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  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  time; one where you try new things and expand your sense of what is ... myself. It's not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don ... shame over a failure that feels misunderstood by others, and an emergence

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... determinist by any means. But there is still something to the law of the ... to selective schools - or, at the very least, if you're thinking of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 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 ... close to you who died. I read about your small towns, your big cities, the ... getting divorced, your house burning down, your girlfriend cheating on you

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

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group ... . Shaping the new BC — Current 2023s are supposed to be able to move back into ... remaining two freshmen to live in a dorm. We ranked MacGregor, New House, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• 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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  -English guide are inspired by How To Get Around MIT, the student-produced handbook ... of 2012, you can and should get your copy of How To Get Around MIT this ... Harvard-Yale football game to many more. (2) An inelegant shortcut to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... requirements of this class is to notice something new every day. we are learning

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  missed. We’re furiously unpacking the dorm and getting excited to see you ... Mural Painting   Leave your own mark in Random Hall by painting murals ... International House of Pancakes, and you don't have to drive to get here. See how

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... you are able to meet an MIT admissions officer at your high school, in ... students than we would be able to by ourselves."]Other Universities

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  and forget to ask your TA about. Maybe you keep one eye on the answer ... test scores to prove it. 4. Get off campus at least once a week. It's all too easy for MIT to become a bubble: your entire college existence

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  cultural fit to find your best space. PRICING: MIT has three tiers of dorm ... dorm with a dining hall will add a significant additional charge to your ...  don't worry about your cooking skills. If you want to learn, there’ll be plenty

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  , a masters student (known affectionately by many as “Blue”) to get us ... confused that they managed to get Simmons right but somehow messed up the MIT ... aerodynamics testing there, and I was sent on a reconnaissance mission--to get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  an admissions blogger I only have 23 minutes left, so time to get ... , if not as, excited about that as I was to initially get into MIT. I had ... (MIT '17!!) is sitting to my right, underlining passages from her AP US

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  outside of Native Americans. I want to preface this all by the fact that I ... ). This in turn leads to things like casual use of the n word by non ... people having strong feelings about how ‘easy’ it was for me to get into

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• 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 ... the idea at first. When you come to MIT, you will often find your people ... welcomed, and the freshmen you met in your last year and were able to mentor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few ... each other. I finally discovered my passion in life, and now I get to put ... was it like to have Junot Diaz as your creative writing professor at MIT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• 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 ... to a tune, upside down gnomes from Wisconsin sneaking into your classes ... chalk. (If only to finally get some sleep.) We all sometimes wish we could

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco ... I would. I grew up in small towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, and when I first moved here, the density of people and place was new and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , surrounded by decorations that remind me of how hard I worked to get to MIT ... 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 / 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 ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding and moving to an apartment together with my boyfriend Cory and our close

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016