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  50 Reflections

  

  most traffic of any entry ever written on the MIT blogs. While I am ... -related entries for insider info on the admissions process and stories of "the real ... among the best -- and, at the same time, the hardest -- years of my life

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  a few anecdotes to give you a picture of what the city is like. And ... of a shady area (not near MIT) was mugged a few months ago, and was ... , never mind that people with strollers and large packages are allowed on

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  got a 1900 on. I figured I was just being lazy, and could have gotten a ... ; I'm just rambling. What follows is one of the most insightful and ... any entry ever posted on these blogs.  I know I'm retired but Inri137's

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of ... buildings on campus, and the classes which they will take in the coming four ... communities around you full of people ready to support you, and you will have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... trophies and science olympiad medals, none of which I have or have ever had ... of English profiency, and that's only because all classes are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  any day of the week. This left me more time to work on graduate ... and continued to work on my essay. At 3am, in commemoration of reaching ... surprising number of late nights and amount of last-minute tooling this term

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  photograph of a swing and how that image says more about the world than any test ever could. Of course you need good scores and good grades to get ... . It makes me think of the guy who fell in love with trains as a kid and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to ... researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games and human ... that took up a lot of my spring and summer, but I made it! So in this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  ?" was on a lot of mailing lists and all over Facebook. I had gotten close ... winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It ... losses of Matthew Nehring and Christina Tournant. And for you, dear

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  having each other to lean on." And also: "You can't take any other ... absurd amounts of money in Silicon Valley or on Wall Street and ... female, incidentally, and through some quirk of the fashion industry have

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  physics calculations. Lots of teamwork and designing. Also get to go on ... connecting with the world outside of MIT, and where I could actually work on ... , is a perfect mix of learning what goes on behind the aesthetics and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  . I sat on my bed silently. My fingers were numb and my breaths were ... swallow any sort of intelligent thought that had survived the oxygen ... rock and when it should be a bed. I just sort of let it be it. Laptop

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  of what cards you’ll be dealt, and to carry on from there. And that is ... applications. And to connect our lives to the life of you, the reader. The ... will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  section. That's a lot of hassle for one student, and it would've been much ... -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack ... buzzing with some exciting new information. Prof. Grimson, head of the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  in advance, here's considerations on picking classes and schedules ... , there's lots and lots of HASS classes, so you'll definitely find something ... parts of the GIRs you've done, and which parts you're missing. You don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  so I could walk to the Cambridge Public Library and was on the verge of ... depression note: This is a personal account on my experience with anxiety and ... and we get out of bed We get dressed We clean up last night's mess And

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a vast array of advanced (and expensive) machinery used to control and ... wanted to take a picture and turn it into a full-on solar cell. Creating

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  exercise! We lift, run, dance and generally touch grass. One feature of MIT ... ’s something there to suit any and every workout routine. We’ve visited and lifted in (almost) all of them and chronicled/tier-listed them below for

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  colleges and had drafted a handful of generic essays, but really didn’t have ... online community of peers sharing the same stresses and anxieties. College ... , emphasizing their strengths, and inventing some sort of “hook.” I learned that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  electric with the thought of classes and schoolwork. You think you'll come ... few A's. You're on top of the world! You've proven yourself worthy of attending one of the most challenging and respected universities in the world

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010