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  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  while back, I posed a challenge question to you (about two thirds of the way down the linked page). I wanted to identify the cosplay roles played ... my vacation photos. In this case, getting the right answer took two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  applications and I'm thrilled to have had the chance to get know you through what ... to get on with the process of deciding among the schools that have ... final choice and know that we wish you all the very best. After getting to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  ...," nor can I quantify the anxiety it evokes. I did a "senior sale" to get ... significance. I get stressed out if I'm not taking every opportunity to see my ... me want to postpone getting my diploma. I worked hard to make it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to big-ticket items like "who gets to live on-campus next year?","how much will tuition be?", and "will we get grades in the fall?".  Many of us had

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all ... didn't get to go on the New York trip that year, but we did every year ... for it because, when else do you get to take a day trip to see a famous

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent all of Monday night from 8pm to 2am studying. I woke up promptly at 7

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  starting spring of my first year. What’s the point? 1) I get to declare a ... ’s not you, it’s me. I’ve moved on. Don’t get me wrong though. We had our ... transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  major I ended up declaring, go to grad school, get a job at a biotech ... to get as much experience as possible in the fields I was considering ... What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  actually do get to practice in real situations all these skills that we ... afterward and forgetting how to quite approach it. Getting that practice is ... exactly what I joined GEL to get! Slowly but surely I’m gaining the skills

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to ... moving to another dorm next year. So to sum up, don't get tunnel vision ... shocked when you get there to find everything's not always puppies and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  selective a college was because I knew that some would be harder to get into ... really hard to get into and others less hard. For that reason, I made sure ... 't know if I would get in or not) and I applied to some places where I was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  -Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, wanted me to get a bunch of stuff done over the next term, but I didn ... another lab to get ice, rotovapped it, added aryl grignard, and began a ... Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  (shocker, I know). This IAP, I'm getting back to reading in two ways: trying ... semester doesn't start until February; instead, we use January to do internships, travel, take classes, and/or just have fun. Here's what I'm up to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  cool - the process that brought me from my hometown, to getting accepted into this crazy place, to now being a blogger, happened so quickly, I ... wow. I'm Joe, and I don't really know where to start this post. I

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  to me like being parented by upperclassmen. The freshmen here don’t get hazed because everyone understands how rough it is to get thrown in this ... ends there as a new era starts. But what happens when you start to get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it ... really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school ... program, you get to spend a month in Madrid, taking a real MIT class, with

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  retake 006 instead of taking 6.034 since I want to get credit for 6 ... that. Pros: Get some real good honest to god design teaching. Cons ... blogposts. I'd like to take writing classes to try and get me back into the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  answered, but how do we send in our replies to get it in by May 1? Can we fax ... we prefer to get it in the mail since it is easier to read. Sylvia ... for the MIT Class of 2009. Also, we're happy to get you in contact with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  management, once you get over the small hump of activation energy to actually ... made a valiant effort to get through my backlog of games. Since freshman ... motivation to get ahead on my classes for the next semester. This has NEVER

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020