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  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 ... )convenient the accommodations are, you will not be happy in a dorm that doesn ... their experience with the dorm during REX and CPW. Watch the dorm i3

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  Now playing: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles It was a ... submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this

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

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... (except the statistics in there, of course, have gotten even crazier - e.g., the admit rate is now 9.6% instead of 13%). This post will not be as

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same, except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look ... makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the

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

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  the problem set on my computer screen, neck craning down. The music in ... the endless noise of constant motion that comes with living in a house of seven people. I read over the problems again, eyes moving to and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  They're not kidding when they say the Swiss are some of the most On-Top-Of-It people in the World.   During the exchange orientation session at ETH, the word Eigenverantwortung popped up during one of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with great interest. In my role as the Director of Minority Recruitment, I ... complete the race and ethnicity section of the MIT admission application

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  film making is one of the hardest things you can do, even when you ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9elE7Ij-c One night, in the middle of my time away from MIT, I ... the house, only the three of us remained that night as everyone else

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

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  on this post alone for the past six days. Most of it, I've been writing in my head...forming the words, stringing them together like jewels on ... discarding and reweaving them until they sparkle and sound just the way I want

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  ... and everything nice! My favorite dish in the whole wide world is ... ’s been my Instagram username for the past 2 years. For the entirety of my freshman year, it was literally the only dish I cooked. I made it 7 times

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

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note="EC has two buildings; one is to the west of the other"]west parallel[/annotation]of East Campus. I was coming from the east parallel, where I had been

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the ... Squares, near the Cambridge Public Library.           Winter and sunset both symbolize the end of things, but autumn has always been my favorite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in ... home after class: (2) Because even the Infinite (Corridor) has an ... Court... (4) ...or take a walk by the boathouse: (5) I'd show you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  September 2nd The round tables are blue, yellow, and green this year ... the fourth time I’ve sat on the Returning Student Luncheon panel of… the ... life experiences, and we’re here to talk tips and tricks, to tell the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  On the second last day of classes my freshman spring, I wrote a blog ... thought it would be pretty cool to do it again -- and by coincidence, the day when I was the free-est to blog was also the second last day of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure ... the MIT application, you’ve likely encountered our short answer essay questions, including the one written above. Rather than asking applicants to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  MIT is like, the good and the bad. Give comfort and advice about your applications. And to connect our lives to the life of you, the reader. The reality is that we as bloggers cannot connect with the decision that you may

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  —a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the place they want to spend their college years. The “weekend” itself starts ... that is good about life as a student. For the visiting senior, there is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  "tried hard enough", I could perform the most superhuman balancing acts ... think: all the advice in the world couldn't persuade stubborn me to take ... all this, if you fail to learn and change accordingly. So here I am, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  just curious to see what it's like. And lucky for you, I've got the scoop ... living [annotation note="for the record, whenever i refer to off ... signing leases, knowing your rights as a tenant, navigating the market, and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019