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  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  Hackathon (or ATHack for short). The goal of ATHack was to pair teams of MIT ... something for our client. We met with our client a couple times to try and ... 'd never been to the space before, but I was impressed by how funky the space

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ), that PDF application gets seen by many, many eyes, from the time it gets ... like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... a page and seeing cold numbers on a screen to getting attached to you

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

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  who apply to MIT every year are qualified for admittance, by which I ... succeeded somewhere else. Everybody loses. And I hate to lose. By the same token, we do not admit students who are unqualified for admission to MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal ... application is then read by a primary reader who will summarize it at length for ... probably don't say to your face for fear of inflating your ego: that you

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

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share ... about their children or where they were going or how to get where she was ... us in for tea while we waited for a tow truck to come! Anecdote 6: One

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

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  . Every senior gets four tickets to give to friends or family for graduation ... for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to ... 've known, because I'm staying for another year to finish my Master's degree

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become ... reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have ... stems from. I never thought that failing to get into MIT would mean

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

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  listening to someone lay out a plan for the next week, and the overhead ... everyone is still for too long for it to be a natural pause. I watch as a ... quiet for me to go and there are three other people streaming lectures and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  . As I get ready to graduate, I wanted to share how I experienced Ben ... get to build and solidify connections that will last way past graduation ... . That’s also why I study for exams the night before, and try to avoid

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... Pressure." You should take the time to check out all the results, but for ... WORTHY!" (honestly, it's hard for me to keep those feelings in check

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids ... mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... out. march on, march on. guest post by Piper ('17) -- a new friend, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  summer camp i went to for two years back in high school, and each time i ... , for saying yes to everything this summer. no single decision was bad ... ’s monday, i thought, and maybe i should try to get work done today. that day

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  if it's so snowy that nobody can leave/come to my house for anything ... pressure on their children to succeed and to get A's. While it's wonderful to ... $50,000 a year to pay for tuition. As such, parents want to see that

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• 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 ... always hours when it is impossible for me to work. And these are the hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  voice to be like. What if I'd get rebuked for not actually having heard ... asexual people describe. For example, not really wanting to have sex, aside ... anosmia, up until they were asked to describe the scent of a peach for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... . You get the point) The best candidates to MIT bring much more to the ... The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  me to talk about and has affected me for a while. My mental health ... . Perfectionism + the urge to get everything done right on the first try. I first ... near emotional meltdown in front of Logan International Airport to get me

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  likening my next four years to learning to swim: You can cling for dear life ... life. First, get comfortable and acclimated; try not to panic. Second, if ... the line. Sometimes it means getting ready for the next push, the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  look around for my mom and dad, who always try to see me off; last year ... sufficient to get me through secondary school and my undergraduate education. It was not enough to get me through MIT. I enrolled as a graduate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting ... pressure for you to do so. I don’t mean to say that you should make ... get work done when you do not feel like you have opted for that work

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021