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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Rewriting my Blogger Bio more like brutally revising i guess

  

  's cool is that I can now attribute the changes in myself and my interests ... that is a big component of what i look for in good friends. freshman year ... this was a major interest of mine?? i guess i liked coding more back in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  of lack of education have we come!” I read Gorgias in 11th grade, in a ... . What if I need those vector calculus equation sheets in six years?! Anna ... tenth grade, I put a similar lamp and mug on the floor of a dorm room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  percentage of free time in my day, I do attempt to read my yearly book quota ... my valiant attempt to read all of [annotation note="and honestly, I can ... running in LA made my lungs burn with mostly pain with a side of shame, so I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  . Seriously. I've been writing some form of a blog since I was in the 8th grade ... this right now. In fact, those of you who are avid blog readers, writers ... summary of the article- lots of things happened in 2006, but one of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  I really should be napping or something right now, since in the last 24 hours I finished two problem sets, read four articles (one of which ... by three hours of MedLinks training, but I got pushed off the front of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  heap somewhere. A final example. In High School, I (and all of my ... in October, and it was important to me for a lot of reasons that I ace ... wanted an A in that class. I would have liked recognition of all the work I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  organelles of the cell. This is still very much a work in progress, but we have a lot of cool stuff to show off in the near future. I didn't think I ... end of our first week, we had fixed three bugs! Strangely enough, I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that ... Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the ... deadline is November 1, and the Regular Action deadline is January 1.You can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  , and all I felt was overwhelming gratitude in the form of tears coming ... fundamental to MIT culture. And I believe that in this first year of cross ... yourself in a flurry of work and deadlines, postponing and forgetting about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  mistake once." I don't think I've ever pushed the bounds of mistake ... through each and every one of my actions over and over and over again. I ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  support! It's been a long month of spamming people I haven't talked to in ... Speaking of deadlines coming up really soon, the blogging scholarship ... now! You can vote by clicking here. You can also use multiple computers

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  as early as you can! But since I was in such a time crunch, I printed ... Course on YouTube saved my life in AP Biology--I even watched a couple of ... perfectly reasonable grounds.) In all the craziness of MIT, I had actually

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  , I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the ... to not carry this fear of being seen as dumb in homework sessions. I ... in myself. If I didn’t let myself try my best for fear of failing. If I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... ; in a sad justification of his self-imposed theme. And you would be right. Let’s just say I smelled the smelly smell of [Insert your own

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  of recommendation. In some cases, you may ask a teacher who you ... penalized in the application process for disruptions outside of their control ... you may have had in getting your letters. One thing that teachers can
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  years of work they put in. On the other hand, people on the internet can ... ranking them in terms of favorite-ness. I hope you understand, dear grad ... I spend several minutes in and around Building 68 elevators most days

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can ... drowned out by the blinding rays of a familiar sunset. I adore the sight

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  lot of what I believe reflected back at me. It counts to put in the ... changes like this in every corner of my being. When I started singing ... surprises me about all of these changes is that I never see them happening in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  ; The quality of the essays. I was constantly floored by the way so many of you approached your essays and your overall style and flow. Dare I say, I saw flashes of brilliance every now and again? I SO wish that I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  )_/¯" maybe you can be the judge of that. i'm taking 5.12 (organic chemistry i ... , and i've developed a bad habit of starting them a little too late in the ... professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022