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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  to spare. I’m not sure how much the reviewers will like it (I’ll find ... methods, but David and Ali taught me how to actually approach research ... on campus, but student clubs were not allowed to meet in person. So

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  already know how valuable it can be to learn to write and express yourself ... already know why he isn’t getting to them. He isn’t sure how to start. I ... ’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  ="I am not trying to wander into a philosophical discussion here. the point of this advice is not that your intent necessarily matters to the ... it.   This should not be construed as advice to be selfish, and it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that ... . _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Optimal Procrastination Technique:  How to trick yourself into ... how it fits into the experiments you did in class. DO NOT LET THIS

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  students how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their ... selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... does not communicate the degree to which you are a vibrant member of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  "MIT things" change from year to year :p) I have not seen this list ... before I left the US, I LEARNED how to make bubble tea, out of frustration ... 've bought my Boston-touring friends to Mike's, even though I have not tasted

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  ambitious scheme to stage a blog entry that would not only win a Pulitzer but ... on a regular basis is proportional to how much you need to be reminded ... , I got free tickets to the monologues last night, not to mention a free

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grown Up Well, not quite.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  mouth busy, not because you’re hungry but because you want to keep moving ... span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... someone’s name a default, automatic response to a question that’s not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  eat the ice cream to celebrate; if I did not, I would eat the ice cream ... field, but not enough speed to load my decision before the server timed ... were waiting to ask if I got in or not, and then they were crying, too

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  begin to understand just how many things there are to learn. 4) Do ... you could get involved in. Not to mention classes. College will be a ... you might not feel positive all the time, try to make someone else

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  conflicting times and few prerequisites), it's actually not too difficult to ... professor not speaking to me anymore. Two months later I had a UROP in ... means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i ... was so gorgeous it didn't matter that it probably makes little sense to ... relate to a different thing from college admissions. but there are points

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  metaphorically, not as if they could actually see it, not to the point where it ... actually seeing a banana. But it's not at all similar to looking at a banana ... asexual people describe. For example, not really wanting to have sex, aside

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  simply do not have the energy to do so. here is some of what i have ... fun! work with people you like—you do not need to fill your resume with ... your work will get done—there is enough help around campus to not stop

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not ... , and consistent with, their own principles, and not prioritize how it ... Institute is obligated to educate them to be not only capable technical

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how ... statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think ... because one door did not open. It's SO easy to compare yourself to someone

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  sense of control over things. I'm not a "control freak." But I like to do ... character traits made it difficult for me not to negate. It's easy, and ... , things that have happened to me, I didn't, and could not have, planned for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  are excited to tell me about how they relate to MIT. Believe it or not ... ’m not interested in giving to MIT,” he told me. “I’m sorry to hear that ... to all of our students (regardless of how he might believe they

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  plan to not have spring break plans, but I feel like I have a lot of ... people who seem to have your best interests at heart really do not, and I understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017