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  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  about 5 hours for work, or about 1 pset worth of time. Not much for a 4 ... sometimes 11:21 or 11:22 work just as well. When I rise at 11:22, I don’t get ... . Working too much is easier than working too little. Takes the pressure off

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  body is not pleased that I'm getting up so early. 7:54 AM. I roll out of bed and get ready for work. It takes a long time. I am not what one ... ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... having been admitted, of being at MIT. (Though, to be clear, it’s not ... way to start moving forward from a Pi Day that might not have gone the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  no! He's not dead! He's still alive and quipping things like, "So I said 'when you look at dirt, realize that it's not really dirt.'" That ... April 2004 and asking that very same question myself, and not really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  problem is not necessarily that you need to work "harder". Organic ... myself that I needed to work harder, work harder, work harder – after all ... was horrified to find that time was not the issue – I had no more time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  are excited to tell me about how they relate to MIT. Believe it or not ... ’m not interested in giving to MIT,” he told me. “I’m sorry to hear that ... alumni that whatever they’re concerned about is not as bad as they think it

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  : I don’t believe in the impact of my work, and I’m not challenged in ... frequently, and be happy with my work. Turns out the answer isn’t that simple ... freedom at night. Turns out working with people on the other side of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  's fine. Do you ever see such and such? No not really. I really like Yan ... , telling myself to study, and telling myself to not give up. My parents act ... are the ones who decide whether you attend MIT or not. They pay the bill

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  you might need to work up from the bottom but if it seems really dead-end/not ... following categories. Some of it is excellent advice. Some of it will not make ... every single day. Not to mention it’s a pretty good incentive to actually

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  about and working on my essay. And reworking it. Over and over again. The ... following had not happened?: Early Friday evening, I decided I hated my essay ... applications and perhaps working on their essays this very moment, and perhaps

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  online by a previous lecturer, and it was not long after I discovered them ... roared in wintry fury outside. I got to brag about not going to class and ... and had to stay up until 6 or 7am on many occasions to not only finish a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  of you. Is that weird?" (No, it's not weird!) and virtual group hugs ... respect themselves. But what about that time y-no, no, that's not that great, not compared to what everyone else has done. But you're so passionate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  late working multiple nights in a row and it culminated with me dropping ... , not something an college bestows upon you. Last year on Pi day, I wrote ... , dear applicants: not only do you have my full support but you cleary have

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23 ... opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don’t sleep. But whether you choose MIT or not, own your decision, because when

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  of the term. It was doubled by the work I had to make up from the previous week and I did not do much other than study. There were lots of naps and not enough sleep, and there was a lot of frozen food. I stopped

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  worked my ass off (at the cost of sleep - not recommended). Calculus was ... cat, hakuna matata. And I got into MIT, but not everyone got into MIT ... not think that I was a good enough candidate for MIT - my SAT scores

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  would hate to waste a minute not working on puzzles with all the great ... anywhere from one to a hundred, work to solve roughly a dozen rounds of ... . I've written not one, but two posts about Mystery Hunt, so I won

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  day. Working things out between friends is best done in person, not ... do your best work late at night, embrace that. It may be the only time ... organized" or that you "should plan better." Different things work for

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  copious amounts of work. Some hobbies didn’t stick (trampoline dodgeball and ... work hard enough at it. I love crafts and making things. See MIT Mech ... Park lends itself to cross stitching so a lot of my early work was South

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  overtime in which developers stay up all night to work on projects outside of their usual work just because they feel like it. And then go to work the ... in one nonstop 20-hour spurt than in 40 hours of punctuated work time

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011