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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  location. It’s important to never lose track of the things that make you ... -set I turned in one Ed Sheeran song before the deadline. Needless to say ... , you definitely don’t want to know. A few times, I sit on the floor and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday ... ordinary that I often forget all about them before I get the chance to ... photographic documentation to jog my memory. So without further ado, I bring you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the incline. As a way to help with your tension headaches, I propose the ... of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP. Here are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  the most important steps in putting on a successful show. Six hours ... noon for soundcheck, 8 hours later we had put on a show! I want to thank ... “Other duties as assigned” is a concept well-known to admissions

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... life at and around MIT, I highly recommend the Lavender Guide. "May 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  governing factors to guide my list-making besides "I'm just going to list a ... reading led to this: (I call this one Shoot Buttons, I Knew I Should Have Taken a Math Class at MIT) See, I wanted to write a post on stuff I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  , so, unbeknownst to him, I'm commandeered his office, kicked out on his ... definitely get used to this. Hopefully, you feel the same way about the new ... legendary, landmark effort. Ben's central use of blogs to speak honestly and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  years—it seems to me that what you choose is a lot less important than ... is. That’s not very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as ... Today is May 1, the conventional deadline for admitted students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes. Obviously my response is directed to parents, but I thought it was important

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  recommended and which appears to be important for admissions. Would I, as a ... extra 40 minutes each day (3+ hours/week) that you would commute to the ... how important is taking an SAT II science test? I had been planning to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  thought, I had already. Failure is nothing new to me, and, most importantly ... exactly what I needed to do to avoid the same mistakes. Most importantly ... know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  to actually write a blog. Life has been good, but busy. I’m taking ... ."]main thing[/annotation] on my mind, and I've been meaning to write a schedule ... like about my classes, the reasons I'm excited to take them. I’m on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  important to the ecosystems surrounding their home rivers: spawning salmon ... , which I came to appreciate over the two years that I did this research ... things, then you can write down equations to plug into a simulation, and

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  -curricular accomplishments, whatever. One of those has to take the bus an hour and half each ... announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... respectful, thoughtful, and in many cases difficult to answer. Especially for

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  post comparing applying to college to applying to jobs. It's job ... return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things, where you're done with the process and don't have to run the gauntlet of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  , if you want to be a good scientist or engineer, it's important to learn ... professors who teach classes hold office hours for students to come ask ... /molecular/cellular biology department with a lot of people who like to do computational stuff

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  mentioned I moved to EC on the blogs... oops, that might be an important piece ... to my decisions over the weekend. At my office hours for Calculus ... 1/3/22 The sentences just didn't seem to flow as I attempted

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  . Thanks society. Every once in a while it's important for an MIT student to ... one to do when one discovers an un-blogged aspect of MIT??? BLOG IT! As awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office ... travel season, we'll prepare to read your applications. I suspect we ... ). Having an interview is an important part of our process. Check in with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  often fail to take into account the important of context, of the humans ... This semester, I'm taking a wide array of classes, from music to media studies to English, and as a result, I've had to consume a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023