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• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  people's—it's okay if I don't snag a tech internship or take engineering classes or join lots of clubs, because I'd rather allocate my time in other places. It's okay if I don't sell a novel before I turn twenty

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  her shirt inside out), in life as well - one will experience very bad ... weeks I will have spent a few trillion hours taking three midterms (two of ... mostly incoherent emails. I will have been in several meetings, broken a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  : While you may not navigate a nostril, or surf through a river of lava with ... incredibly important. No one goes through MIT (or any school) alone; the help and camaraderie and collaboration with friends will see you through even

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  . Essigmann/Sarah webcasts, but one or two more will follow before decision day ... budget... well that or go make friends with a few Course 6ers. * There

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  fast. Crew at MIT is one of the largest sports, and our only Division 1 ... reevaluate the number of sports they have, but MIT sports will always be a big ... here. If you're interested in athletics here, or student life--or heck

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  're choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged ... something useful or intriguing to the team, from a wonderful temperament or ... richly varied team of capable people who will support, surprise and inspire

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  'm living, and will that place be a community or just a bunch of people who ... -five biology programs, and my training will be excellent at all of them; what I ... hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to work hard? Is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  whether to attend or not by May 1st. Not admitted means that, unfortunately ... will thank whatever deity (or deities or lack thereof) I believe in ... the required standardized tests on or by the November test date and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  forces or electric fields properly - but in the long run, you will discover ... daylight savings! - watching the clock on my computer go from 1:59 AM to 3 ... week to do a pset (or two weeks, in classes like 7.01x (Intro Bio)). But

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  're grabbing a quick bite from Yoshinoya or Matsuya (remember gyuudon? - this is ... serving of the noodles (sometimes comes with a slice or two of extra meat or ... another ramen! 63. Best part? Look for restaurants that offer free oomori or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  PREMISES 1. This is an OPINION post. Not a suggestion post. I'm not trying to debate about housing or even recommend to you what you should do ... how much my opinion matters or would apply to future students, but here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  . It doesn't take any guides or YouTube videos to start figuring stuff ... 't appreciate if you whip out your laptop or phone to write something down, but in ... functional, that will motivate me to use it instead of seeming daunting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  social connection, aka reaching out to people and trying to foster new ... activation energy to reaching out to people isn't as high as you think, and doing so will definitely be super rewarding :)

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  ? Or do you know other people I should interview? Comment below or reach ... seek experiences that will make you grow! Jocelyn Luizzi: My channel is ... , hanging out on campus, talking about my MIT experience, or reacting to the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  a tough sell. I thought that all I had to do was to show up and tell ... smart, hardworking, and destined for greatness. I will be very proud if my

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  stories. Jerry told us about these haunted dolls people sell on eBay, and ... his name, since he will be working in admissions next year. The next

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  , to explore or visit certain places or meet up with cousins and friends ... everything will crash and be sad :( Our project happened to also be hosted at ... still live. I will probably write another blog post about the second trip

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  -shaped table with a puzzle on top. Five or more days a week, eight or more hours ... with someone. So, I reached out to Ameer on Slack and said "Ameer! Let ... friends like every other week or so, so the need to check in virtually often

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  in writing and analyzing world events, but I was unlikely to ever will myself to learn a programming language or systems architecture if I hadn ... in Malawi. I hadn't applied and been accepted to any software firms or

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  playing on me. You will have the most freeing, most independent, most experimental and hectic four years of your life, they tell me. You will feel your ... some silly 9-5, or throw you into 4 years of graduate school, and you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022