MIT MITES Summer 2014

<p>@Greenwave2015‌ Hmm I can’t login either. Apparently the password I’ve been using isn’t correct anymore?</p>

<p>@Nobody426‌ </p>

<p>It says by 11:59 not that they will be coming out at 11:59. So I would anticipate it any time tomorrow.</p>

<p>@engineering2015‌ AHHH I was too at first but its the one ALL the way at the bottom, I believe it was CD, it’s not AC because that AC was the longest side for the “lower triangle.” Make sense? But overall, I did not think it was bad. I felt pretty good on everything of Science. I took too long at the beginning so when there was 10 minutes left, I had 20 questions left. SOO I hope that it went well XD</p>

<p>Prom’s may 3rd for us, same day as SAT subject tests for me. Good thing I’m not going to Prom!</p>

<p>@Nobody426‌ Hopefully you get some birthday luck!</p>

<p>It let me log on now. When I said I couldn’t connect my page just didn’t load at all. They did unlock the profiles though, and when it finally loaded for me I had to log in with credentials instead of it remembering me like it always has. @nobody426, where did you see the exact time? And hey, bigger coincidence, MITES starts June 14th and that IS my birthday. What a wonderful birthday gift that would be huh?</p>

<p>They also said ‘by April 25th’ before the new update… So I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the last minutes. xp</p>

<p>@Greenwave2015‌ ahhhh it’ll definitely be an amazing birthday gift. <3 MOSTEC is all I ask for. :)</p>

<p>I’ve been on a relatively lucky streak for everything I did lately, one more miracle?</p>

<p>Lol I’ve been in a pretty horrible bad luck streak. I didn’t get home until 8:30 today, my phone died on me, I sat on cat *** the other day, I got denied for QuestBridge. Common gods of luck, compensate my misery with something.</p>

<p>@Nobody246 me too! Hopefully our luck will last :)</p>

<p>Can someone give me the link to the portal? I deleted my browsing history at some point it seems and they’ve taken the link down off of the main MITES site.</p>

<p><a href=“http://mitesapp.mit.edu”>http://mitesapp.mit.edu</a></p>

<p>mitesapp.mit.edu @butterchicken</p>

<p>Thanks guys! Good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>Can’t wait to hear</p>

<p>@Nobody426‌ where does it say that?!</p>

<p>Within 25 hours ans 55 minutes we will know our decisions!!</p>

<p>midnight!</p>

<p>So is it decided that we are all just going to refresh the screen until midnight?</p>

<p>it says on the portal before you log in! (scroll down just a bit)</p>

<p>Ahhhh thanks guys! I hope my luck would hold too, I’ve had the worst week of my life last week, and things are finally getting better. Either way, I’ll have a very productive summer. :)</p>

<p>@NanoEngineer‌ Haha, Ikr?
All signs point at me being rejected - and I wouldn’t be extremely disappointed if I was - but yet I still feel so nervous. Jeez, I hate this feeling… Next year I’m going to break down when waiting for college decisions.</p>

<p>As we wait for MITES decisions, let us keep this article in mind. </p>

<p>Few Things Highly Confident People Don’t Do
April 20, 2014 </p>

<p>Highly confident people believe in their ability to achieve. If you don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else put their faith in you? To walk with swagger and improve your self-confidence, watch out for these fifteen things highly confident people don’t do.</p>

<p>They don’t make excuses.</p>

<p>Highly confident people take ownership of their thoughts and actions. They don’t blame the traffic for being tardy at work; they were late. They don’t excuse their short-comings with excuses like “I don’t have the time” or “I’m just not good enough”; they make the time and they keep on improving until they are good enough.</p>

<p>They don’t avoid doing the scary thing.</p>

<p>Highly confident people don’t let fear dominate their lives. They know that the things they are afraid of doing are often the very same things that they need to do in order to evolve into the person they are meant to be.</p>

<p>They don’t live in a bubble of comfort.</p>

<p>Highly confident people avoid the comfort zone, because they know this is a place where dreams die. They actively pursue a feeling of discomfort, because they know stretching themselves is mandatory for their success.</p>

<p>They don’t put things off until next week.</p>

<p>Highly confident people know that a good plan executed today is better than a great plan executed someday. They don’t wait for the “right time” or the “right circumstances”, because they know these reactions are based on a fear of change. They take action here, now, today – because that’s where progress happens.</p>

<p>They don’t obsess over the opinions of others.</p>

<p>Highly confident people don’t get caught up in negative feedback. While they do care about the well-being of others and aim to make a positive impact in the world, they don’t get caught up in negative opinions that they can’t do anything about. They know that their true friends will accept them as they are, and they don’t concern themselves with the rest.</p>

<p>They don’t judge people.</p>

<p>Highly confident people have no tolerance for unnecessary, self-inflicted drama. They don’t feel the need to insult friends behind their backs, participate in gossip about fellow co-workers or lash out at folks with different opinions. They are so comfortable in who they are that they feel no need to look down on other people.</p>

<p>They don’t let lack of resources stop them.</p>

<p>Highly confident people can make use of whatever resources they have, no matter how big or small. They know that all things are possible with creativity and a refusal to quit. They don’t agonize over setbacks, but rather focus on finding a solution.</p>

<p>They don’t make comparisons.</p>

<p>Highly confident people know that they are not competing with any other person. They compete with no other individual except the person they were yesterday. They know that every person is living a story so unique that drawing comparisons would be an absurd and simplistic exercise in futility.</p>

<p>They don’t find joy in people-pleasing.</p>

<p>Highly confident people have no interest in pleasing every person they meet. They are aware that not all people get along, and that’s just how life works. They focus on the quality of their relationships, instead of the quantity of them.</p>

<p>They don’t need constant reassurance.</p>

<p>Highly confident people aren’t in need of hand-holding. They know that life isn’t fair and things won’t always go their way. While they can’t control every event in their life, they focus on their power to react in a positive way that moves them forward.</p>

<p>They don’t avoid life’s inconvenient truths.</p>

<p>Highly confident people confront life’s issues at the root before the disease can spread any farther. They know that problems left unaddressed have a way of multiplying as the days, weeks and months go by. They would rather have an uncomfortable conversation with their partner today than sweep an inconvenient truth under the rug, putting trust at risk.</p>

<p>They don’t quit because of minor set-backs.</p>

<p>Highly confident people get back up every time they fall down. They know that failure is an unavoidable part of the growth process. They are like a detective, searching for clues that reveal why this approach didn’t work. After modifying their plan, they try again (but better this time).</p>

<p>They don’t require anyone’s permission to act.</p>

<p>Highly confident people take action without hesitation. Every day, they remind themselves, “If not me, who?”</p>

<p>They don’t limit themselves to a small toolbox.</p>

<p>Highly confident people don’t limit themselves to Plan A. They make use of any and all weapons that are at their disposal, relentlessly testing the effectiveness of every approach, until they identify the strategies that offer the most results for the least cost in time and effort.</p>

<p>Author & article source: Daniel Wallen | Lifehack</p>