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• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  't write about the drunken wildness parties in the blogs for a few reasons ... .60 pset nights, so I had already worked on the pset for around 6 hours. On ... : although my "day in the life" was in fact a typical Tuesday or Thursday this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the brink of an epic hurricane, a Presidential election, and either the most ... minutes for him to identify a medication I’ve been on that sometimes causes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  branches off in the end at Building 8. It’s a pretty important hallway for ... like. It’s mostly a long strip: There’s west campus on the west, which ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  from MIT solely on the basis of being disciplined for participating in a ... , advocating for policies to prevent such a shooting from happening again. They ... rescinded if they are disciplined for joining the protests, while other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... mid-semester presentation on the Hagia Sophia for a passing grade. Not ... the end of a semester, condensed into a single week. So, how exactly do

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the ... give you written feedback and a preliminary decision based on the current

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  Things took a turn for the worse. Quickly. Very quickly. -- August ... ’t figured out that the best thing to do in a strange new place was to ask for ... the indignant rumble of my ungrateful stomach, which was screaming for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  being a college student for once. The easy way out, though, was to load ... ;Sign up for the Erasmus Student Network and request a ESN mentor buddy!  Through the University of Zürich Language Centre, sign up for a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is ... usually a one day event (some run for a full 24 hours, some less) where ... work on developing a solution to the same challenge. This past weekend

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  ="i flirted with the idea of staying for grad school for a while, but ultimately ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ny5tMsxrs After we finished the movie, a friend of ours came to the ... neighbors couldn’t hear us and mistake our four person party for a 1AM rager

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  saying that a great essay always contains something at the end for the ... goodness. =p On a side note, the bloggers are all getting together for ... I think the college essay is a lot like froyo. It comes in a variety

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  at any time for a guided three-minute relaxation recording. The quick ... feeling of adrenaline pumping through your body. It can be a part of the ... to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  I figured I would suck it up and power through for the purpose of a ... for the beauty of it, but I recognize math as a tool to be used in ... major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  ingredient. —anonymous going to Harvard, but for a fraction of the cost. —Robo ... well in the ocean. The same goes for a degree in engineering," says ... ," says junior Brian White. "It gives you a framework for understanding the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• 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 / Classes

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  .031,[/annotation]the class I'm currently working for as a Lab Assistant. This was ... A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... connected them. On the door to the basement stairs I saw a poster advertising

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  * Choosing between the forty-nine majors that MIT offers can be a nerve ...  Credit For Reddit, when Alyssa and I baked a bajillion cookies and enticed ... -tool-cum-participatory-art-installation for our final project. What you're looking at is a rendering of my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  out with friends). When mixing and producing albums for my a cappella ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair ... . My legs and back have been supremely thankful for that. On the minus

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years ... predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this ... seems unlikely, because why not shoot for the stars? However, at MIT, we

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018