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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 ... ? there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for ... heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay down

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

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  were they supposed to get a car off the dome? Helicopters flew by all day ... . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to ... to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  to get an objective sense of someone’s irritability beforehand for my ... , however, I caught up with my cousins and by default that means going to bed ... ;   Afeefah: 100% good health. I’ve been trying to get into a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  donations from alums allowed us to all get robes for free. I played as Neville ... MacGuffins, for lack of a better name. Another group was trying to get ... many of my friends to sign up as I could. The pandemic's been rough for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  weather today for the marathon? But it should be done by now though” and ... somewhat lightened up as I witnessed how many people stopped by to ask where ... nights when I didn’t even want to think about walking across campus to get

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  conversation. Or something like that." And then I get real sad, so I go back to ... 't plan anything to do, so after playing Crystalis for two hours, I decided ... 'm headed to UC Berkeley for grad school. Of course, the data also predicts

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  selection process that students initiate by applying for admission in the ... to go mountain climbing. This example works for many, but clearly not ... virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
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  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  science and anthropology. I have learned new ways to look at the world and ... environment and it has been immensely beneficial for me to understand the ‘other ... fulfill my wanderlust. While it is great to do MISTI for a summer (they just

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was like for me to go on medical leave for mental health reasons. I’ve been ... for me to feel enough alarm to do anything about it. Sitting around all

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
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  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  [dare I say more competent] people working for him while he gets to enjoy ... had been drawn for the lottery to see him and Mike Schroepfer (VP of ... :   (Now let me just preface my $0.02 that I'm about to spill by

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  principles: I wanted to compensate artists for their time. I had no idea ... be by an MIT student, and as much as possible get a different artist ... , others take a few weeks of incremental progress. I forgot to account for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  . After receiving the Marshall Scholarship to attend postgrad in the UK for ... for me to go.’ While the answer sufficed through its cynicism, a kind of ... around in an oversized fish tank: ‘I can’t wait to get out here.’ When the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to ... , they should be a viable candidate for admission to a highly selective

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  location on the Infinite Corridor to its new home in the MIT Welcome Center ... 1970s, waiting to be excavated by some admissions officer 50 years later ... directly to the Office of Admissions the FINAL APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
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  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  wanted to be when he grew up. I reached for the right words to validate the ... looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures ... up with people for no reason other than to derp in the hallways and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  mattering. snowballs and shuttle buses and moments to save for nostalgia. at ... 'm running errands in california, like going to the bank and getting my mom ... , then at least for a while. i watched lady bird (excellent and emotional

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  to take the class. You can submit as many classes as you want for ... you don't get to take the HASS you want to take that semester. I ... only have a year left at MIT, and there's no way I'm going to get to take

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
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  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find yourself wondering: How did THAT get there? Four score and zero years ago

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  post will be a way for you to start processing all of those thoughts, a ... out good. Hoping for the chance for dreams to be a reality. Sometimes ... lives not loving things, not wishing for something to happen, well, we

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  , some alumni actually look forward to getting calls from us because they ... , innate cleverness. I know that I did not get in by some fluke. The truth ... ; usually you don’t get old men saying things like this to your face. Usually

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015