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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  ’m building new tools to study the interaction between tuberculosis and its host ... !!!) When I was applying to MIT, I got something in the mail. The website was ... were all grey, everyone was sad, and you were going to feel by yourself

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  shot at the moon. You don't know what you're going to get. You just know you're going to get a shot. —Robo-CJ another Disney live action reboot ... spend your whole life doing what you love, but you also get to make a lot

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
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  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  decide you want to completely switch everything you're doing. Also, funding ... same thing just to get paid for it.   Library Desk Worker This is ... because there's not a lot to learn? You know you're way around, so the hard

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  on what you're looking for. But first, where do we begin? How to Get ... tuning back out every once in a while to make sure I don't get hit by a car ... want to get there by [annotation note="i like to be a little on the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  . Go to a website like firehose.guide and look at your choices. Schedule ... you get to see the syllabi for all of the classes you're enrolled in ... in the first semester is good. First, you're in P/NR; second, you get a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  final exam. It's written by me, it only has one question, and I get to ... custody", to "trust oneself completely to", to "bring into danger by an ... commit is to "bring into danger by an irrevocable preliminary act", and in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... consumes your life during your senior fall of high school, applying to ... , and I was even contacted by a company to have a coffee chat about 2020

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’ve changed. Then, I need to account for my own “MIT-tinted googles”: for the ... , I didn’t want to get my hopes up about getting in. In hindsight, I ... Class of 2018 to the Class of 2026, and by the time I leave, the incoming

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  intimidated by my judge's shirt to borrow her phone because I couldn't get mine ... minutes before I could get the page to load. Oh yeah, my mother screamed. I ... reasons similar to M.B. ‘17’s ice cream: if I got in, she'd get hugs. If I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  of your comfort zone, so take opportunities to try new things. Finding ... obnoxious biker about being seen. It can save your life. Get out to the city ... ’ll never get anywhere. Just accept that you’re going to be in many pictures

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  sent to several sororities, telling them about a new contest that ... requests around now...that means new servers to overload ... improvements to this area. Check back soon to nominate your school

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
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  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  week, we (belatedly) celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to ... their entries from most to least crufty: It’s been a long road… by ... I may have been accepted to MIT, but by Snively '11 That rings a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  system around "merit", defined, as it always seems to be, by test scores ... this: create an index by multiplying SAT score and GPA. Rank-order the ... ? Well, I guess I could go home pretty early to get a full night's rest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  rain cloud above your head persists. It's never enough to be unbearable ... you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you're ... like if the wind won't get you, the floods will. If your roof doesn't get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  accomplishment? Seeing your name on the leaderboard from week to week? There ... ways to make websites; many students make their own personal websites ... Cloud website builder to help us out. Additionally, the Drupal Cloud

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  yourself to stop the urge to write your results down and get the report over ... mindset. Previously, it has not been difficult to “get by”, as in to pass ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  Messenger group chats to do a little analysis and see if I could get any ... for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about ... semester, an exciting new resource called Interstellar was born! Interstellar

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  needed to get serious about applications very, very soon, so I hopped on ... getting admitted, then to actually dream of getting admitted. Like a cheesy ... certainly couldn't allow myself to get my hopes up, or my poor psyche would be

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  ] Toscanini’s is one of Boston’s best ice cream stores. We managed to get five ... level to get very high. If you like free food, you’ll love it here. If ... broken by a series of buzzes and dings as our phones simultaneously

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• 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