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• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  now. i am doing better now, right? and at the time it was fine, but the ... , good job at disappearing two weeks before my appointments and then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  Required reading (from folks who are better writers than me): Ben Jones: It's More Than A Job Marilee Jones: Sending You My Best Also ... number of applications this year, up 9% from last year. At the same time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  Contemporary Society: Drawing in part from their own interests and ideas ... media, ranging from New York Times stories to Twitter feeds. Provides ... I was going to graduate in any reasonable time, and in which degree

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  part of a special program for undergraduates in physical chemistry ... gives me free housing; browsing for UROPs; and having a good time. Right ... experiment that will test whether or not the parts of the brain used for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  worse job? Wouldn't that be better? Today, I am proud to introduce to you ... further consideration, I have decided not to quit my day job ... 've decided that it's time for me to go back to my roots. no drawing could

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  and working [annotation note="one UROP and one job, technically"]two jobs[/annotation] remotely. Here's what my day looked like. 8:57 AM I ... and enjoy feeling useful. I haven't ever had a job where I feel

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  ’s what i see every time i look at the world. everywhere i look, i see the ... civilization you expect me to just work a chill tech/quant job and relax in my free time and not care about my impact on the world? you think i can just

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  presentation on a fan experience of mine and I was able to reflect on my time as ... up the presentation, there was a part of me that ached for that same ... always felt torn between these two parts of myself. There was a side of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  When I think about my time at MIT, my first thought is: it still ... ’ll delight in for the rest of my life, probably in part because many of my ... ’s not a one-time decision.  These days, I instead regularly ask, “What do

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a lot of time outside of the Office of Admissions (or currently, on Zoom ... is that I was trending one time on Twitter (lol). Did you know that

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  enough challenges in life or in academics and would cave the first time I ... preparation. It's a (well-paying) job that uses my major, even! I really want to ... definitely times when I'd liked to have gone to one of those panels and seen

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... because I scrutinized my handwriting, ripped it up a few times and started ... friends and classes in common.  Time changes people, and priorities. Indeed

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  School is out and many times high school students struggle to find things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... your time than you realize! One of the things that I have learned about

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Admitted A forum.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2015! Good job! Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  amount of time spent in CAD. I’m still hacking it out here in the world of ... never stops being 🤯. My job has given me the opportunity to travel ... . I’ve loved getting to be a part of my friend’s next steps in lives

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  taking as much time as needed to get the job done right.   Of those 33 ... -eyed and reminded us that what we do is more than a job: it is a privilege and an honor. We are grateful to have walked this short part of your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  of time rather than of money." "Be a closer, not an opener." "Good ... ." "Mentorship is always the responsibility of the mentee." "Find a job where you ... a PhD, a few years into the job you should feel like you've achieved

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  white water phenomenon all the time- when no one's used the slide for 15 ... : Many colleges let students pay for part of their tuition through on-campus jobs. Does MIT have any interesting jobs of this nature (such as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I’ve spent time on campus. I haven’t missed a class reunion since I graduated and several times each year would come up with reasons why I needed ... come back to campus but this time as an employee working in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  Saturday night, and the waitress serving my table, who couldn't have parted ... average waiting time for a randomly arriving passenger. Tetazoo hallmate ... counted both numbers of passengers and arrival times for two Boston bus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005