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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  and motivating you to "do well," your success in college will ... you have some HASS paper due in four days and you haven't read the book ... Langer Lab is in about 24 hours, or that you really need to start blogging

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... city (Ooooh, you mean to tell me taxis aren’t just in movies??). I met

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? On keyboards in German internet cafes, the y and z keys ... talking about Pabst Blue Ribbon beer (you know, being in Germany and all ... you can still appreciate this: David Hasselhoff : Tom Cruise :: Robin

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  could share in the joy!" Well, now you can share the excitement! [I ... the important people in your life. Mostly, we just hope that you see ... The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can’t do it. You don’t know how. Even the most ... .001 from my interview - and you can bet that I learned that material extra

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

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  those students who particularly like the Boston area, you can also look at ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  students who particularly like the Boston area, you can also look at Boston ... send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website if you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  biology, you can sprinkle in some more bio. If you want to be an engineer ... Cookie to top it off. Yum. College is when they stuff you in a chef ... you alone in the kitchen you’d probably burn the place down. But in the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving ... spend the holiday with the family (Mom, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin -- in other words, all my relatives that are currently in this country). And

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects ... . Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz ... , knowing that we can only take fewer than 400 people during Early Action. I assure you we'll treat your application with the utmost skill and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  : As you can see, it is best to use a hook size that matches your yarn ... , but the latter is more sustainable. [annotation note="You can take 8.01L. You can drop that class. You can table the extracurricular"]You have

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  finally took the swim test! Yay, now I can graduate. In a random bit of ... on yourself and that you can accomplish and succeed and produce and ... speaking, grad schools are only interested in things you do that are related

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  will be monitoring the blog through the deadline, so you can ask here as ... November 1. They can arrive and be processed well after this date and you ... coming in. If your interview was conducted and you want to let us know, you

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  Classes at MIT will have you looking at a subject from about three ... calculus and seventeenth century history in equal measure all in a span of a ... always loved math is probably working in my favour as well! During

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  earlier than international students [annotation note='you can request an ... .01[/annotation] [annotation note="you can take the Advanced Standing Exams to get ... in on August 20th, earlier than usual upperclassmen [annotation note='you

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  manage your time, certainly, that crucial skill you can show off in a job ... by you I mean of course me, can't enjoy music the way you used to. Can't think about what you want to do with your life. Can't consider your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in cans of Red Bull. In tooling, in frats, in lectures, in hacks. In ten ... a MIT frosh? You can always spam However you want But just remember

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: - Prioritizing sleep - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A RELATIONSHIP: - Honesty - Depth - Laughter THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO: - Save

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  alum told me he’d seen on Youtube some years ago that you can hammer ... can just be bent how you want it to be! That’s kinda cool yo.’ Cutting ... a great deal of force — but sometimes it doesn’t. You can make the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022