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  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  control can make getting out of bed to complete your final really hard, or ... , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of ... in whatever state you’re in, realize that whatever has been making your

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  , but you’ll grow to. And you’re going to be very satisfied that Mrs. J is ... journalist.  Second, you don’t talk to your friends from Minnesota anymore ... much it used to bother you when people would say that you’re young, but

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  Media Lab, help build some software to make people’s lives better, and ... ’ve since been informed that that’s a misguided conclusion to make, and I like ... ’m good at, I would be a very happy person if I were able to make that kind

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  held on to the idea that they wanted to make a difference. They inspired ... The most frequent question I received during CPW was: "You're pre-med? Wait, so why did you pick MIT?" It makes sense that I received this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  before I left the US, I LEARNED how to make bubble tea, out of frustration ... lost my high Taiwanese standards for bubble tea =p) I hope to be making ... your PE classes (conveniently, four are required to graduate). I have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  ..." thinking, and really makes it easier to accept the reality, and look beyond ... in you to move forward, fueled by your determination and goals ... We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  have it shipped to your dorm room, but make sure your sheets are twin ... good idea as well if you want to make the most of your space. 6. General ... , because the beds aren't fantastic, and you really need to make the most of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  ’ve been rejected and your life is over. To make them happen, wherever you go ... well as for those of you who do not. I challenge you to bring your plans ... those dreams and plans here to make sure they're not forgotten after pi

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  , there is nothing I can say here to make this fact easier to digest. But ... deluding yourself. So please stop harassing Matt; you’re not going to get the ... This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  a "now or never" deal: my parents had wanted to make this trip after ... 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

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

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  country during IAP, to try and make a difference in communities that need it ... dangerous of all, fail to make it absolutely clear that you believe in every ... even shifted the coins at the edges to make them line up perfectly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  traveling to all these places though, is the company of all my wonderful ... was in desperate need of some de-stressing) then came back to Cambridge to pack my whole life there into 4 suitcases, attend a May ball and say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  up your interview, you might want to take a look at that posting. We ... your interest in MIT, and for making my trips so much fun! ... I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... short, Shahab, yes, we will value your poetry. I look forward to hearing ... look forward to reading about your passions, too. Finally, with a month

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  call them regularly. I am working on making it a weekly practice to have ... you’re struggling with right now?  Bryan: I struggle with how to be an ... them to make that a reality takes a lot of energy and thinking for me

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  out of me is starting to feel like making myself vomit when there ... " questions that used to be at the end of your math textbook in every section ... prepared to hear it now, because it is not going to change. During your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  does a really good job of trying to make sure that first years aren ... if sometimes you're left still needing to take a leap of faith. train ... : I'm still ready to apply. But it makes it less scary. Less mysterious

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  come together to make MIT one epic battle against the elements. I ... experiments, and make sure the paper is completed for submission. To uphold the ... experiments to run, more ideas to try out on the off chance that it’ll make my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  ?" YOU: "Uh...go to med school...." HIM: "Oh, you're a premed?" YOU ... 's not worth your time or energy." I came to MIT wanting to be a chemical ... application where I wrote about my fascination with chemistry. To make a long

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  criteria that will be used to make the decision. Fortunately, everything that ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to ... of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011