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

  

  find most comforting through all of this is that in talking to a range of ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... resources to find a solution. Then “those less fortunate,” loosely, means

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... . Especially this letter. Trying to craft these sentences in a lighter tone feels

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  ? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college ... need to think about work/life balance in high school because they had ... non-actor-non-dancer-non-runner like me i just find a bit of solace

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the ... didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is ... air-quoting so hard I might sprain a knuckle) in their admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  officers. take a moment, remind yourself to take a moment to find yourself ... relate to a different thing from college admissions. but there are points ... find negative emotions during this time in your life. i remember

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... thin that you can no longer contribute in a significant way to any group ... tendencies – liking to play a role in deciding how things progress, and are run

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with your life and you're kind of interested in a lot of things and everything ... people tended to use about their majors and the people in their majors

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  were strained to see what was about to happen. In a few moments the ... about half a decade more, in which time two identical extensions would be ... built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my ... [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  ; Here at MIT, you'll find that both entries are equally applicable. In ... here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a ... , being able to just switch your brain on for a few minutes and crank out

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a ... , intelligent people in a single place. It is a good place to meet people you ... to never feel like you have to be in a type of relationship you don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  have previously received an A/A+ in a class might be asked to be a grader ... As someone who is notably not a millionaire, I started working in ... ,[/annotation] there wasn't a realistic way for me to continue to serve 30 hrs/week like

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  classmates is a good place to start. Staying in your comfort zone is easy, but ... somewhere (not in a deeply sketchy way) and finding your way home (bring a ... person-who-is-successful-in-a-direction-you-would-like-to-be. Endear

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  's office to say hi and check in with my pi, a postdoc offered me a ... such an incredible collection. whatever you find is going to add a lot of ... campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  admissions officer, but I have faith that there's a way to find that attitude ... On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... something international students have done in the past to make them qualified

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . Affirmative action is just a way for black people to get in college easier ... Black Engineers is a great place to find internships and make connections ... pleasantly surprised by the openness of a lot of students to make a change in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  wouldn't win a science fair. When I went to a party in SF this summer ... whether to create the website in Perl or Python. There's a bit of discussion ... the office, to writing or reviewing a game. In Tech Squares, work can be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  —  alongside President Kornbluth — to reaffirm our commitment to diversity in a ... our goal of a diverse MIT, with [annotation note='In addition to our ... Proposition 209 in 1996 led to a decline in Black enrollment at its most

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  'll be happy to hear from you. 2) The first people you meet in a new place ... graduation requirements or trying to find a major that clicks. But you will ... scribble down quotes that inspire you. You're going to change a lot in a very

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  you, it's much easier to be happy. In terms of colleges, I had no idea ... friends who weren't afraid to spout Maxwell's equations in regular conversation and then go back to talking about Jersey Shore in the same minute. I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011