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• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  other life-related struggles on top of school still sucks. On Monday of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  said something vague like “graduate school” because really I want to be

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  , Ethiopia, where my father went to middle school and many of my family members

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  If you've been to a high school math class recently, you probably remember seeing an inordinate number of calculators. You might’ve also observed students entering anything from 999*999 to sin(π/6) to 7

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  When I’m feeling irritable and/or stressed, I dislike empty advice. I particularly loathe the phrase “work smarter not harder”, probably because it was said to me many times last year…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  Dear Internet, I’m pleased to announce that I’m publishing a paper this year in affiliation with MIT’s Course 8 (Physics) department! Though I am only a freshman, I have decided…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  the school we know and presumably love, but instead to a "

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  and another school. The funny thing is I can’t seem to recall much from

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things…

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

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  ’t bring homework - Forget about school and home and just let loose and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  space was cool. High School science was a less successful experience. In

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  school reflect these qualities. Some of them are already in your

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  those of you who are in high school. Want something? Go get it. You don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little Orphan Annie. Tessie is, like Annie, a little orphan, but unlike Annie, she's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  your high school years, but the truth is you'll be seeing the people on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  makes me extremely happy—learning and playing at the coolest school in the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  staff were experienced, local middle school teachers who helped out for

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

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  high school years I struggled through the class and the AP, But now I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  from MIT and immediately went back to my old summer job from high school

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  I took four HASS classes this semester. What, stop looking at me like that. .______. I realized that I’m very capable of taking four HASS classes, but not capable of…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008