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  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we couldn't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... just ask that you have a little patience.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  semester! For real! Okay, sadly, it's a remote program, because *gestures wildly at the state of the world*. Last semester, I took a non-credit class through Budapest Semesters in Mathematics. Here's a photo of me in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  in the Stud, I realized that there were a lot of cool things on the ... a regular semester, I was always in such a rush to get to wherever I ... four easy classes and a return offer under my belt, I had a lot of extra

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  ordered a replacement from Amazon. I accidentally put Baker as the address ... Fred Desk, I waited an extra two days, and still nothing. At this point a ... . So I went to Amazon and complained and they said they would send a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  I’ve been hesitant to write a blog -- especially one that pertains to ... struggling through Zoom, right? And I drafted a long thing about having chronic ... . Every weekend, I think, “This week we’ll make a schedule, kid, right? This

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  matter in the entire month…until Friday," to which I say, "weak sauce"']a ... being curled up inside with a blanket while, outside the window ... are almost always tied to the[annotation note="MIT has a reputation for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  Moscow time, and as a result I go to bed at 4 am and wake up at noon ... -up instinct, and then I jaunt around for the morning, and crash for a nap in the ... my friend and I tried to build a sleep scheduling website for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  ’s a college thing but part of me feels like I’ve gotten away with ... colored pen, looking out the window at a Cambridge street below. Ambulances scream past, sometimes five in a week, and my computer, hearing the noise

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student ... operating as a remote community. Even though your first semester at MIT will

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  Choosing a class schedule at MIT can be hard. There are so many ... maintain a reasonable course load are just the beginning. Luckily, there are a number of different course planning websites (and apps!) to choose

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over ... with a similar decision next semester, when - theoretically - juniors ... , but I'm sure at least a few of you will have the same difficult choice

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  yesterday was a really shitty day.  a lot of annoying and stressful ... bother fixing it since my motherboard is a goner. it took about six ... . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  [annotation note="You’re telling me we don’t even deserve a once upon a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to ... help find the [annotation note="Wow, imagine being a blogger, couldn’t be

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away ... , the people I went there with had a car, so the commute was very doable ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  semester, the past few months in particular, have all been a blur, but we ... same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... accomplished after a year of Pass/No Record. It also was refreshing because I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... just ask that you have a little patience.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  This is a short appreciation post for fun., one of my favorite bands ... so hard sometimes Be calm Take it from me, I’ve been there a thousand ... everything’s wrong It just gets so hard sometimes Be calm This is rather a mood

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  o m i n g  s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window[/caption] And here's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  woodturners — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We deferred 6

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  Earlier this semester, I met with Junot Diaz, [annotation note="a ... future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of ... 't. One that struck me a lot wasn't even something new, but something that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019