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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in ... /life boundaries: [annotation note='In fact, if these conditions persist, they can be ... need to routinize yourself. You can’t be going through the day distracted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  in the first semester is good. First, you're in P/NR; second, you get a ... out of the way. Pick an intro subject in a major you're interested in ... an opportunity to take something you're interested in just because you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  kitchen that you can use to cook food in, and if you get a few friends ... credit cards that can save you money by matching your spending habits ... you save can earn you interest in your savings account (you make money

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  's the best advice anyone can give to you. Your application is full ... in clubs and sports and whatever else you do... the essay is the one ... perfect window into that person. You're the best only person who can

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  it’s foot down when I try to be kinder to myself. Why can’t you just finish? Why can’t you just work? Why have you become so useless? I shudder ... weeks. I can’t: Sit still in a lecture, can’t stop my eyes from running

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... how hard you work, you can always be better, and as long as you can be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  got to hang out with Beyonce in the time since I was that age. I can ... every aspect of your life and personality in ways that you didn't even ... (true story: used to run 13 minute miles in elementary school; see above

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  - Blackjack. Though lazy and fat at first glance, this cat can go 0-to-60 in 6 ... space below as well as one overhead. In short, it meant that you didn ... kelly's: You might be upset by the fact that there are 4x4's running

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  , East Campus made that. Only bigger. See if you can spot it in the Bad ... vertical miles can your team climb? Oh-- and you're climbing between the ... baking of 10^4 cookies. In fact, they overshot: by the time the cookie-counting

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  during our short, two-week trip in the winter (you simply can’t miss one ... running water (such as a river or spring). You can clean up the site (often ... 're partners now! Let me know if you need to know people in Addis Ababa!", the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another ... you should do this week in 3 easy steps (results not guaranteed, though ... . You need to actually do the essays first before you can edit them. Just

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  Hi! I’m Laura ’09. You may remember me from such blog posts as What ... tell you about my life after MIT.  But in order for me to properly tell ... language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  church that will help you out and take you in. When she thinks of D9s, she ... . And it’s great to have people you can turn to hang out with or have a ... together can easily meet up. In order to be more accommodating, the chapter

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  , since it makes the "lead-in" a lot easier (you can basically just segue ... rest of the essay? do I really need it?" Can you post your essay? In ... money in application fees, counselors get mad at you for making them work

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  before heading in to work, I'm not even stinkier! Now, I know what you ... layer - that can tell you which roads are safe, which roads are unsafe ... improvement / justice through bicycling. You can get involved with Bikes Not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  FRIEND FROM MINNESOTA: where in minnesota are you from FRIEND FROM ... sing ME: music * * * FROSH: so what do you major in ME: aerospace ... ME: let me take you to shallow goodale ME: the best salon in boston

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  know what you’re doing this summer? Do you still plan to live in EC in ... ’s not acute. I haven’t shouted in the courtyard in frustration. I haven ... ready to be sad. It’s like, you know when you’re going up stairs, and you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  emotional growth? Can you list "became more emotionally mature" in a resume ... only ever be explained in retrospect. (Why else can we only tell stories ... again, in wide-eyed wonder that I get to choose which classes I can take

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  . Breathe in as long as you can, hold your breathe for six seconds, and then ... this as many times as you can until you start to feel better and more in ... , because a person in distress can not give you consent for touching their

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  where you live and hunt you down. Eek. Okay. I flew through the book in ... a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the desk worker, who put a big squishy brown envelope in my hands. I read the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011