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  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ’s attempt to gain a command was somewhat futile to begin with because he was ... nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from ... most important point. While we’re going with a Revolutionary theme, I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  with my new best friends and a bunch of current and future nobel ... 't know what it means. But it means you're considered equally with the rest ... the science competition results came in I battled each day with the fact

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  with the place. Ten years... wow. I was 30 years old when we launched ... / etc. -- you seriously want us to waste time with html?) Matt Mc ... the blogs program. MIT was the first, so this was all new territory with

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

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

  

  on what I was doing with family, friends and professors out loud, and with myself through writing. That was important. Here’s the catch: you ... both of those places, but I want to start all over again with this newly

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

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  increasing global context. The program I am currently abroad with is called ... with some pictures as a last thought… One of the few calm places in ... juxtaposed with a street art project in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  hope that MIT would provide me with an extraordinary experience en route ... aesthetically pleasing) buildings with energy, personality, and cool ideas. The ... and dreams with you, wherever you end up: to resist abandoning them

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  best thing to do about it. Talking it over with Dave and a friend of mine ... rush job to get it together before we left. Coupled with some array ... interested in doing a sort of "B.A. Nerd" themed photoshoot complete with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  plethora of emotions that come with it. Right now, some of you are nearly giddy with elation, having just learned of your acceptance. Some of you ... ) blew my mind, how my school was teeming with energy and diversity, how I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  ironic that this huge, 100-plot cemetery is filled with French aristocrats ... internship in Europe in my field of study by November with minimal effort on my ... put on your resume, you get direct contact with professors, and you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  answer. Most MIT students come in with a strong bias towards either ... person and nobody would have ever entrusted me with anything more dangerous ... eagerly joined with them. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough funding for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  brushing my teeth and washing my face, throwing on clothes, fussing with my ... familiar with. Today is hectic in part because my mind is still racing ... struck with the feeling that I might never get the chance to, again. When

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  person of my background with my “stats” had literally an absolute zero ... chick flick, I fell accidentally in love with something insanely out of ... about culture. I felt like MIT was literally built with me in mind - that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  where do students interact with their professors outside of class?? Are ... them with our queries;),though I think that wont be possible for someone ... with a class of 200 each. That worries me - I don't know what it'll be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  having fun. 5. If you are coming with your parents, make sure you do the ... various events with clearly bored children. K: Do your own thing :D The ... with pertinent information! K: Nat's going to be a TA for this. More of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  and bad) that I've had with people on CollegeConfidential and elsewhere ... prepared - and how could they be, with such different experiences? - all ... solving, and learn to interact with people from different beliefs and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• 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

  

  in this room bouting with teammates and friends, learning and improving ... laughing uncontrollably with pset buddies at 4 am because I'm too wired on ... with the tortilla on the side could last me for a solid two meals. After

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

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  facing the street. I am sharing it with you because 1. There is a store on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  : stirred things) midnight meals with my boyfriend for his fraternity  

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in

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

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

  

  an issue with the Doonesbury comic strip. The main character's daughter ... 't just an e-mail. This was a special e-mail. This was an e-mail with an ... ) ---------------------------------------------------------------   For a short amount of time the website was back up with a "fix

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008