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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  -graduation paths. The only thing is, we're not at all sure how ridiculously ... fasten the buttons on the cuff afterwards? I didn't know. I decided not to ... to Charm School. How to Dress Yourself 101. Or something. This is what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  have to listen to it as soon as possible. after all, ignorance is how i ... strategy for you, and it might not. i do want to say that, if it helps you ... , you can hit snooze on. you can keep hitting snooze until you need to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  activity I’ve done in the past day. This unshakable exhaustion is not new to ... contributing to that feeling, and how I feel about any of them. You have to keep ... with no clear warning? How much do I have to tell [annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  ! 1. It is not a test. I'll tell you how much we ECs know about you as ... get to know you more off-the-paper. This is not a business school ... with years of practice and experience. Trust me - it's not hard to tell

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  was an MIT student who didn't have quite enough credits to graduate ... opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day ... , way to make an insulting, totally useless reply to the entire dorm

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  about how this week was "hell week." (these things happen to everyone at ... tomorrow. :P But anyways, stress is not something that's too fun to write ... I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  will not hesitate to throw your two cents in to any and all conversations ... in general. I would be remiss if I did not also welcome parents to our ... first assignment. Be sure to tell us how you spent your summer. If you are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  started to hurt to walk. However, it did not hurt to run. Then there was a ... be asking at this point - why not go to a different doctor? Why not go ... disabilities services to talk about how I can get around and get caught up in my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  - try not to worry too much! Follow @tinycarebot on Twitter. Everything is ... I've stopped watching this sneezing puppy long enough to ... decisions online next Thursday, 12/15/16, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  This was originally going to be a post about how now that I’m in college I’m finally taking steps to beat procrastination and do things early ... ’d be nice not to stress at the last minute, but it's so nice to be able

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get ... -renovation. so two years is a lot relative to how undergraduate culture propagates ... with holding up ec now. it worries me to think about how much work it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  , not shit myself. I think now I'm having to learn how to tackle other ... , they also knew just how stressful the MIT culture is. It's not that the ... told me not to tell anyone at school that I had gone to therapy. Looking

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your ... deferred? If you call in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason ... , but try not to wait until the last minute! What happens if some of my

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  , impressionable students training diligently to become Pokemon masters. Never was ... 's not a riddle.” On the other hand, General Relativity has been an eye ... vector is “something that has intrinsic pointiness.” (This also happens to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  to just trying to find time to rest but really not...getting any. This ... , it felt like the end of a dream. Not quite like returning back to a ... conflict, 18.02 told me that 'class conflicts' were not a valid reason to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  ! You should also look into how you will get from the airport to MIT. MIT ... If you are an international student who is coming to MIT this fall, congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  to show you why MIT is not the goal. From The New York Times, &ldquo ... :  "Success is to be measured not so much by the positions that one has ... those who are not - to concentrate on what you wanted out of an MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of ... music!) The anonymous personage on the right did not wish to reveal his ... students do to manage stress, so enjoy the brief lapse into generalizability

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or not we had room to admit students ... letting us know how much you love MIT, and regret that we did not have more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017