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• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  /minor/concentration-related thought that has ever so slightly come into my head? It led me to think back to being a high schooler and how one of the things that worried me ... how college has led me to not pressure myself to stay in one lane or

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  definitely didn’t want to write about the things that made me sad. We’re all ... pain but that scared me, so I never finished.  I think I don’t want to ... . For me, these steps are to go running, [annotation note="like maybe

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  .031 as much as I do, even though it’s slowly draining the life out of me ... interested in getting to know me- personally- other than my resume, or my ... friend (also international) calls me and swears she’s moving to Canada (she

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  me write this blogpost. I love you and miss you a lot! My name is ... me (hint: amazing people!). I also want to warn you that my perspective ... admission process for international applicants here. 0. Some info about me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  means for me; trying to get seven hours of sleep, eat at least two healthy ... held me up during the semester, and talking over our hopes and fears, I ... delights and troubles that life hands me. Yes, academic pressure is real, but

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  Hiiiii allll!!! It's been far too long since my last post! Let me ... 've finished! Yay! Seeing the P on my report card brought me tears of pure joy ... stressed me out a bit. See, I was gonna write a musical programing language

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  makes the difference between me getting my degree here as opposed to from ... world-view shifted, to force me to see things from a different perspective ... process get them to learn about me (action and reaction). My degree would

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  -long exam my room had to evacuate. Great news for me! I had just gotten back ... brain refused to give me anything to write. My eyes were so dry and I just ... expressing sympathy for the students involved (without me even identifying

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really ... entire song as loudly as they could – except me, having never heard it ... made everyone around me feel like maybe maybe mayyyyyybe they finally

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been ... for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... being connected to MIT has provided for me. But most of all, I miss

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  overtook me. I could not do math. I failed to comprehend chemistry. I wrote ... incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or ... wanted desperately to return to “me,” to do PSets with friends again, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

    Christina T., Me, Erica D., and Jen L. representing MIT in ... 't blame the polar vortex, this time it was all me. In the JFK layover, I ... wanted me to teach --gasp-- math and physics. Physics. We're talking the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  was addressed to Christine Peterson Fitzpatrick, and it informed me I ... mistake. No no, they told me; the letter may have been a mistake, but I was ... me feel like they didn't even care. Almost ten years later I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  sentences of Blue Mars before an elderly couple came over and asked me whether ... and wearing a MAGfest badge. Me: Hey! Do we have a fridge in our room ... room that we are (surprise!!) sharing?" Neighbor: Yeah. Me: ...Oh, really

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  wonderful, because my mom packed me a lunch, but the trip there was less wonderful, because I did not pack me a lunch. It ended up being twice as long ... compartment after I asked him not to do that. Bus driver who wouldn’t let me

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  seemed mapped out for me: follow the degree requirements for whatever bio ... design has always interested me - whenever Apple came out with a new ... /marker and paper.   This also gave me a great excuse to finally go out and buy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  would have told me that they got into MIT because they danced around with their application package in the snow while chanting, "Accept me, oh ... remember my dad looking at me with his honest, slightly concerned eyes as he

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  one of the greatest opportunities to help me develop as a woman. My ... -long bonds at MIT. My freshman year, the process of Recruitment allowed me to ... that the choice I made was the right one for me because I looked at every

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  ’t have any free MIT wifi. But the biggest change for me is this: I am not ... ’t like it, you have narrowed your options. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve really ... ’s not the career for me. Last fall was the big moment when I told myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  basement of one of the main buildings. It's the best thing ever. Me: What happens when you reach the wall? Answer: You use your feet to stop. Me: Oh ... Juan '12: do forgive me for telling the world about this) apparently did

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011