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  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  gun move with the body and the breath. You control your breath to ... , get it done, let it go, and move on to the next one. I try to carry it ...        “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• 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…

  

  answer to many more things in life than I would have expected: in your ... some slack (and if you send a polite and apologetic email to your ... you: I have no doubt that you will get through this time to the

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

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  wanting to get up. Of looking at your to-do list, seeing only three items in ... something, you need to be open to the possibility of getting cut. When you sit on your hand for a few minutes and then pull your hand out, you get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  about their children or where they were going or how to get where she was ... you if you're nice to them first. What have other people's experiences ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  feeling to know that you’re not alone and that there are so many people ... this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to ... , students were being asked to leave campus. No one had expected that. No one

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  people having strong feelings about how ‘easy’ it was for me to get into ... students getting into big schools because I have to realize discussion about ... your life. So to a lot of people the n word is just another word because

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• 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 ... to selective schools - or, at the very least, if you're thinking of ... different social network sites, and been syndicated to CNN among a bunch of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  and slammed it against the anvil to get the two pieces to separate ... . This gave a degree of accuracy to 1mL, or 1g. I would be able to get ... : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  interests you - FOR A LIVING! You get to make connections with renowned ... finish. This seems to be the MIT way: punt your psets to help your friends ... : I want you to announce your presence - Me: Announce my p-wait, what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  know I would have done anything to get in, and still would. Depression ... healthy dose of Acceptance to wash down your Rejection ... 't getting an A in this class. WHY? Your work is not good enough, and here are

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... advice (implicit and explicit) if you’re trying to make choices about your

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  gut wasn't churning with worry-anticipation. And so I decided to get a ... worked out that I'd get home with plenty of time to spare. As I started ... you back to your favorite moments. I gave it a shot, standing on a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  ; I get responses to my e-mails within a day or two (or, often, within ... I love getting mail. Actual mail, that is: packages and postcards and letters with actual human handwriting. I was therefore super pumped to find

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  . Perfectionism + the urge to get everything done right on the first try. I first ... near emotional meltdown in front of Logan International Airport to get me ... -in-stomach feelings I get when it gets bad in response to these imaginary threats my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• 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

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  old iterations of the MIT Admissions website (back to pieces from 2000 ... Flashback to about a month ago, when Chris sent an email to all the ... to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  principle from which to derive a conclusion: Oh, [that student] did / did not get in or will / will not be accepted because they are a woman / a ... , even though they are *unqualified* Let's cut to the core of the matter

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

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  from when I've last seen her. "Talk to your grandma as much as you can while you're here, okay?" I can read between lines to understand what my ... freshman. Covid [annotation note="you got up to five other people who you

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  idea what I wanted to do.  Focusing your job search on mechanical ... idea how to get more specific.  My previous experience was all over the ... to understand what the value of my MIT education was- we'll get to that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is ... also really wanted to learn how to lift weights and Get Buff (so i can ... get to classes and things happen along the corridor! which is why i

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024