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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the problem is not necessarily that you need to work "harder". Organic ... was horrified to find that time was not the issue – I had no more time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  experiences applying to jobs, and does not necessarily reflect every MIT student ... 's not very - nothing compared to writing college essays, though. Updating ... getting a job is not fun, and can cause you to get pretty behind on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  to stop growing until we deprived them of oxygen, at which point they ... professors that, in order to make up for not having a problem set one week ... letters to them. But not real, letters, fake letters. Mine mainly focused on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ... good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it ... going to go out just before CPW, but that got canceled, so… Anyway, here

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so ... , even if i looked forward to it for weeks. three. "how do you sail, then ... . after john showed me and claire how to tack, and watching us try it out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot ... remind people not to touch the tip. I enjoyed learning how to use the ... heat. how to taper, rivet, chisel, and assorted other skills. tapering is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  opportunities and has made choices about how to use those opportunities. I won ... have applied to, you have an obligation not simply to avoid squandering ... have done to help you get to where you are, not only by telling them so

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  uninitiated? How many hours can you commit? Experts suggest 6 to 10 per week ... schedule meant I could obtain more money-yielding jobs. I added 1 to see how ... I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... being deferred but that it's not okay to lose faith. Every year, thousands ... at MIT appeals to you and why?), two essay prompts to choose from

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  . No, it's not possible. I don't care if they say it needs to be done. I ... how you have those little oxygen masks that pop down from the ceiling in ... , who don't know how to transfer tickets. Open lines of communication

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your ... you should do this week in 3 easy steps (results not guaranteed, though

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  prove that you actually know how to do chemical engineering before you go ... cartridge could not be above 10 atmospheres, the design had to completely ... time you're not actively talking on the phone, it's going to heat up to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  . Whether you get in or not, after decisions, listen to this song (or another ... drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  most appealing to you.   NOT-SO-GOOD REASONS TO CHOOSE A DORM ... closest dorm to classes for four years, but I would not recommend it to everyone. In fact, location, importantly, is not a good reason to pick a dorm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  tl;dr: Look how empty my Firehose is compared to the other bloggers ... responses to the question "How many hours did you spend per week?" I tend to ... and attaching them elsewhere, how is this process not constantly going

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  how great our students are — but it may not be as salient to members of ... benefits, we would be required to use those instead, and required to not ... how we do it in our specific professional context.']admitted students to

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

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... response to “how” is that it was facilitated by parents and their connections ... would suggest: Learn to prioritize and balance. YOU CAN NOT DO

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  principle from which to derive a conclusion: Oh, [that student] did / did not ... another way: while not all students admitted to MIT are equally well ... students at MIT are sufficiently prepared to succeed at MIT. We do not admit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How ... , not compared to what everyone else has done. But you're so passionate ... with your peers and help them understand your interests, not to create

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... to fix it, but it's not like falling and scraping my knee where my body ... is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015