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  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application ... one way to be a living human person in high school and end up at MIT ... was to get service hours to qualify for National Honor Society come our

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get ... 't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... of people roaming Boston together, while I was still trying to get my ... ’m just as deserving as anyone else to be at MIT—after all I made it in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in ... took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... enough that I have to hype myself up to jump in. The initial plunge is an

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  't swim. Not because I wanted to come off as that kid who had done well in ... function of how far you want every dollar that you spend to go. To get my ... swim: Get comfortable and acclimated; try not to panic.My classes

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... think: all the advice in the world couldn't persuade stubborn me to take ... test scores to prove it. 4. Get off campus at least once a week. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido ... industrial town in the north, I taught debate to high schoolers ranging in age ... Italy (which means I had a hard time getting myself to go every day) but

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all ... this post I'm going to highlight one result in particular: Some might ... 2018: Let me introduce you to Imposter's Syndrome. Chris described it in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... -- once I tried to get my media out before the autoclave was done exhausting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it ... Building 10 to the Charles River, cutting the dome in half. This line points ... continue that line across the street, you get to Building 46. Branching off

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
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  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  just leave them in the hallways to be taken. And we students do so, very ... my parents' house in Canada. In September, I moved back to Boston to ... the Before Times. We got a U-haul to get all of our stuff back from EC

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  , which is this: How do I get in to MIT? And here is what I tell them ... them something they can do that will get them in. Maybe they need to be ... in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring ... 'll write about the final product soon! (8) Because we get cool toys to play

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  to wear velcro." I have never, ever been one to get anything done ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and ... possible way for me to get done before 4 AM. Here's exactly why it took me so

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  tuning in, Vassko asked, "Do you guys get some time to go out into Boston ... . (Note that most people at MIT like to do psets in groups -- it's faster ... in the dorms. I think that's probably something that varies dorm-to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 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?

  

  again -- I needed an excuse to get back in the gym. I spend the bulk of ... why, so my job is to look at the mechanisms of MFG function in the ... cream with me in the Mass General cafeteria. Graduate students get lonely

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

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  ambitious in job-hunting (may turn out to be a problem when I get out of ... classroom concepts in a practical environment, you get research experience to ... I owe a lot of that to the fact that I went to MIT. As I've said in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  ’ll never get anywhere. Just accept that you’re going to be in many pictures ... chances of remembering them later. Take selfies with people as a way to get to know them. Make it a game: try to get a selfie with someone from

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 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 / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump ... Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick 2AM lift often turn to their in-building fitness facilities instead

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024