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

  

  had never been to China by myself. I began to bittersweetly recall my ... them :) I have never been to Beijing. Whenever we returned to China, we always went to Shanghai, Nanjing, or Hangzhou, always somewhere in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  self-confidence in my ability to get into such a well-known and ... Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I ... laureates. I get home exhausted, and I suddenly remember that the time was 6

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

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in ... (scientific ones nonetheless. You know, the ones that are hard to get ... 's 0400 Saturday morning, and my roommate and I sit listening to whatever

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It ... devoted to. As the semesters went by, I developed priorities alongside ... 'm saying to comfort myself.☺ Since graduating, I’ve been thinking a lot

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

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  freshman. Covid [annotation note="you got up to five other people who you could interact with normally; you had to remain socially distanced from ... taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted ... , whatever. I’m gonna get back to work.

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  get to see you here in the fall! To those of you who didn't sleep at all ... I thought it'd be worth it to add my own thoughts into the mix ... 'm about to dive head-first into the craziness that is medical school

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• 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"

  

  section. All eyes are on you, as you lift your instrument to your mouth ... measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in. It's your chance to play whatever you want! Maybe this sounds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  your work will get done—there is enough help around campus to not stop ... great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question ... was about work/life balance—is it stressful to balance everything at MIT

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  message by welcoming others to create a space that celebrates all of SHASS ... while these economists deserve recognition for their contributions to MIT ... displayed here have made to both MIT and their fields. However, we disagree

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  so long to grab their coats. why they would ask us to get ready to go ... you want to know: you get into MIT when you’re seventeen.  Maybe this ... ’m glad you’re excited to get to work and dive into this new life ahead of

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  you'll fall as soon as you try to get up and it'll hurt, and other times ... used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  want to be, what experiences you need to have to help you get there, and ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to ... enrollment of each outstanding new class. While I don't want to minimize my

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... foolhardy enough to enter the Bad Ideas Wings Eating Contest... and was it

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... test ever could. Of course you need good scores and good grades to get ... deluding yourself. So please stop harassing Matt; you’re not going to get the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  As promised, an awesome guest entry - written by the wonderful ... mostly I go by stephlin, steph or “yoooo.” I’m currently finishing up my ... (obligatory fun fact), really love parentheses and tend to write/talk too much

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

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack ... member. He loves MIT, which is no small thing to say considering he knows what it's like to be a student here (he got his PhD in Mathematics here

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  also my friend and hallmate. We dance to "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit, covered by Nahid. Next to me, five people huddled in a beige blanket dance ... "live" means verb, "to live," or "live", as in concurrently, alive

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , I can't even seem to get through a day on seven and a half. Knowing ... , it's not going to get any easier. This semester, the key was ... back up without me pressing start. I replied to emails,[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  1970s, waiting to be excavated by some admissions officer 50 years later ... .I.T. 5. Ask two of your teachers to fill out the EVALUATION OF APPLICANT BY ... to the Student Financial Aid Office (M.I.T. Room 5-119) by January 10

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022