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• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  they did get into MIT by some miracle-lightning-strikes-a-unicorn-and ... possibly getting into not only MIT, but to any rigorous, awesome school ... you feel like you're not actually the right fit. To know that you have

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  getting to know Bawston.  FRESHMAN SPRING Introduction to CS and Programming ... spent 40 hours per week in Pappalardo, but get this: I wanted to be there ... was refreshing to get to speak freely, especially about cultural things

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  ever get into MIT. As we were gossiping about people with whom we went to ... -weird. Life gets very different very fast as you go through your senior year ... , by the end of 2006 I think the answer to that question will be quite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  You know, I'm not a real admissions worker, but I bet they often get ... to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all are united by a thirst for knowledge and an indefatigable work ethic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  nights, it feels like i’ve sold my soul to get to mit. not in the sense of ... sad as I used to be this isn’t a new feeling, that of not feeling bad ... the world, not by far, not by a long shot. i just have to tell myself

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... -- which tell students that they're likely to get admitted -- to "love ... (probably? why not definitely? what would have to happen to not get admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty ... campus culture we have all come to know and love. The traditional image of ... intimidating old sequipidelian I've already introduced you to Jeremy, but he

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  Headcover – Show off your MIT alumni status to your golf buddies by impaling a ... get merch for my parents. It’s your standard college merch store, plus a ... want to channel your inner Tim the Beaver. Or if you just don't want to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ... and day to day obligations became the new norm. A shift of reference ... smile to your face, even amidst all the bad. Here at MIT, we take them all

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  compositions for Monday 11. Laundry, laundry, laundry 12. Go to New York and Connecticut with Mitra to see Abyssinia, an inspiring musical written by a ... Okay folks, here's what I have to do this weekend... 1. Write a blog

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  really happy to kind of "be in London" again by watching this video. Twitch ... encourage you all to watch a couple races of your own. I'll even admit that I ... really want to start baking more once I move into the new apartment, so I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  to judge if you're convinced or not :P I will start by saying that I am ... was lucky enough to get to go to Costco recently so I'm all stocked up ... from Trader Joe's, my favorite store to get snacks from. I'm not that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  and adding your own signature to the bottom and carefully putting the ... reason I get an inordinate amount of pleasure from it. If you're a Redditor ... to study for the 8.022 exam when your notes are neat and have pretty

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  delayed by two hours and I was getting hungry. We arrive at New York, eat ... before boarding our bus to New York. The bus ride was long. It was ... next morning to volunteer, and my duties are over by lunch. I use

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  chooses a few promising ideas and starts working frantically to get a model ... have to build a full working prototype of your product in the span of a ... other. Inspired by my new favorite TV show, 30 rock, I suggested a "one

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  publication-quality data by Christmas so we can hopefully get published by the ... reminded him nicely yesterday to GET IT DONE). Now there's nothing to do but ... Sometimes I secretly wish for exciting things to happen to me so that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  perfunctory to energetic and adorably unabashed. But by some stroke of luck he ... had begun forming, thanks to a failed New Year resolution—and worked his ... , better than new. “God, I’m crazy,” he mumbled to himself, grinning. He

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... store for me. This Saturday, I officially move to New York City. I have ... lot of hopes for this summer. I'm excited to explore New York. I want to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  only technique, but I had to learn the new notations, the difference ... problem set and all the rest by myself, and I found myself going to my first ... proofs compared to how much they improved by the end. The experience for

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  get to take exciting classes in your first year? But maybe, just maybe ... One. Last Monday, I waited an hour to get tested. The testing ... weeks before this. I wait maybe three minutes. Then I get to the table

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020