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• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  semester frantically trying to not fail physics? I had the third lowest grade ... really want you guys to like MIT and appreciate all the things it can do ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  expected me to fail out, and you can't let the haters win.) I'd also met lots ... (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... really feeling all that enthusiastic about studying. Plus, I had to go back

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  "What am I doing here, I suck at MIT, I'm going to fail, I hate life, tell ... worth making me fail my 2.001 test ( not trying to make you feel guilty or ... hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My ... everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  subjected to load and which eventually causes it to fail. Based on their findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for ... -imagining, too. Professors Ulm and Vandamme have shown how to slow concrete creep

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  – wake up fail. Missed church this week :( 1:00 pm - went to the gym to ...   One of my favorite questions to ask, when talking to ... would I see, where would i go, etc. I figured that people would want to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and I also really need to do 2.005 but I only have time to do one, which should I do?"* *Why do I need to do 2.005? Kinda need to try to bring up

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  first couple of weeks, i was trying to be Cool (although failing ... the past month (classes here start early January) and will return to MIT for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  .[/annotation] As someone fairly attached to the Next community, I was initially kind ... EC history, but it quickly became obvious to me this was not a problem ... , seriousness when necessary, and genuine care that really stood out to me

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  to get my license.  How it’s going so far: I failed my driving test at ... confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... research. Some of it provided clarity for what I didn’t want to do—my destiny

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  to have failed 8.02, funnily enough, because it led me on the way to ... .021, Physics E&M. I failed the regular version of 8.02 in the spring, so I ... people who failed and really struggled with the normal version of E

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  . Relax. Relax. Relax. Remember, there is no way to "fail." The ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  thing you're trying to forget (but failing, because now you've remembered ... emails, phone calls, and blog comments, to say nothing of spillovers to sites like Quora, College Confidential, and /r/ApplyingToCollege.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  according to him this failed), watches them in the background. And now ... a while since I put any pictures in this blog - I want it to be ... this year), decided that it would be fun to put a wooden rail between two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  try and fail: to tackle hard psets, to sign up for difficult classes, to ... . Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were ... burned out and ready to move on, and although I still talk to the younger

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  to Learn at MIT. It's about - surprise! - learning to learn in the MIT ... details may be specific to Plaz, the overarching message - time management, the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... : pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical observing: sketching, assembling a telescope, using a telescope and a map to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  "The less learned cannot fail to be pleased, though without knowing ... ". Cheerful stuff!), a wild piece whose title I failed to write down, a chaconne ... the chamber chorus. I'm also an Arts Scholar, which means that I get to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013