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  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  quivering mess the first time we had to do that, and not because the water was ... - and I think I did it wrong the first time. As I submerged my head, my ... point of college: the assertion that, if you attend any college, you'll be

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  statement, transcript, 2-page resume and between 6-8 letters of recommendation ... other and the interviewers. I thought it would be terrifying; the bios of ... applicant for a while, I was called into the room and led to the head of a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  of them, definitely. And it isn’t that every day in the middle was ... , and amazing. And I feel good about these days, because I like the feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• 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 ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have

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

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  of Vectors). After that, I will touch up the handle and clean the whole ... bigger and heavier than most of the other forks you've used.Why am I ... quite the case. (And of course, the jab above is all in good fun -- I have

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  whole picture. The way that students identify or categorize majors and ... project in itself) so we took some of the patterns from our interviews and ... , showing only a small slice of the student body and the confusion we go

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  before the start of the solo, he would give me a smile and a nod. I would ... , and the system was different. At the beginning of every piece, Mr. L ... started playing again, and ride waves of adrenalin (the terror kind) for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  description of the Diskworld from the first page of The Colour of Magic: In a ... 746572636570746564: At a corner of the ceiling between the showers and the entrance are ... Brianna C. ‘11. The Hitchhiker’s Trilogy is one of my favorite series and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  this happened and what the food means with a lot bit of fangirling. Enjoy:) ~~~ Table of Contents The Beginnings The Planning Phase What I Made and ... beginning of July and was drowning in the post-show blues. My treatment

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  an actual working prototype, and the first round of reviews is ... process of generating and mocking up ideas, with only the last month ... the prototype of our self-opening and locking restroom door, and nothing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  when I first moved here, the density of people and place was new and ... the produce market and other vendors making up 60% of volume. Daily ...  pounds of quality, never-expired food from entering the waste stream. Oh, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  , in the random and subjective order I thought of them/was told about ... ). UROPs are super common and have a lot of resources behind them (hence, the ... questions/make casual fun of each other, and meet every other week in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular ... of this, the African and African American community is an amazing place ... really want a black living group, and all in all despite the lack of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the time; one where you try new things and expand your sense of what is ... , except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  ... and everything nice! My favorite dish in the whole wide world is ... smell of the dish, a few people would turn their heads and scoot further ... also love to make pakaprow again. I have Thai peppers and the magic of a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  wager that half of the successful and famous people will tell you, “just ... diversity of people and options here made me confront the person I was in high ... So drastic and inevitable, the leap from high school to college seems

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  ? Take a step back, relax, and revel. First of all, and perhaps easier said ... be kind to yourself and others. MIT is probably going to be one of the ... this is upheld through the nature and culture of our school. It is our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  two types of first-generation children. The first kind didn’t appreciate ... saw the characteristic river and the unique scenery of Shanghai, I was ... , and sometimes with the daughter of my mother’s friend. That summer, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  History textbook The American Pageant, and my friend Davie ('12) is sitting ... How I blog - the writing and posting process Whether you should become ... that the Maryland Institute of Technology? Sameer had moved to London

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  before her decision!"]enough,[/annotation]and they were, for the day of. I felt way less stressed than I thought and the whole thing went off really ... the ground for an hour and then go home. At home, the first thing I did

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018