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  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  MIT's challenges). Here's a few things to keep in mind as you begin ... *. There is no shame in not majoring in engineering**. It is okay to fail a ... (I use Thunderbird to manage my MIT mail) as a visual reminder to not

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  from high school. Trying to find a parking spot in Spain. Ice skating ... to MIT. I sent them a letter telling them about what I had done in the ... sick right when I got back to Boston after IAP, so up until a few days

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

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to ... [annotation note="Leetcode is a website used to practice coding challenge ... about 20 [annotation note="you can apply to multiple positions in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  Board Game Night Build a Dominion in Puerto Rico to prevent your Descent ... home on 2 am trips to Wal-Mart through empty dark streets in my pick ... . One of my best friends Ami G. ‘14 is out to find yellow paint for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  , that I didn't find in competitive programming. It's a feeling I felt even ... the hacker to a painter, as people who are both invested in creation. In ... text editor I use now. A few months ago I decided it's time to migrate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  able to use mathematical models to explain patterns in the world. I think ... question to a class, I’m more willing to participate in my own classes. 10 ... different day.) 15. How to do a bunch of puzzles I dabble in puzzling, and I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been ... opportunities and has made choices about how to use those opportunities. I won ... analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a

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

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

  

  subject of a famous hack in 1991, where hackers hooked up a fire hydrant to ... constantly diving into snow and then switching to a hot tub. it hurts but in ... can swim in a pool, but you don't have the skills to be able to swim as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• 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
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  the writing ends because I used the next page and a half to draw the ... that in Santa Fe. In Santa Fe I slept on a beautiful couch carved out of ... Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  test in a different mood”, which to me highlights a key flaw in any kind ... (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like ... (n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  'm here to update you on the breathtaking life of a biology PhD student, which is breathtaking enough to divide into a very small number of ... a PhD candidate in biological and biomedical sciences at Harvard

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  (although perhaps they do have a language of their own), but I wanted to start ... night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and ... sense) At MIT, all freshmen have the option to apply for a "freshman

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  with in class: ^a Form1+ we used in 2.008.  Yay MIT alum companies ... sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring ... this post were taken with a compact camera that I carry in my pocket.  I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• 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 / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... , MITES, ...) There's a whole thread dedicated to sharing research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  wonderful experience, and I wanted to continue in a broader capacity. Paolo ... interact without masks in a 'pod' of up to six people"]pods of students ... Program (CUP). Two weeks ago, MIT faculty passed a motion to change

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

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  creatures. They’ve nearly perfectly adapted to an urban environment, with a sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 28, 2023
• 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 / Blog Projects

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  did use the react feature a lot. I wanted to see if my reacts differed ... [/annotation] was a sarcastic message to a Harvard student in the chat. In response to ... seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020