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  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  forgive me! If it makes it any better, this is a very long and fairly ... . 6.006 (Introduction to Algorithms) was a bit of a nightmare for me, so ... warned me that the Design Project expectations were unclear, the papers

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  blankets out of old MIT shirts, but the idea first occurred to me as ... sent me a few pictures of the quilt in progress. I gotta say, I still ... 't come for me"]Fencing was an amazing time[/annotation] and I'm glad that I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  the 2019 THINK team saw in my proposal but THANK YOU for believing in me ... stirred within me an excitement for... life in general. I know I’m being vague here, being around such passionate people made me excited about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  , sucked the soul out of me more than I thought possible. And honestly, I ... , I think I know what I like to do, and what makes me tick. I like my ... broke down, dumping me into the deep end and soaking my map, leaving me

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  ) it's terribly frightening and 3) it makes me sound like a try hard. But ... possibility for me. Naive Afeefah believed she would never have to fill out a ... making a decision made me anxious. For many nights, I chose to simply go to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  college dorms didn’t fully hit me until I walked in for the first time. For ... to me by Maya K. ‘19. “So the whole black-light dragon fiasco happened ... , it reminds me of Tetazoo’s traditions like “pancakes,” or making baked

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  meeting all the incredible people attending this school with me ... Cormick sewing room. A friend kept me company as I skillfully employed everything ... had other plans for me. I am currently doing some work redesigning the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  .” Me? Awesome? Clumsy, sure, but awesome? Needless to say, I stood there ... -science/advanced-combinatorics hybrid had me stumped. I have since then—by which I mean, a few seconds ago ... great amount of hard work, but MIT saw something in me, and in everyone

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  title of the word file Dora sent me. thanks for this awesome blog! :) by ... , so, you got me. There was no ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny ... be a much needed break from all the math and science. Now don’t get me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  classmate next to me opened up her Google Calendar (complete with tabbed ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it ... just means i have to prioritize earlier) I do keep a Post-It pad with me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  happily around campus, letting wave after wave of indolence wash over me. My ... me, exactly how, we're still a little muddy on, but there's certainly ... way. At first, for me, this did not go very well. The first notebook

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  's just the better choice. (Yeah, Apple's really not paying me for any of ... olympiad or something like that. If anyone could help me with that I'll be ... conversation: ME: But you think this is a good idea? HIM: As in, doing it? ME

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  help me? Right now I am in the 8th grade. And what exactly is a problem ... do/did you swim? its all about the 100 fly for me (and unfortunately ... so it was kind of a big change and major deal to me and i noticed it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... . It was a great job, and I'm very glad I had it -- having a job made me ... term. After interviewing me, Morgan asked me to join his lab, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  Tralza: Which [Harry Potter]book is your favorite? No! Don't make me choose ... , last year during CPW he told me he liked my (personal) blog and asked me ... 've totally confused me about where you actually live: is it connor 2, 3, or 4

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  leaves me with English I, II, and IV at the end of my junior year (For ... Professor who will be willing to see my work and help/guide me in solving some ... . would help me!!!!!" We're an admissions office, not a scientific journal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  class this semester. I took it mostly because it would help me when I take ... representation theory part still eludes me the most. I feel like I will need to ... nice and accommodating, but was sometimes too smart for me to understand

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  work for me this time. I grew up as an only child, so I thought that ... from MIT and kind of looks like me :) Nora> watched some of Gilmore ... gear for a MITOC ice climbing trip and the trip leader told me to kick

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  like me right now. I've found that it's useful to identify your power hours, the time of day when you work best. For me, that's an hour after I ... me, I'm horrible at estimating the time it takes to do something and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  excitable little girl. My father told me all at once over the phone, and I don’t know if he realized how badly this would hit me. Maybe I didn’t realize ... while, and then her condition continued to get worse. My aunt called me a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018