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

  

  were convinced i wouldn't get in and forcibly tried to not make a big deal out of pi day to lessen the inevitable pain by making me watch a ... contrast... I was the one who didn't want to make it a big deal, so I only

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

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

  

  [annotation note="Leetcode is a website used to practice coding challenge ... like applying to colleges, you have to apply to a whole bunch of jobs ... as a computer science major.  I'll add another disclaimer here to say

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

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  window when you turn a corner sharply, and makes the seats in this ride ... center, the baby will come flying out, to be caught in a net. The obvious ... in 26-100, three times a week!) It was impossible to pass up, so I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  'm saying to comfort myself.☺ Since graduating, I’ve been thinking a lot ... a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and agonized over choosing a major. I was worried that making decisions would

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  refers to the observed phenomenon that making decisions depletes your ability to make future decisions, either as well or, as in my case last ... begin reading applications or serving in committee, my ability to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  thinking about blogging a guide to something complicated, like the HASS system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... archives to produce a strew of incisively insightful oldies for your perusal

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  the website side but could not determine a suitable way to integrate ... commentary! I really wanted to give a deep dive into an MIT class and I hope ... up the stairs to get a higher seat since sitting in the front scares me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  due to the relocation of the water cooler. Trust me; it makes a serious ... bizarre than Naked Abe Lincoln. 11:17pm: I call Rebecca to ask a question about her article, which is on a proposal to replace the UA Senate with a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, maybe since ... about what I wanted to say. When I was a freshman, I wrote two posts about ... had to refer a lot to the private tumblr blog I kept where I vented

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  elbows. But if it's a close, good friend, and it won't make things worse to ... to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic ... control of your breathing. 2. Feeling Safe Make sure you are in a safe space

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  's a common thing among my friends to joke about how I can never make up ... order to make sure I would commit to the humanities in some way. > 2A ... design. I liked making app mock ups but then also presenting it to a panel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  a dozen According to the MIT website: “Seventy-one present and former ... and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... order.) 1. The students This one is a no-brainer. Thanks to the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  for those who were just curious as to what a decent college application ... School’s done a first-rate job on making me feel like an outcast for it ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  sitting in the library, studying for a Geography exam when someone ran up to ... -branded tape from what appeared to be a thick file. The file was from the ... cover a host of truly amazing feats. It was my first real introduction to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  back to this, I promise. To give us a running start, let's look back at ... moved back in with my parents and went back to my old summer job as a lifeguard.  I thought I deserved a relaxing summer after making it through

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  of assignment you can do the night before," to which a student ... considered a full course load (supposedly equivalent to 48 hours of work per ... because they need to, of course). I didn't have a single class before 1pm

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  -turning Rush shirts for a while. I don't want to make the Admissions Blogs all ... friends and I set up a website and sent an email to the student and alumni ... two layers: a t-shirt and my winter coat. True to form, I had to shed

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... rusty to boot, I quickly fell in love with biking as a means of ... commuting bike. It set me back a few hundred dollars, but I like to think of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  about how to make my participation fun. Then I thought, well, why shouldn ... experiences. One project wasn't enough to make generalizations for. My list ... the projects I liked. I like to think of myself as a reflective person

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

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  posting our writing. This causes the beyblade to tip over a bit, thus making ... would make life a lot easier, but hey, we all have to learn at some point ... applications to MIT, or off at a different school just enjoying the blogs, these

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020