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  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  the day. Toward the end of graduate school, I learned that early ... 9:30AM-5:30PM: [redacted] 5:30PM: walk home in a daze of decisions ... 'd give you a window into a day in the life of reading applications. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  So, by a show of hands, how many of you are stressing about college ... that’s a lot of you! Last year around this time I wrote an entry called ... a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  i've started collecting cds. i think part of this has come from ... the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to accessing my favorite pieces of art in digital space. i flirted with

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  then what to feel  with every shard of grief,  and every speck of ... right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• 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 ... Associate Professor of Applied Science and Engineering at Olin College. At MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  this was not one of those mornings. This was a curious morning indeed. I ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by ... of background info: The MIT Concert Band is a student organization, as

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  At the end of January (our Independent Activities Period) I made a promise to the rational, logic-based region of my brain: a promise that I ... Of Brain: "You got your fix during IAP, in Hack Punt Tool! AND it was a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  the following sign: You have arrived at New House: home to all of MIT ... Desmond. Enter the arcade. Walk to the very end. Do a couple of stretches for your hamstrings and calves, and then climb to the top of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life ... keep slipping through my fingers like wisps of smoke. Every week, I feel ... keeping track of how many fire alarms each dorm has has since 2021. to our

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  One of the things that MIT teaches you really well (among many others) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this ... , many too many things. By several orders of magnitude,[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  of my time at MIT nearly enough. During the school year, the only ... Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... "]Roxy's.[/annotation] Now, most of these places are closed, so if I'm too lazy to cook, I have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  . But wait, don’t rush. Don’t plunge into the ocean of choice immediately ... and Chris Peterson here -- On the Conservation of Frosh by Rachel D. ‘16 here -- On MIT culture by the hilarious Snively ‘11 here A list of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  , I turned into a puddle of excitement. A puddle! I tried to plan out ... best to get to know them! Remember that your host is fully aware of the commitment of hosting a prefrosh, so don't feel like you are a burden. However

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever ... nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On ... ago, I was counting down the hours to the release of the Regular Action

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... doing research. Ever since I was a sophomore in high school, I walked ... to start looking for opportunities outside of the lab. It was

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  front of you. And, of course, as you leave the security checkpoint, your ... number of friends from home, MIT comrades, and MIT alums were heading down ... of unwise out-of-towners who didn’t have SmarTrip cards or otherwise

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment ... of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think I probably haven't looked this uncool since my fouth-grade days of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  charity banquet called Grains of Rice This year's featured band was Cake! I ... huge fan of either, but then CAKE came! We were able to get amazingly ... yelled out songs that they wanted to hear. Some of the songs that they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  test, and all the math is high school math (actually, that's sort of bad, since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade ... things about the GRE (in this order): you can take it any day of the week

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I ... puzzles / a morning tendency Solving puzzles like these is one of the few ... different. There’s so many types of puzzles, ranging in shape, color, and

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023