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  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  ’m glad you’re excited to get to work and dive into this new life ahead of ... you want to know: you get into MIT when you’re seventeen.  Maybe this ... 's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on him

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I ... lead to a lot more than an admissions decision. If you get in on ... that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  Picture this. You’re trying to shuffle past a gaggle of camera ... ’t have to tell me about that. I knew it. Hours spent fixated on a problem ... problem your friend figured out in the time it took him to pee. You sit in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... used a ladder to get in and out of bed. Rather than the conventional four-legs-on ... get to know better). [caption id="attachment_55158" align

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about what they've been up to after all this time. One frequent question I get ... ) Lawyer; former staff to House of Representatives Committee on Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... ). Briana B. ‘17 (right) and I on the steps to Lobby 10 The current ... community of writers that you have gotten to know through your screens. These

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is ... cool to see in real life. you could see all the wiring on the inside too ... also really wanted to learn how to lift weights and Get Buff (so i can

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... polling my friends to find out where they like to study on campus and what

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  me a while to get my thoughts down on paper (or motherboard, as the ... keep bubbling to the forefront of your mind when you least expect them ... than it should have, and it's taken on new shades of meaning over the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  to work on a double major, pursue other interests, or, if you're like ... depending on what your professor asked you to do. Either way, you're going to ... recommendation would be to get a UROP or two and see what you're more interested in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  too bleak, especially because Class of '22 still get to take 3 GIRs on P ... , to ‘hit the ground running.’ The painful struggle to get through the ... drop the right one. The feeling of failure that comes when you’re used to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  I need to be, something I need to be doing, but there's no way to get ... tiles on the ceiling, your hair brushing the dirty carpet, your feet dangling in the air, wondering what it’d be like to walk on the ceiling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  of his finals. If you would like to spread happiness with your every ... , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better ... to drive with my dad on a two-lane highway, stick shift, farms on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  occasionally to think out loud with his hands extremely close to your face, or to encourage us all to volunteer - "Come on guys, we've got to get you more ... place that's supposedly your home to the people who supposedly know you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  of 2012, you can and should get your copy of How To Get Around MIT this ... from putting a firetruck on the Great Dome to subtly sabotaging the Harvard-Yale football game to many more. (2) An inelegant shortcut to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  getting divorced, your house burning down, your girlfriend cheating on you ... In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... close to you who died. I read about your small towns, your big cities, the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  people having strong feelings about how ‘easy’ it was for me to get into ... students getting into big schools because I have to realize discussion about ... your life. So to a lot of people the n word is just another word because

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  out into the world and get lost someplace new, and it’s just as nice to ... garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the ... Cook barley in a pot on the stove. Make according to store directions. As

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

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  anything."]advisor[/annotation]—recommended me to be a featured student on ... student do you need to be to get one? Those types of articles feel like a ... ’ll get to it. Here’s one tricky thing about being at MIT: you never know

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like ... 't stick exactly to all of the words, but you'll get the gist of it. Best of ... ’s no chance of getting in when secretly your heart/brain/stomach is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014