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  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  've written countless posts on reading in the abstract: what we look for in your ... as an admissions officer at MIT, it is made clear in your contract that ... computer, and an external monitor oriented in portrait mode to my right. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  have lived in for the last three years, shutting the window because ... where I will ultimately end up for med school (that comes in a few weeks ... two majors, along with a slew of classes in between that I took for fun

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for ... in: this year's admit rate will be 13%. For every student you admit

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... out pretty well for you, didn't it, Washington? The statue in the ... ’t control what traits an admissions committee is looking for, or what mood a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  an entire month, because we went in the winter during the dry season ... school, too far for many of the people in Muti to walk to for water. One ... ready for an evening of networking with research scientists and graduate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  an explicit reminder in the motion that “[60 units] is an upper limit, not a norm or expectation. 48 units is an appropriate load for most ... restriction was good for everyone, in part because it reinforces the idea that

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes. In college ... experiment and see what works best for you. At least a few times in your

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  remainder of your prefroshly days, for once in my brief but glorious ... system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... 't even mandatory for you anymore and I have no idea what's going on with

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  with a severe mental disorder in an MRI. This makes me want to wear a ... Pandora has queued up for us, sipping homemade sweet tea and tossing ideas ... Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s article titled "A Call for Accountability: Anti Blackness in The Menstrual ... epitome of her deceit lies in her campaign for a seat on the Cambridge City ... “youngest Asian American to run for public office” and “Forbes 30 Under 30 in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  I got in and when I left for MIT. I wish I had. If I were you—which is ... decisions came out absorbed in the application process for other schools ... application in, and how I felt about each activity. For example, I was musical

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  generated by pbnify.com[/caption] In a rant post many years ago, I referenced ... seek ways to unlock the secret formula to secure admission. For starters, I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  an AP test in my life. My GPA wasn’t perfect (still isn’t). I was ... diverse personality would fit perfectly into place in an energetic ... to work, and continued to do an even worse job. It slowly sunk in: it

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  officers showed in you when they selected you for admission, it is not really ... it this far if you didn't have someone in your corner. For some it is a ... as true in college admission circles as it is anywhere else that it

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  the scaly bastard doesn't haunt me in my dreams for making him Like That. ... designers in various disciplines who work at different scales and lab sessions where we refine our own design skills in a series of increasingly complex

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  making this up."]crick in your neck[/annotation] from looking at an ... profound and life-altering: in 2013, Science published an article that found ... validated in an interview by President Obama, someone who had many more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  present. 31) There's no shame in asking for an extension on an assignment ... . 5) Say yes more. It's healthy to go on an adventure every once in a ... least expect it. Make an effort to stay in touch – write friendly emails

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  professors included in the new exhibit for comment, and recieved the following ... criticizes MIT, it does so in a thoughtful, positive way, ending with an ... Approximately two weeks ago in Building 14 (the one between Building

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can ... finished a 7.012 Biology pset early Wednesday morning, I wrote an essay for ... attempting an 8.01 pset. The room feels like a postwar battlefield, with drowsy

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  basement of an entry in Senior House, eventually moving to a studio in the ... ,000 to WTBS in exchange for the call letters. The deal worked out, WTBS ... (I started this post wayyyyy back in January. Ask any blogger who

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008