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  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  think you’re supposed to. A PhD, in particular, does not always lead to a career in academia, a higher salary, an ability to better help people, a ... actually merge the two in a thesis if I wanted to. My grandpa passed away a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  , we have a block of time to either do assignments in our curriculum or ... In order to increase our chances of getting a good referral, we ... came to a few (scary) realizations: I wasn't interested in anything

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  need to give different ones a shot, and you need to find which one fits ... : being brilliant in a subject does, by no means, translate to being a good ... with style. A lot of us tend to think about things in ways that are

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively decided to present An Actual Day in My Life, Fall 2005 Version. 8:15 -- The ... Journal communities. I get dressed in my MIT Cheer shirt with a really cheerleadery

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  believe that wherever you find yourself in the fall is a place you can make ... late working multiple nights in a row and it culminated with me dropping ... support can go a long way. I've been very lucky to have the amazing support

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  library, find a quiet corner, and immerse myself in your lives. I read ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for ... a few who really got to me, and when they didn't get in, the tears

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  , in order to understand my past as a proto-software engineer, I’ll start ... a lot about selling out and finding meaning in their lives. I read ... materials and doubling in courses 8 and 3, or wanting to become a filmmaker

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  to tap xylem and phloem in the tree. The web secretes enzymes and a ... ; Day 2: Pocket In transitioning from a Web to a Pocket, the critter has ... confers the capability to move randomly in search of a spot to anchor on the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  weeks. Maybe in 15 more years, a blogger will find our Pie Day video ... Flashback to about a month ago, when Chris sent an email to all the ... to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  ,[/annotation] and a few additional classes I find interesting. A: Why do you want to ... able to participate in a few things where I've been able to support ... Futures To Prepare For? We've spent a lot of time in the world of theory. In

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  few weeks ago, I made a trip to 7-11 in a shirt, a long jacket, and no ... downstream. But I had a map in hand, and I was determined to reach the X I had ... myself a lot of questions. What do I want to do with my life? Once I find

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  be great! You aren't afraid to throw in an application to a school that ... research and find schools where you'll be happy than just applying to a ... different social situations. In a college application, we strive to view the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  have to go through. e) Other (please specify)." It took me a while to respond to this question - it's taken me a while to answer a lot of ... me if I haven't written back to you in the past few weeks. This

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  only the parts of the material necessary to hand in a completed ... in your room- except to sneak out late at night in a trenchcoat to turn in your problem sets- and not say a single word of english to anyone

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  somewhere. I love that students can find a family in their living group and ... and to be reopened in my senior year. Despite knowing this as a prefrosh ... to help BC comply with accessibility requirements. Keep in mind that a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . It's a pretty big transition to go from working in the lab 15 hours a ... exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... yeast smelled like, so I stuck my nose in the container and took a big

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  have a major in economics?” I’m going to be like “dude, why didn’t you ... maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed ... topics. In fact, I think I'll link random words in this entry to some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had ... idea of positive work—even if you feel like you aren't making a stitch in ... for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  enough introvert energy to spend a whole day in my room just reading ... ” in any way except that now, “Chloe” seems to be a marker of all the ... , assuming a newer and better identity in college was a common aspiration. The

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  , writing search algorithms to help fictional cows find salt licks in ... makes you a candidate to attend MIT. Just find things you love to do, and ... As someone whose idea of Friday night fun in high school involved (a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011