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

  

  something that you don’t. We can all learn from each other. GETTING AROUND ... track. You can just not go to things (like classes) and people won’t get ... want to cook, you can get meat and veggies and make stir fry or something

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

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  if you were lucky enough to get into MIT. I think I’ve grown a lot most ... Robotics) I. The Before Times Before you decided to transfer to MIT, who were you, and what were you up to? Gaurab: I lived most of my life in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  and rebuild new ones. Money can't purge your fears out of you. That's a function of how far you want every dollar that you spend to go. To get my ... . If you struggle and get too tense, you sink. Just float - stay relaxed

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  . Apparently there is an email list that you can sign up that tells you where the ... compare Melis' to mine you can note the differences - I guess significant ... drink coffee though - CAFFEINE IS BAD GUYS. QUIT WHILE YOU CAN. <

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  on what you're looking for. But first, where do we begin? How to Get ... earlier. You can also get July leases, but those are less common. It can be ... 's nice to get a break in the middle of the school day where I can truly

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  about how you can't do this after you graduate. Worry about how you can't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in ... , literally everyone you can about it. Punt the decision and play board games

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  . But you…you're getting into MIT. I know it. How could they not take you ... silly. The truth is, and maybe you can't see this yet, it's going to be ... like my old self, if you don't get the news you are hoping for on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from ... graduate can't get a job for two years after graduation?  I felt like a ... works. You figure it out. You get by. You make up something reasonable and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  fact in studying here, no matter what major you choose I can almost ... . You're an elite. You can't help but pat yourself on the back a little–-and you absolutely should! Getting into MIT is indeed an accomplishment

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  point where you can’t empathize with the difficulties they face, and I ... different life paths to get a more solid picture of where each of them could ... ’re lucky, you might get the passionate ramblings that end with “sorry, I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  ’ve blogged before, you can get away without a meal plan even if you can only ... tips to figure out where you’ll fit best: Ask multiple residents about ... ’re absolutely certain where you want to live, it’s helpful to discover different

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  I've changed my bio, which you can view on my author page, once every ... . I’ll introduce you to some of my favorite board games. We can play ... 2020 What does it take to get to know someone? I could tell you that I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  requires you to correct for it all at once. I can't go to lecture if I haven ... day is filled. Where is the time to catch up on material that you ... before you get to have any fun. Truth is I didn't enjoy my engineering

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I ... projects turn out, and not all grants get accepted. In order to succeed you ... back together again. It’s an opportunity that you can use to learn, grow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn't stick exactly to all of the words, but you'll get the gist of it. Best of ... and figuring out how exactly you can make the world a better place. So

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  , that unpredictable disaster you can't recover from, or some fundamentally ... Bazaar. My favorite is probably Growing a Language, a talk you can watch on ... hope the new maintainers get recognition for their work too. You could

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  Office of the First Year, where you can learn (among other things) about ... 's "REX", or Residence Exploration, put on by students, where you can play D ... counterexample: please go to your [annotation note="The meeting where you can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  think? Do what I want to do? Because, while you can never know for sure how any college will shape you, you can often infer a general sense of ... street — can have the largest impact, should I be hit by a bus, or meet the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , and it can feel overwhelming. Call or write someone you care about; they ... where you instantly figure out what you want to do for the rest of your ... you could get involved in. Not to mention classes. College will be a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  ="aligncenter" width="339"] lines for food can get long[/caption] Ask yourself: do you ... in the first semester is good. First, you're in P/NR; second, you get a good chance to meet other first-years; and third, you get a requirement

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021