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  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... to be said, but for now I'm going to get back to the reading... ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  state of your paper. 3) you get a week to submit a rebuttal to address ... the time of publishing this blog since i like to let my writing marinate a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with ... is so cool but also you have to pick something. Or else. *ominous music ... people to come talk to us about their majors. We spoke with fifteen MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make ... finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester ... to delve into some of the things I've been feeling this year about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  and slammed it against the anvil to get the two pieces to separate ... . This gave a degree of accuracy to 1mL, or 1g. I would be able to get ... : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... and replacing them with the econ courses i won't get to take, but i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  plane, let alone how to get around [annotation note="to be clear, my ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the ... getting ready to one day go to college, and suddenly COVID was supposed to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... am trying to get Adam to stop studying for his 16.06 test and start ... Christine Walley to get my HASS concentration form filled out. You're supposed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  scientist. I do also get to be a mouse surgeon, which is fun -- we put ... didn't happen), try to remember forgotten cheers, and get way too ... again -- I needed an excuse to get back in the gym. I spend the bulk of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  . We have speakers come and talk about different topics, and I get to ... you can really go to any group you want. It’s a great way to get ... on Wednesdays to get to know one another (led by someone you might know

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to ... lanes to facilitate commuting. So biking will only get better! I also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  impossible to get into a top med school without research from MIT (I know many ... so much at MIT just to get a B in our premed classes that we are forced ... as far as the Effect gets you. You don't get 0.2 magically appended to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  friend told me they were being treated in x way, I would tell them to get ... year, but I am still learning how to get better at it—figuring out what ... get my work done, and it took me a while to understand that my ability

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  graduate. September 2019 What does it take to get to know someone? I could ... 2020 What does it take to get to know someone? I could tell you that I ... , and if we get enough people we could play Castlefall. We could listen to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  that I just seem to keep getting older and older. Or maybe that I will never get to hang out with Beyonce? Ugh, it's all terrible. Back in the ... there: sometimes I get too tired to fold my laundry and just fall asleep

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And ... projects turn out, and not all grants get accepted. In order to succeed you ... ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  never had to work that hard. I was getting results I was happy with, and ... wasn't hard). It gives you a chance to finally get those time ... academic career is leagues better now than it used to be. So when you get

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  was a middle-school cross country and road runner, I used to get ... possible for me to get into MIT without foo?" The answers to these questions ... and the Internet. One of the things I was doing to fill the time was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  trying to get across, then you need to fix something. If you don’t like the ... ’re trying to get across? Would you want to admit yourself? Do you have typos ... each part building upon the next. You don’t want it to get repetitive

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  . Perfectionism + the urge to get everything done right on the first try. I first ... near emotional meltdown in front of Logan International Airport to get me ... -in-stomach feelings I get when it gets bad in response to these imaginary threats my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022