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  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  sobering fact the other day when I looked at my MIT blogger profile and ... biology as the love of my life, and (3) soon I won't be one of the "new kids ... telling yourself that "this pset's only worth 1.5% of my grade anyway

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  that I mentioned Joe Biden. It was pretty early on during my freshman ... monotonously repeating my name, dorm, potential major, and what state I was from ... a reminder to ask bigger questions--Am I making the most of my time

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  my friends and I started looking for an externship (a short internship ... candy line by Maria Sharapova (unfortunately my tennis skills have not ... fireplace to work on my clipboard. It almost feels a little bit like MIT

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  . According to one of my friends, Sebastians also dresses up certain employees ... on the recommendation of the advisor for Active Minds, one of my ECs. I ... my God was it Nutella overload. It was Nutella pummeling my taste buds

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  but this year is different. Last year I attended the 25th reunion of my ... campus for their 5th reunion and I would be here once again for my 30th. My ... will always be “my first class” and that means they will always be

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  (and even my sixth grade daughter!) are choosing what classes to take ... through the eyes of my daughter, who was on a FIRST Lego League (FLL) team ... Championships in a few days, I thought I would share a bit of my experience with

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  there. It was my home. And before moving into my temp dorm as a freshman ... experience if you aren't sleep-deprived. But you don't have to take my word ... nowadays. (Seriously – I don't know what goes on outside of my office. Is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  silly nonetheless. Let's be frank, during my freshman year of high school ... was made of. Now fast forward to today and what is on my mind. Today, I ... time I start to worry about my future or begin to wonder why I’m here, I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  that can benefit: “I would often also emphasize this with my ROTC ... ’s appropriate.” In my experience, humor has single-handedly gotten me through the past three-and-a-half years of drinking from the MIT firehose. During my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  During a pset party last night, one of my hallmates called her own ... very messy rationalization. But you can absolutely take my word for my ... getting paid and doing two of my favorite things, and I felt like the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  space for my architecture studio, I got a call from my friend saying that ... wave my cell phone in the air.) Despite sleeping something like 16 hours ... , shuffling through options in my head - I could go back to the bus station, go

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  clusters for my daily dose of midnight Haskell practice. Instead, I bumped ... apartment instead of East Campus (I've spent all my previous summers interning ... change by tomorrow) of my hard-hitting semester, which, seven days after

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  Hello! My name is Natnael Getahun, but please call me Nat. I'm your ... to introduce myself. And because I'm bad at narrating my life, we'll go ... The Wizards of Oz(aka my parent's old friends) had a huge impact on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to ... a Group Leader in charge of getting my group of students around the ... treat indeed). I personally had a great time getting to know my group and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  to do a UROP involving research that's tangential to my major ... programming language that I'm now using in my linguistics research. So ... purpose. For my UROP, I'm currently working at the Quantitative Research in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT ... /the thing you’re putting together the marketing campaign for? Answer: My ... thus stimulate the economy on the island. So my tasks now are to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  title of this entry. If you haven't thrown up yet, hang on. My friends ... my punny ways are a lot stronger when I'm around them; this entry is ... my riddle: It takes about 8000 engineers to change a (metaphorical

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  Boston, February 5, 1861 My Dear Henry, I have just returned from ... Legislature and several meetings have prevented my writing within the past week ... am sorry, my dear brother, that I can give no reliable good news in

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  make my decision regarding which college I wanted to go to, I was pretty torn over my options. I was mainly choosing between MIT (which is just ... the MCAT). I thought I'd share my thoughts on this matter - since some

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  A lot of comments from my last entry touched on the leadership topics ... this. I was a captain of my Cross Country and Track teams in high school ... think one day my coach just announced it to the team. Now, as a captain

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011