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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  away in the back; he very wearily said no. Maybe he gets that question a ... conversations waft up to my room - heads up, in case you ever find yourself on a 1 ... room in half. To my right: my desk, and my rolly chair, which has MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of ... never really fully get to know. Because while small talk and conversations ... , not in anticipation of a meaningful answer. More so, we’re inclined to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  ’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing ... learned today in class, and so forth. The day-to-day experience of your ... " in the admissions office during normal business hours, to a) help new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images ... difficult to cultivate in their children. While I did ultimately answer the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... wanted to get into it, too, but honestly wasn’t sure how much time I’d have

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  through until 9 AM Monday, when I have to get up to get ready for my first ... it snowed. So of course I had to get up and open the shade above my ... Today was going to be my sleep day. I was going to go to sleep on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  hope. The next morning I managed to get a flight out, and I was off to ... getting our fill of food, we went to the Cincinnati Reds game where they ... excited to be getting back to school and all that jazz. What about you guys

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  for physics help, and he ended up getting out of bed, walking to my dorm ... just to make sure you get through that class a little easier or get to ... . How do I get to know people? How do I find community on campus? For me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  lists. It's impossible to avoid getting added to many MANY mailing lists ... group of PSETing MIT students at 2 in the morning to do when they discover ... allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  held in a reception area. We had the opportunity to put our new knowledge ... appropriate for the situation, like you wouldn't walk up to the CEO of GE and ... appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  hello, after six years

  

  questions i am still learning to hold in my heart. i am also trying to think ... we have with each other. we live in a world with lots of ways to talk ... . i am trying to return to school now so i can think more about this, in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  -and-greet in April, and I compared that tiny get-together to “seeing color for ... to get this one waitress when we went out for breakfast, and I sometimes ran late to work in the morning just because I wanted to talk to my

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  submissions of art, music, etc, but it is starting to get a little late in the ... to get us your Mid-Year Grade Report as soon as possible! parent asked ... question, how much does getting recruited help you in the admissions process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  (in which I get to play with the internet!), that zealous nature started ... . Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological ... going to graduate with a 5.0 in a double major and double minor with a

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  me that I wasn't going to get it, but I tried anyway in large part ... ... For a while, I really felt like a failure that I didn't get in ... yours -- "You have grit - the single most important factor to succeed in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action ... . What new stuff should I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is ... chance of being admitted to MIT. With that said, in the last few years we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  aware of this problem in my life until our trip to Seoul in my last week ... showed me...it might be time to pencil in some downtime. Although the ... and old, to escape the fast-paced demands of modern life. That night in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  .” *An aside: My classmates in senior year voted me most likely to lead a ... in his lectures to illustrate the points as he's making them. On ... choose to revise your paper with these comments in mind, as long as your

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... fall visit to a college or university that you are interested in ... much a school costs. You are in the process of determining where to apply

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006