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  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to ... college), and yet I've held down two to three jobs at a time pretty much ... , but you really need to realize how cool it is. Talking to some of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... summer called Austin Rise, which is a semi-pro team. I have practice three ... first and is now a G. Higgins is THE BEST CHARACTER he’s been a homie from

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  person, which is much better complex than a simple sum of achievements. Don ... opportunity is really a blessing in disguise. The hard thing is, the blessing ... school is just a place; it's what you choose to do that matters, not where

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... major is more of a personal journey, and these blogs are supposed to apply

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  , not a norm or expectation. 48 units is an appropriate load for most ... Note: Writing here is joint between Rona and Paolo, except when ... Program (CUP). Two weeks ago, MIT faculty passed a motion to change

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  I said I'd do in a zombie apocalypse, and don't remember how I said I ... wanted that job for a long time. 2. How I blog - the writing and posting process Looking back at old posts reminds me how much my posting process

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... define admissions with a formula is like trying to define life with a ... photograph of a swing and how that image says more about the world than any

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  order.) 1. The students This one is a no-brainer. Thanks to the ... . Everyone is involved with a million activities, which can be frustrating when you’re planning a meeting, but is generally amazing to witness

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself ... ’s mostly been caused by my having too much work on weekends, which is a ... ’ve been thinking a lot about how I’ve changed during my time at MIT, and I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  can draw a banana. In all respects, I can act like someone who is ... be an intense, visceral feeling, because it can be, and that is how ... English class. A friend told me how he grew up wondering why "red" and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• 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 is yours to decide. Take your estimate of how much time you think ... prepared for the day, showing up is often a much better choice than the ... sense at the moment. A lot of items contradict each other. Here is the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  post is too short--rather, even if I were told to sit down and write a ... post. This time, I have a story. The story is not about me (well, not ... is a village in Kaffa, SNNPR, Ethiopia. I went there several times

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  this year's Hunt logistics, compare it to how a movie is developed and ... sure how much. One of the reasons why I'm writing this section is because ... context when it comes up. What is CMS? I don't have a snappy answer. Like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  Humanities and Engineering. It is a super cool joint major that allows you to ... humanities field is CMS, or Comparative Media Studies (which is a really broad ... opinions, is the epitome of the epitome of using animation to not just tell a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  admissions officer emphasize how fair the selection process is? Even if ... same school, unless there is a recruited athlete, legacy or some other ... . Curiously, it is a byproduct of an extremely selective admission process that

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  was a fantastic twist of fate. How much would have changed if the ... . Being a senior at Stuy is much, much worse. So far, this year’s classes ... staff? Is there such a thing as too personal? I can't recall precisely

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  , dancing) be valued as much as a techie passion (like building stuff ... , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ... , which is 1, the first floor. A floor number of 0 is the basement. The ... is, it’s usually easy to locate where a specific room is. So once you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  not only is it your birthday, but you also just took your 18.01A final ... Family Guy, which is a pun on the fact that Burton-Conner has suites rather ... the turkey is usually considered the centerpiece of a Thanksgiving

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007