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• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  Boston. It got delayed, so I had to stay in Boston for another night ... that it was fine to stay for the night because I had friends in MIT that ... that would be better for me.] David says he was going to do some more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• 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

  

  I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know ... experiences/fun things and every week first semester I tried to add to it, and I ... yes to most of them. Never say no, especially if it makes for a good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  was to get service hours to qualify for National Honor Society come our ... ’t understand. It took a bit of time for me to start working as hard as I did in ... hard learning things I wanted to and leave Algebra II studying for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I ... unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just ... confused, because he was you not too long ago, and how to get you out of that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  for that old version of myself who seemed to do it all correctly. Of ... together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate ... ="though i have some ideas"]what to do,[/annotation] and how to do it as

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  talked about how we needed to run elections for next year's exec, and how ... intend to see it through, no matter how ridiculous the titles end up being. Thanks to ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ for reading and giving comments on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  couple of reasons. First: some version of this is going to be true for ... have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again, unable to pick, unable to think about picking, for about ten minutes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  turn-over from 2022 to 2023 has happened pretty softly, partially because ... ’m excited for today; it’s going to be a wonder of a trip. Hour 47: 10:16 AM ... there is plenty of time for me to keep writing and looking around. I leave

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  for me. I think back to who I was ten years ago, at just 12 years old ... engrossed by my daily life than the idea of writing it down for future me to ... remember now? What made her tick? I curse myself for not bothering to journal

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  's an funny column called "How to Care for Your Prefrosh". Shenanigans ... started innocently enough—trying to figure out when and how CPW started by ... " referring to the time period discussed, and "today" referring to the present

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  schedule have yielded a reasonable amount of free time for me to explore some ... it might look good to other people - do it for yourself! Books I ... realize how well the movie is done - it’s very faithful to the book, which

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  kind enough to do a Q&A for my blog, so enjoy! ---------- Did other ... would go ice fishing for northern pikes and then dissect them. How has ... "Deadliest Catch," so I think I am going to settle for going to vet school

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or ... themselves into a panic because they think they need to prepare for MIT, when ... 'd like to do some light studying or review for fun before MIT begins, then

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  no road map to follow. I'll be forever grateful for Matt's willingness ... used to present our successes and failures to hundreds of colleagues at ... the code, that version worked pretty well for many years. The office

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  sorority life in general. Be prepared for some long days! You will talk to ... mapping out my Course 2 classes, to prepping me for internship interviews ... with how this decision of joining a sorority has turned out for me. I am

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  via Common App for a couple schools so there were overlaps there...but for all additional essays I tried to tailor them individually). okok ... trying to answer a question? If we don't conclude, how are they going know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  recently and more frequently than I’d like to admit. For the most part ... . (Warning: I’m about to wax philosophical for what will probably be several ... plans for college life - what course I wanted to be, what dorm I wanted to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot ... heat. how to taper, rivet, chisel, and assorted other skills. tapering is ... student in the class showed, into wavy table legs). we also learned how to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  students telling me how I had encouraged them to continue striving on past ... over the MIT community coming together for one reason: to tell you that ... to East Campus and Simmons for having the top two most responses, 18

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  video,” he said, “I basically want to make a two-minute trailer for the ... he’d already contacted him again to ask him to come aboard for this ... as a part of his application to MIT, and had a YouTube channel

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017