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  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  I had a friend crazy enough to want to make a documentary with me ... something solely to make me seem like a special snowflake. It just felt like ... extraordinary things about a small subset of people is that they have the power to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
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  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  Black Engineers is a great place to find internships and make connections ... pleasantly surprised by the openness of a lot of students to make a change in ... . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  ? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college ... and family and drop everything if i need to make time for someone. "life ... doritos—but make peace with myself if there is a week or month where i

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  asked a bunch of MIT students to say some things about themselves and ... interviewees explained how they came to a stronger understanding of their ... So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  time, all just to see MIT's decision, makes for a dramatic story, but it ... nicely when he said you don't have to build, say, a nuclear reactor to get ... 's kind of a big deal. To illustrate that, I invite you to go to Google and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
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  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  of cells. I also wanted to avoid making it like a pet or anything you ... need one more [annotation note="art class"]HASS-A[/annotation] to ... is to optimize a tennis-ball-sized creature through a series of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
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  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  have so many opportunities. You can hand them off to your children. I’m a ... guarantee that I’m gonna make it? You never knew if you would be allowed to go ... ’t want to go to college to make money, that’s not my intent at MIT. That

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
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  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 ... responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and ... me into adventures that would make for great stories in front of a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
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  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  it. From long phone calls with airlines to making sure everyone in our ... of the people. And this very long never-ending day is a testimony to ... ’d like to take some time to shed a different light on the situation. That

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• 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 ... program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
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  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed ... . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting ... passed it on to us. That was awesome. I spent a week wandering around

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  do you want to live well? B: Because living well would make me happy. A ... topic is interesting to me. A: Why does that make you want the UROP? B ... that are interesting to you? B: Because it makes me happy. A: Why do you

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  you happen to make a really good friend!). But even beyond this, I ... like a freshman, i.e., to be naïve and excitable. And there ain't nuthin ... about ten percent of freshmen change their minds; they have a chance to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
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  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a ... physically abusive relationships. It is also, uhh, going to be a really long post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a ... , being able to just switch your brain on for a few minutes and crank out ... make A's. I'd stand before a class and wing a 20 minute presentation with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• 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…

  

  kind of situation (aka any kind of situation) is to make lots of plans ... , how it would feel to be rejected so that the emotion wouldn't come as a ... wouldn't have to keep reading as my stomach sank. I decided on a restaurant

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  Picture this. You’re trying to shuffle past a gaggle of camera ... , then return to their conspiratorial whispering. Before you think up a ... ’t have to tell me about that. I knew it. Hours spent fixated on a problem

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
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  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  idea of positive work—even if you feel like you aren't making a stitch in ... remembered helping my (sorority) little (sister) on a project she needed to ... to sit my butt down on her linoleum floor for a few hours to help her

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  makes sense?), and is a great segue to my last procrastination tip, which ... afford to relax. I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few ... stark contrast to mindlessly lounging on a couch, you could try taking a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
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  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  MIT going through the ups-and-downs together—to make the world a much ... A good friend of mine, Angelina G., wanted to write a guest blog post ... . Something was wrong. The next day Lauren messaged me and asked me to go on a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015