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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... you have a smartphone? Understand that I didn't have a smartphone in ... . I love the feel of ink on paper, and there's a sort of thrill in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  interesting things in the world, and I’m feeling lost and confused in the best ... vaguely in order of decreasing personal importance: Physics. I’m taking ... , but I’m pretty sure that I want to major in it. Computer science

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  -10°C (okay, I know I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts so I can take the ... assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I ... emptying garbage bins in the cold, when the sun wasn’t even up yet, I felt

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  “What will you major in?” asked one of my senior year teachers. “I ... seventeen-year-old. “I’ll just take classes I like and major in whatever I ... asked me during CPW back in 2019. “21E,” I said, thinking that every

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  on three black circles. in particular, the triangle can look even ... things i've been doing in the past week. it's truly felt breathless. i ... what things were like back in the day, the next night i'm in a hallway

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  . This semester, I have been feeling what I can only describe as an overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  can today. In Marsha’s memory, I will continue to advocate for the ... markers of excellence in their application and I will understand that their ... gender identity can create a lot of strain in high school that could affect

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  ]Chris Peterson '13[/intro] As you can tell from my avatar, I had hair when I ... Supercuts or whatever. In the summers I’d get a buzzcut to stay cool, and my ... , I started going to the barber in the basement of the MIT student

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the ... bus driving through Boston. I’m not kidding- it was early in the morning ... Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, but maybe I’ll save it for later, since I realize

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  wrong. Can you come over and help?" Yeah, I can come over. We worked for ... My Mondays are horrible. I'm thinking about bringing a camera with me next Monday so you all can see what they're like, but until then here's a

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  forces me to get up in the mornings, but I think (with dedication) I can ... totally positive.” When I registered for classes in the fall (last) semester ... also like reading about various political philosophies. In the past I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  can come up with by the time of the next Omnibus, which I hope to do in ... I answer your lingering questions left in the comments. So if you ask ... ?" I am! You can see the schedule for the entire MIT Office of Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  [/caption] I found this small sketchbook in my drawer that I impulse-bought from ... nothing else in it, so I decided to fill it up with things that I've seen ... out of using one in the first place. I didn't worry about perfect lines

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  concern. But in honor of "Patriot's Day" (I honestly never quite figured ... project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I ... . As you can see, I spent some quality time exploiting the kid for my own

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The ... . Bittersweet. I look around in the places I used to call home and they feel like hollow shells with memories echoed in its crevices, both good and bad. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  resolutions I accomplished in this list, as well. 2021 Resolutions Go to a ... History. In Chicago, I visited the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry. And finally, in Seattle, I visited Museum of Pop Culture

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  with it, I just can't imagine a class laying such an egg in my schedule ... Loved Rhetoric with Strang. I can say that now because I got my name picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent ... passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I ... Michael Waldrep. October and September: I took weekends away. I camped in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  have much awareness to enter in to the MIT. can i know it please" Swapna ... . ------------------------------------- Vihang wrote, "Is there any place where i can get these [ZigZag] videos in ... admission in any way? 3. How can I access your answers to queries posted in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006