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  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  they expected, so try to be open as much as you can. Gemini Many in the ... . Know the resources and people in your life who you can utilize when you ... because you can't decide on a college list. Try your best on everything in

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  taste in music, and I can tell you about all my favorite artists. Maybe ... , you can see above that I'm in Courses 18 and 6-3, which are Mathematics ... I've changed my bio, which you can view on my author page, once every

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  finally... (10) If you're ever lost in Boston, just look towards the water and you'll see home:     Fun fact: all of the photos in ... we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  for everyone, but in the end you can't imagine yourself anywhere else ... , schools, groups and so on. If you can find those pieces, you're probably in ... natural, where you can focus your efforts on achieving instead of diverting

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  in your life annoys or irritates you the most? Whether it's renaming ... lot like a pencil sketch. Then you fill the large strokes in, maybe ... ,[/annotation] so that you can build higher and higher structures. Similarly, making

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  admitted or not, can never fully capture our deepest belief in your ... that we can’t admit more of you right now. Many of you have a pizza our ... courage. In sharing your stories, you’ve taken a risk; you’ve opened your

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  about how you can't do this after you graduate. Worry about how you can't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in ... , literally everyone you can about it. Punt the decision and play board games

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  and nobody will judge you for it. So if you ever find yourself in need ... music room, where you can probably find me crying/angrily singing: The full results from last year’s poll can be found here, if you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general, not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some ... you will all enjoy it! It is a bit belated, but all the footage was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the ... ; the Disposable Razor Wind tunnels (invented at MIT in 1896) Radar

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  wait until some of the other postdocs come in. 9:15 AM. Since I can ... C. 11:40 AM. I write in my lab notebook. As you might expect, my lab ... decide you want to live there, can you pick that dorm for the second

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  , and -- if you’re in a field like mine -- you can do your work from ... the first time, and in academia no one teaches you how to do that; she ... hard and that you’re in good company. The reward is that you learn what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  bike coming home from cheerleading. If you disagree... don't tell me. I ... prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively decided to present An Actual Day in My Life, Fall 2005 Version. 8:15 -- The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard ... few weeks. I can tell you with a fair level of certainty that it is just ... officers showed in you when they selected you for admission, it is not really

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  you cook oatmeal on the stove. You boil a cup of milk. You can hear it ... off in a film on their own after you soak them, and cleaning is easy ... in the world can have breakfast or building cities or improving

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  we are trying something new! if you'd like to consume this blog in ... ! if you prefer reading your information you can read the blog down below ... in reality, you were admitted because you are already prepared. If you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  the time I got home. Some days, you just can't do it, and it's not a negative reflection on you that you can't always be running at 100%. Some ... first semester of college and can't figure out why you keep forgetting

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  in Ethiopia in 2016. (You can get the full story in those two blog ... “dry”. In other situations, if your water sources conflict, you can end ... included) need oxygen, and you can’t find much oxygen as you progress lower

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  would suggest: Learn to prioritize and balance. YOU CAN NOT DO ... there is not anything that you are genuinely interested in, then you ... (which can also be read “what is the minimum that I need to do”) in order

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  . Writing well often means “being in the flow” and if you are not there, it ... in college. (Yes, you will have to write at MIT even if you are a math ... start with a few in your head and see what happens to them as you begin

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011