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  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  My grades for the semester so far: This should keep me motivated for my final tomorrow. Final Exam 1 of 1 Wednesday December 20, 2006 9 ... /Sr P/D/F. So even if I get a C, it will appear as a bright and shiny P

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  will come this week. I know there are already many outlets for admitted folks (1|2|3) and deferred folks (1|2|3). Still, I'd love to hear from you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  corresponding arrows reach the top of the screen; you get points based on how well ... , which were relatively beginner-friendly, and then i’d reach the climax of ... jump every ten or twenty beats, the climax had 27 jumps in a row. i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  as I think about all of the prefrosh that will be checking ... House, Raul, tried them on. And they loved them! McCormick will be throwing it’s first ever Silent Dance Party on Saturday night, be there or be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  unsettled. Will they like 'the culture' more at MIT or at X? Would they rather ... Today is May 1, the conventional deadline for admitted students to ... pretext for further procrastination...but I will. Here are some blog posts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  't know what will come out of it, or what we'll launch with, but ... Upstatement, and I think their new website for us will be very good. Indeed, I ... ," or "MITAdmissions Beta," or possibly "MITAdmissions, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  applied or already been accepted will not be a Fun Time (unless you too are ... ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... open it together with your family or close friends there for support

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  major in chemistry or biology, most of these classes will overlap with ... to focus on biology or chemistry) Physics: -1 year of physics with lab ... -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  major in Course 2 or 6 (translation: Mechanical Engineering or Electrical ... information page, it appears that I will have to be identified as an aspiring Course 2 or 6 major for the rest of eternity, or at least until someone

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  school — the idea that people will judge me solely based on my research ... journal, and someone I’ve never interacted with will read it, and will think ... sense. That researcher sucks.” Or “That’s such an uninteresting thing to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this ... of 2010. 09's - whether admitted or rejected, enrolling or otherwise, I sincerely hope that you will keep in touch. It's been a true

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  basic tenets of Project Best Idea Ever are: 1.Get rubber inflatable rafts ... reaching your raft. 5.Wait until sundown, paddle further downstream in near ... 95 of us from floating aimlessly to our watery deaths or the Boston

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  ensuring that you will not drown if your get knocked into the ocean while ... fulfilled by taking 4 gym classes, or by participating in 2 seasons of a ... how to swim, just not with any style or grace. So I showed up on the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  for Biotechnology and Neuroscience, 10am-1pm. Next up is 9.24 Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System, 1-4pm—the final elective I need to ... exciting class of the week (or even the past 3.5 years?). It’s one of those

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  Meh. My last, like, three or four ideas for entries have not quite ... all sorts of profound ways. When I was a new frosh, I was temped on 1st ... and 1st East. 5th East was, I think, 9th on our pre-hall rush list. But

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  , scientists, and MD-PhD students. (Pictures from San Francisco will be included ... numerical response (or even a string of numbers.) For example, --Laura might ... Courses 1-24 (with the exception of Course 19 (which was called Metallurgy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  Arizona, depending on the season, or to regattas in the mid-West. My 1 ... earthquake in Japan or election signs popping up outside of Kresge. The world ... really ventured into the real world, or what the real world may hold for me

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  Smoking 1st East 3rd East No Cats, No Smoking 1st West 2nd West 3rd West 5 ... other places too, but I'd say most so at Random. You fight with swords or ... first time I heard of it). pika is an Independent Living Group, or ILG. An

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  hour after a 1pm class? Great! Time was so much more nebulous, and I ... a slope of approximately -1. The line is labelled "Unproductivity ... , but little time or motivation to do anything else. In school, I had an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  *) That’s right! Studying! Or psetting, or various academic ... have gone in (early action date was November 1st); the last ... them in one weekend just before the Jan. 1 deadline) (but would not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015