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  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  that can only be formed with some suffering. At some point - I think it ... . Imposter's Syndrome is rampant at MIT. Maybe you've already felt it ... , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  senior year of high school at the Penn State Schreyer Honors College as an ... years. At Penn State I was at least a year younger than everyone in my ... few years would probably be just like the one before it. I lived at home

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  you match up. There are certain traits and values that are at the core ... number of artistically talented people at MIT. Maybe you're a quarterback ... you might imagine, this is important at MIT. If you played the same

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

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  the windows, and the President herself smiled warmly at me behind a pair ... says about her daily life at MIT. She loves that you can get a daily fix ... explains how, as a dog lover at heart, she has gotten into the hobby of doing

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  -years. It may take a while to adapt to life at MIT—indeed, it took me three ... have agency: own your decisions. What do I mean by that? I mean that at ... three paragraphs about what I mean, I should give you at least one

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  campus at a desk I didn’t skim through solutions, hoping I’d get ... actually kept 8 hours consistently throughout because that’s at least what I ... reflected in this. And right after I finished at 9:30 tonight, I was hit by

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , if I was successful enough at the former. I would get a UROP at the ... , Michelle. You were Good at Things in high school, remember? You won stuff ... random places, all of which I seriously considered for at least the time I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  do your best work late at night, embrace that. It may be the only time ... experiment and see what works best for you. At least a few times in your ... scored front row seats to the Indigo Girls at a venue 2 hours away. I didn

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  top-notch student who had all the qualifications to succeed at MIT. So ... actually grab the folders to look at the scores, since that wasn't the part

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  's nothing quite like being at home, even if it is just for two weeks, and even ... admissions. The two of us were sitting down at Rockin' Rogers enjoying ... becomes serious. I spend a lot of time at MIT very stressed, this semester

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  , I have had to cross the Charles at some point. Each of them are so ... that bridges represent a central tenet of my life, at least my education ... in-depth look at Boston’s bridges, I’m sorry, but you’re in the wrong

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  the Silver Line buses, looking at the buildings outside, hearing the ... died a year later, a final disenchantment in a long, gradual descent. At ... shedding the old enchantment for the new. Four. We arrive at the Stud and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is STUPID and BAD AT TIME MANAGEMENT, and no one comment on when this blog was ... collect candy at all the different offices. [carousel image1="105171" image

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  Tetazoo has historically been friends with Blacker, a dorm at Caltech ... because Tetazoo is full of procrastinators, we only started at around 8:00pm ... rendering of the lineart. I sent it to Winnie, who was already at Metropolis

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  depressed person do THIS?” she says at am as she folds her laundry that came

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  world. Many of us read at home 5-6 days of the week throughout November ... pull in extra furniture to ensure everyone has a seat at the table. Some ... with the same people. Moving at a [annotation note='For those of you who

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a video game metaphor was easiest to conceptualize in comic form, so enjoy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  Hello beautiful people. I know that one of my previous entries hinted at the idea of doodling a science-question post. I still plan on getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  telling you about a steel fork? Well, at Lame-vard University, studying for ... to) Gee, my classes are boring   At MIT, fortunately, that's not ... sense) At MIT, all freshmen have the option to apply for a "freshman

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009