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  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  a slot this year, I had no excuse not to sign up. I really enjoy ... remembered that we were standing in a wooden box with no electronics inside, so ... together in one group, while I was left alone in the other. Giving me no

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  malalapitan; here I am, drenched from the rain, nowhere to find shade, no one to ... rain. There's this impression of rain being a solitary experience. No ... you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
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  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  assignments. As someone with no design background at all and minimal interest in ... tree. Pockets have no capacity to sense, so they must find an anchor spot ... atmosphere, with no signs of clearing in the next few weeks (months? years

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
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  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  a literary agent and published a book. But I found no joy in self ... their own language. But I found no fulfillment in exploiting economic loopholes, no matter how beautiful the numbers were. I’m nearly twenty

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  robot falls down a ramp in a walking motion (no power, no motors, no

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  state where I literally knew no one, the people were different, the ... said no to anyone who asked for help, even though it would mean taking ... college when I actually felt like saying no to people who would ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Do you have trouble writing? Does it feel like a daunting, excruciatingly slow, and unpleasant task no matter how you approach it? Have no ... step is particularly key because you have no idea how the text in your

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

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  small subset of the whole—have no qualms about telling us exactly what is ... something about how I didn’t think so, no, and I personally wasn’t an ... my mind. Look, there’s no real upside to pretending that people don

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  a tear that I’m no longer young.) In 2004, the MIT admissions blogs ... ’s no well-defined path, and there’s certainly not a projected end date ... never quite believe--because I had no idea what I was doing at the time

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

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  spent the rest of the day coloring. There was no swooping deus ex machina ... TV every now and then, and trying not to say no to opportunities to go ... no matter how hard you work, you can always be better, and as long as

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
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  Life is Improv say yes

  

  fundamental premise of the sketch - "no, Zoe, you're not on the moon" - because ... becomes blessed/cursed with the inability to say "no" to any particular ... you are. No one has it figured out - and that's awesome. So just keep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  as a result, coming in with no research experience or major math ... , no matter how much there was (I really enjoyed, for example, doing ... science fairs and research competitions existed. No joke. I took the "pre

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
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  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel. Learn where all the ramps and elevators are. Grumble when there's no elevator near the stairwell you always take. Find an elevator and take it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
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  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  , there are no credit restrictions. MIT will no longer offer Early ... are “good” for everyone, whatever that means. Of course, no singular ... over 60 units; those students would no longer be able to do so. Was it

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  far is based on hard work, and if you work hard too there is no reason ... school had no resources or coaches and our team consisted of 8 members ... we come from will look at you with confusion. You will no longer be

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  Robin, should've volunteered that extra hour like Kim." NO! Please do NOT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  the lower realms, stuff with no reason, stuff that leads nowhere, base ... opportunities out of pure necessity, because I was no longer sure what I wanted to ... (in other news, i just realized that i have no idea what is good form

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
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  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  sense of continuity no matter what else seems to change. Candlelit dinners

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  has become painfully clear that I stand next to no chance of getting in ... have are videogames and Reddit. No extracurriculars at all. Hell, I don ... wanted to start by writing out standard admissions advice (e.g. no one

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012