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  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  -worry-inducing gadgets, I realize just how much MIT has permeated every part of my life ... some cool pictures taken. You know MIT, you're alright. And life is good

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  are waiting to help you remove the weak elements in your life (CAUTION

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I didn’t consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn’t have given it a second…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  (I started this post wayyyyy back in January. Ask any blogger who's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to post it. I fail at life, I know.) I woke up on Wednesday morning at 11

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  semester, we chatted about major plans, extracurriculars, life at mit and how ... about his interest in entomology, seeing it as his most likely life path ... neglecting for the first 18 years of my life. in my freshman spring, i took 21

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  Jebby Every fall since 2014, Next Haunt puts together a horror-themed escape room in the Next House basement. In my opinion, it’s one of the coolest showcases of student culture…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  understand the irony of that statement, since I am paid to share my life with ... lie and say that was me. In real life, I am an opinionated, fast ... account and started posting massive photo decks of my life. I should mention

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  earlier in life personally, during the college application process the ... . Know the resources and people in your life who you can utilize when you ... Thanksgiving, I hung out with two of my best friends who have been in my life

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  , me just being yet another ordinary kid living an ordinary life hoping ... green single subject with the words “Questions of Life” written on the ... , biological makeups, drug delivery ideas, and of course “Questions of life

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  realized I wasn't enjoying it anymore. In a past life I would have taken the ... actually, truly in love. But my daily life is wading through my inbox, trying ... wet rooftops outside my window. My life has become the sum of modest

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  supervisor ingenuously dreamt up my original life plan and presented it to me

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  ramble, I rant, I rave - because that's part of who I am in real life, and ... applying to MIT, all of you who will be getting that life-changing decision ... (including admissions decisions) is one of life's greatest virtues. As I write

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  . Or, you’re just dealing with a bad depressive episode. The old life ... life hard has also made you unable to FOCUS or STUDY, and promptly bomb ... do when Life’s Coming At You FAST"]little bit of planning

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  him tell his life story to me and talk about what he wants to do after ... questions about what they wanted to do in life and had as many doubts and ... life sucked. I was so attached to the idea of blogging about sad things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  it entirely. The second is that decision fatigue doesn't observe work/life ... profound and life-altering: in 2013, Science published an article that found ... a bag of chips (or four). Meanwhile, life decisions feed back into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  best friends walk down Killian Court and out of my day-to-day life. All of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the ... the MIT News Office here. It is about risk, innovation, and life plans

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  catalog online. It consists of an overview of MIT, some notes on campus life ... charts. Student life: what day-to-day student life looks like, residences ... , courses. Student life Subjects. 1880 Historical context Undergrad reqs

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  . Not everyone will agree with or like you. This is a reality of life ... person you will meet at MIT (and for that matter in your life!) knows ... obnoxious biker about being seen. It can save your life. Get out to the city

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  life. You will struggle in classes that don't feed your soul, completing ... 's life a little better when (and because) you can. 17) Dating is weird and ... world from other perspectives. Empathy will make your life and your

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  common denominator that my life at MIT has revolved around. Every weeknight ... , then what am I working out for? For literally my entire life, my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024