can be in my grasp. 8.022, my love makes me a fool Since I, to you ... bit too attractive!" (Darn right.) "Is (girl's name I can't quite ... need to give you some context: a ridiculously eventful Thursday. A BRIEF

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  Tube Channel</a>.</p> <p>This is, in fact, the 30th anniversary ... , gimme an A, gimme an S...' cheer," which is a personal favorite of mine ... , (0-12-0), and you'll be eligible to win 10 MILLION DOLLARS or a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  ever blog about is architecture stuff - but who am I kidding - it literally consumes my life. I complain sometimes - okay a lot - but deep inside, I really would not have picked a different major at MIT. I am SO

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... "hey do you want to pick this up?" and neither of you put a date it won

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... . There were a few teachers who were very invested in my college ... to say that it's the "top sliver" because there is no rational way to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  knowledgable about. Inspiring a student is hard, but we thought that the first ... excited to be in the middle of the country seeing a part of the US that I ... week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  Rolled - and it was a very different website then. There were no photos, no ... then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have ... that's where the money is." Well, organizations love Facebook (and other

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

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  all that is graded. Once June hits you take EXAMS. Exam Structure There ... is that you can answer questions for subjects you're more comfortable ... your knowledge. At Cambridge there is significantly less graded

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  conversation. Maintain a conversation. You're a fucking human being, how hard is ... common theme I've noticed is that a lot of this is self-imposed, that I ... like you. "You're so pretty!" Throw a compliment back. "Oh my god, stop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  pajamas, there's no question of going out again. Here, you can be in your ... you know is looking for something to do. And there's always somewhere to ... thought that counts, and the fish is delish. -A glass bottle and a bundle

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012