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  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  college, I had no idea what I wanted to do after graduation, but I wasn ... , through no fault of their own, are archetypal excellent sheep; they are ... released by an external force, with no self-knowledge or desires of their own

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  I designed and made. Here we are! No, I didn’t apply the blur, I blame

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out Guide to MIT: Academics here. GOOD REASONS TO CHOOSE A DORM CULTURAL FIT: I cannot emphasize this point enough. No matter how (in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  drone had no idea what happened to the one before him. Remember Lesson

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  more value for your Pass/No Record, your tuition, and your dreams.   I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  point, and— No, hold up. That's a lie. I was kind of a lot fixated. And I

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  made no effort to absorb it. I didn’t make many new friends, and the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  your local grocery store checkout aisle. Function (noun): No list of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  Snively!? Well thought out answer: No, I prefer to take an observatory role

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  About a month ago, a parent asked me: "What do all these majors switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  are "There are no activities or combinations of activities which by

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  direct result of no fewer than four dorm parties (and, in case you didn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  -so-warm) space heater. (Um, hopefully no one from Housing reads the blogs.) 8

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  we were forced out by the pandemic. This year wasn't real, because no ... again, to go places and talk to people and be bold. There's no shortage of ... no one's perfect. We know that everyone's fighting battles. And yet, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  I stop liking math because I was no longer the best, because it ... -- like, zero words, no documents opened -- and it fucking sucks, and I ... were all racing and I was keeping afloat. Like no matter what, I in fact

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  was a "normal" spring, something that no student had experienced before

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  of [annotation note="or the people no longer around you. keep calling

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  filming with me. I bought props and a [annotation note="no thanks to mit

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  'm no Michelin-star chef. But these meals sure tasted good :P Featuring

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  understand that yes I do in fact have ADHD, and no I'm not taking advantage of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018