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  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  first time. You are now a freshman in college and as the oldest of the ... whether to share it with the rest of you guys, but I thought that this ... midafternoon lunch rush. "wassgood?" A familiar question snapped me out of the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is ... of my favorite poems, all about looking toward the future and starting ... the rest of the talking. https://youtu.be/vdCQoajVQds Hope your road

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  like. I cried. I ate an entire box of mandarin oranges. I arranged the ... succeeding, since the positive impact of your successes will eventually far ... , and get far. But an undergraduate education is only the first step

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

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this ... UChicago the night it was due, I figure a few of you might need this reminder. You need to actually do the essays first before you can edit them. Just

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  the first time that they will feel that sting of rejection, an ... . The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good ... is represented in all capital letters in English translations of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  particular question, however, stuck with me because all of the options seem to ... elucidate the lives of MIT students, and this subject has definitely been on ... 't necessarily have to be pre-professional, it's basically one of your first few

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  the very first day of school, sitting somewhere in the top left and ... up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the ... it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  point is the thesis of "hookups", which occur on a spectrum. First, the ... real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... ", referring to hookup culture or the general idea of casual relationships

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  , you've all heard plenty of life updates and reflections on the MIT (and ... , the first place after MIT that feels like home. Like many other MIT ex ... looks about as appetizing as the last photo of an Anna's burrito I posted

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  'm mentally and physically spent by my first semester at MIT; this time, part of the class of 2011 has been admitted and half of my freshman year is done ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  my interests, without the burden of commitments I wasn’t totally ... to know there. I didn’t have a “group of friends” in college the same ... times to several people separately, but at the end of the day it just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  the end result of this is that i now have far too many haikus Also i ... Alright, story time. Since the beginning of spring semester, I’ve been so ... ’ve helped run lots of events: the Filipino Students Association was supposed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  the sidequests I planned at the beginning of the year. Sidequest 1 ... , though, I generally know the number of the building that I happen to be ... of cases, be willing to help you learn. Sidequest 8: Survive the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  Victoria Secret website. First change, a new little block of text above the ... of the funniest things ever. I lol'd and lol'd, and then Melis wrote a wrap up entry that showed the end result of MIT's poll-bombing. Fast

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  't stick exactly to all of the words, but you'll get the gist of it. Best of ... this feeling. And it can be kind of terrifying. Even applying in the first place requires quite a bit of bravery, you had to have enough

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  Dear Class of 2022, 12 years ago, Ben Jones, aka The Blogfather, shared 50 pieces of wisdom with the Class of 2010, which became 50 Things, the most-read blog on MIT Admissions. As a member of the Class of 2018

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  exploded with laughter in the middle of my physics lecture as soon as i saw it:   I thought OP probably was a reader of the blogs, because ... ’ve been going to the same school for most of our lives, so I wanted to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  they get here, and I like sharing with everybody the types of things I do here. My dad follows the blogs very closely as well and the two of us ... I normally won't is explore the bowels of College Confidential (if I

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

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  all of the spotlight for this blogpost."]Maybe, but true.[/annotation] All the years of Camille studying, taking tests, volunteering, and ... up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Best Advice I Ever Got Take it or leave it.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2012