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  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... , with a long flowing white beard), (2) mechanical engineering has replaced ... decided it was time to write another blog post. What would present-day-56

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please forgive me! If it makes it any better, this is a very long and fairly ... intention was for it to be an accurate reflection of how I actually spend my

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  picture (how your story shows something about who you are, and how it ... girls on the team. It wasn’t long before I was having an asthma attack. I ... .” It wasn’t long before I was a varsity starter. I might have waited my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist ... , it's time to say farewell to the class of 2009 and hello to the class ... , I sincerely hope that you will keep in touch. It's been a true

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  coolest lecture on mitosis I’d ever heard. How does the spindle apparatus ... read more about Prof. Kaiser's new appointment here. __ It’s true ... about this town is that it’s 1.5 hours away from mine. So nevermind

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  "]stifling[/annotation] long island household. the game's release is almost prophetically ... fiction. i currently have pink post-it notes stuck inside three books on my ... it's the same reason why it's been 168 days since i've last blogged

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  I mean. And when it does (which can actually be more frequent than it ... speedy her face is a blur. It's certainly not because I have shaky hands ... 't tell is how satisfied I am with my tiny robot prize, mostly because

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  how they have improved the lives of others in their community. And it’s ... dialogue about the process and how it is practiced. The real test will come ... it is a very strong report that will help prospective students and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  , including how we write our dates. The [annotation note="and, of course, dropping the leading 0, so it's currently 9/ and not 09/"]convention of MM ... is thus a palindromic date. It is, in fact, the first palindromic date

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  -up question to this during the interview was how I'd handle this situation if it ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to ... feels like coming home. And yet, it's Boston that I'll be leaving

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  it boot up on the screen. i liked how tangible it felt. over winter ... were going on so many long drives over break that i thought it'd be good ... the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  “that is valued as a physical object above and beyond its value as a ... compared to the $500 signed first edition. The 500-fold increase is worth it ... ,500+ Hemingway copy (one of 300 of a limited edition). Why, on the other hand, does

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  everything.  But once you’re here, it doesn’t matter how smart you are or what ... be.  You could be too.  Or you could be something else.  It's up to you to decide and no one can tell you otherwise.  Anyways, it’s great to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... me? How are you gonna tell me I'm just going to need to be an adult for ... , because it is okay, and things will be okay, but it's hard to know things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  many months. I figure that it might be insightful to those of you faced ... to make.   March to June I'll admit it - when we first got ... May. Spoiler alert, we were not back by May. At some point in April, it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  forward to exercising in, I've realized how important it is to take a break ... Things pick up pace real quick once the semester starts. At times, it ... , responsibilities, meetings, applications. The grind never stops, and it comes at you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  long it takes. So while, yes, PNR shall be missed in the coming ... . Before I knew it, I was “pset-ing” or [annotation note ... going to my [annotation note="it was a bit of a shock going home for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  out about it by going to a place, probably not the place you currently ... something and have access to the Internet, you can Google it, which will ... even have to be at MIT to do it.  Art of Problem Solving My

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  students acclimate to MIT. It was a fun, high-energy job. Every OL was ... , but it’s largely written with first years in mind. This is in no way a ... less as a “how to do MIT” and more like a “here is a hodgepodge of advice

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  Transition Team, and I've been thinking about it ever since. What does it mean ... want it to be. The community's physical space also plays a role in how ... If you've read any of my other posts, you probably know how much I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020