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• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  Troubadour" by Tom Chapin  Which brings me back to that Thursday afternoon ... displays everywhere I looked. As a New Yorker, I have some desire to avoid ... on which I would allow myself to be captivated by the skyscrapers I

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  character to your room. get SLAPped! ... room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the ... quickly. i left with a painting by ria brodell that seemed to be part of a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  orient myself to a new reality. I probably needed a break from lifting ... my brothers were trained as engineers; I, by contrast, come to this ... ambition. I began by Googling homemade power racks and quickly discerned that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• 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…

  

  class website or announce in class, they'll eventually get to know you. If ... colleges. Otherwise, you can just get a letter written by your school ... air, as freshmen were trampled by upperclassmen rioting to reset the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  new requirement by this catalog is interviews. Applicants near enough to ... : general requirements that undergraduates need to get a degree. Schools and ... numbers. The alumni directory of this catalog refers to the courses by their

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  by taking all of an hour to take two cards out of envelopes... I had a ... of assignment you can do the night before," to which a student ... (yes, I might give you a campus tour!), I sometimes get asked about the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  shaky it took two tries to get the password right. And text suddenly ... specific essays. But getting to consciously choose to apply to UW-Madison, I ... of your life, I daresay it’s necessary to be invested. But at the same

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  Circuit, it's basically a loop for you to get the feel of your cart/bike and ... exam, you can still expect to get ~20% by blindly guessing, but on a MIT ... ) Get your 7 hours of sleep. You're not going to get more done in that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  AeroAstro. I figured I was fascinated enough by planes and rockets to get ... gets distracted by airplanes flying overhead, and gave Professor Darmofal an opening to introduce the Jim Mar Test. Used by Mar to evaluate

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  own website and foundation, emphasize the narrative of homelessness by ... disingenuous claims about the magnitude of her success. To clarify, by magnitude ... activities) and invite users to rate their chances of getting into certain

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  willing to get mauled in pursuit of our interests, she by vicious animals ... people from your high school know about MIT? What made you decide to come ... suburb outside of Madison, WI, and I was actually the first person to get

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  impressed by my response to my upbringing and family situation. Like, about to ... . “You can get a fee waiver once you give us a copy of your parent’s 1040 ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  could get the argument out of the way in advance. I googled for various ... do any of it. Instead, my mom came and sat next to me, and we did New ... answer to many more things in life than I would have expected: in your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  so… I don’t even know what to say. If you’re reading this, you ... movements are inspired by different martial arts styles. In addition to that ... took me to get this decision, I was also spending a lot of time on

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed ... identified as Lutheran?” I’m going to just google the MIT site, and while I don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  people who seem to have your best interests at heart really do not, and I ... friend told me they were being treated in x way, I would tell them to get ... trying to make new friends. I don’t mean that I’ve shut myself off to new

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... requirements to get there. Maybe I have to take a few steps off of the beaten ... doing. So here’s to the new year and all the opportunity it brings - new

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  applying to MIT. It’s so easy to become overwhelmed by hearing about the ever ... essays, applied, was accepted by a few, and went to one. No bells, no ... me to have "a list of no more than 12 schools" ranked by difficulty to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  ready to be sad. It’s like, you know when you’re going up stairs, and you ... as the week went by. The afternoon he left, we sat and talked to each ... know what you’re doing this summer? Do you still plan to live in EC in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  ”; and, most of all, Reif: “Keep your mind open to new possibilities, and ... lie when your lies are 8.25 by 11.75 inches. Jack Johnson plays in the ... convert’s hair. I get to ride the Big Flipper at Next House and sharpie my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015