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• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  've been having a crisis over whether to go to grad school or not. And as ... information into your brain using these mediums that are not conducive to your ... of it, but towards the end, I started to figure out how to start that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  have led me to a different perspective. It's not all cranky tradition on ... other. Students do not apply directly to the university, but rather to ... by the sometimes not-so-friendly college competition to attend as many

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  How To Avoid Sounding Stupid* *All advice should be taken with a ... in class; everyone around you will think you’re stupid for not understanding the concept on the first try. Don’t ask the person sitting next to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  science department! We listened to presentations on "How to Invent Food on a Truck", "How to Build a Food Truck", "Food Truck Economics", "Social Media ... trucks to install GPS in them so they can be tracked constantly. 3. How

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  The Tech hosted its annual retreat in Maine. Maine seems to have a lot ... compelled to follow, including one that implored us to refrain from using ... still Internet though. We trickled in to Peru over the course of several

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  ", there's nothing to do except appreciate it for how good it looks. I haven ... times in different lightings, trying to perfect how light works on the ... cemetery. It’s easy to walk past each piece and notice how wow! they look

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  click on "How to accept or decline our offer of admission", and complete the form. I know breaking up is hard to do, but not knowing is even ... of waiting and not knowing, and want to get back to you as quickly as

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  decided to do you one better and give you a bit of a dorm tour! So here are a few glimpses of the Haus. (The Haus/House spelling used to be an indicator of whether or not you were a resident of Senior House - from what I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  do not intend to infringe. I intend to educate. With good intent, I can ... to a site which contains infringing content. In other words, not only ... blogs are not a partisan platform. And that is true. But I'd like to quote

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  now) and I have not yet begun studying. That's right, not even looked at the material. I've just woken up from a nap, ran to the store, and am now hidden away to study all night. It's a straight push through till

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  life still feels overwhelming. I'm not back to blogging because ... past spring? Well, we got kicked out of school, I'm not sure how social I could really be. Of course, "I'm not sure" is a valid thing to feel. Life

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  you had ever seen before, and did not tell you how to start or what to ... 🫠. But because the point of using only simple words is NOT to make ... studying-people that might be hard for you to find if I did not say them. You

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  which was cool because I was not about to use Windows 8. We had some ... working like new anyway...and then I did not attempt to install Ubuntu on it ... -cancelling headphones that I'd gotten from a summer internship would not connect to my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  have to go home early too." I don't really see how that is a problem ... remembered how to say "please," "thank you," and "excuse me," and picked up "I ... us not to fall asleep, because at four o'clock something would happen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  form by May 1 (postmark date) if you intend to enroll at MIT. How much ... I'm back! Here are the answers to some common questions that have ... Center (ARC) and not by Admissions, so I'm not really an expert on those

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college ... , perhaps I would not have applied to MIT, but rather a college that was ... will get to the place that is right for you, not just because of merit

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  face, it might not be the best thing to write about. Introspection can ... how to answer this came from the Yale Admissions Podcast, which is an excellent resource for essay writing. To paraphrase Episode 6: How did your

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  it. I've got it figured out. That's not to say that I would ever ... be a couple dozen student groups at various points, I know how to reserve space on campus for events, I know how to apply for funding from a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  usage. The other reason many people found the college essay to be Not Fun ... behind that is fairly simple. You get to write about yourself! You're not ... cool bit: they're not asking you to write about your faults! They want

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  , but there are exceptions to every rule, and mine is not being bothered ... I've missed about home: * Not having to wear shower shoes. Believe it ... difficult to come by in Boston; instead, you get bubble tea. I'm not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008