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Blog / Advice

Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

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A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old picture. Instead, I found a nearly one year old video that I accidentally recorded when I…

by Jessica Z. '27
December 15, 2023

Blog / About Decisions

the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a…

by Audrey C. '24
December 14, 2023

Blog / Class Projects

Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

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2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s sort…

by Chris Peterson SM '13
December 13, 2023

Blog / About Decisions

MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

I’ve stopped listening to Jenny’s cozy destress vibes playlist while psychoanalyzing the bloggers⁠09 bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in the information and creating new assumptions and…

by Chris Peterson SM '13
December 11, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

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IT’S BLOGGER WRAPPED TIME This feels almost poetic to me. The very first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when I received a January…

by Kayode D. '27
December 10, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT, the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad, but I wanted to compare the two…

by Rona W. '23
December 9, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

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Waiting for college decisions is difficult. Trust me, I’ve been there before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
December 8, 2023

Blog / Challenges

my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

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Yesterday, what was an unfortunate event turned into something kinda funny… During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the Media Lab, a classmate accidentally shattered my laptop…

by Kanokwan T. '25
December 7, 2023

Blog / MIT Life

GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

AHHHHHH!!!! I love snow!! I’ve been checking my weather app slightly for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance…

by Allison E. '27
December 7, 2023

Blog / MIT Life

SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

There’s a trampoline in Simmons!!!! Trampoline!!!! and also the ping pong table that is now less cool in comparison I live in Simmons Hall. For the last few weeks, large…

by Kayode D. '27
December 6, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

Choosing classes at MIT is like filling up a skill tree in a video game. Each class taken unlocks branches of other exciting classes, and there are always tons of…

by Andi Q. '25
December 6, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

There are four pink dresses in my room. Presentations for MIT’s most well-known MechE capstone, 2.009: Product Design, are coming up this Monday. There are six teams — Red, Yellow,…

by Amber V. '24
December 5, 2023

Blog / Admissions

a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

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When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications, every essay that I wrote left me more and anxious about whether I was going anywhere at all.…

by Anika H. '26
December 3, 2023

Blog / Athletics

‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

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Hi, everyone! The soccer season has just wrapped up, and I wanted to give y’all a little recap. For starters, it’s important to know that the season is basically broken…

by Emiko P. '25
December 3, 2023

Blog / Blog Projects

Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

A liveblog on the blogger retreat 2023 (check back in throughout the weekend to see the latest updates!). Background Slack Messages Earlier this year, Kano suggested we have a blogger…

by Paige B. '24
December 2, 2023

Blog / Challenges

transitions memories of first snow

This post started as a voice memo, taken during a walk home. Its unpolished, initial form, complete with pauses and rephrasings, is here: https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thanksgiving-first-draft.mp3 I had a very difficult time…

by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
December 1, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

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Although it may not be as apparent as other aspects of MIT, the visual arts presence here (and in the greater Boston area) is super vibrant! There are a ton…

by Gloria Z. '26
December 1, 2023

Blog / How to Human

Always the Art Kid many many many identities

When I was younger, people called me the “art kid.” I distinctly remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew lopsided houses in…

by Jessica Z. '27
November 28, 2023

Blog / Miscellaneous

I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

I started watching Friends a few weeks ago. I thought it was going to be an innocuous little break from the stress-inducing shows that I usually choose to watch like…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
November 25, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Semester of poetry

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It’s been a while. I meant to post sooner but I got sidetracked, and then I got sick, and here we are. I had an impulse to post something I’ve…

by Uzay G. '26
November 24, 2023