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

  

  stoichiometry problems and math problems... they're fun for me, but I don't have ... necessary! So how was your experience at MIT? If you don't mind, can you tell ... ? Thanks again for your time, and I hope I don't sound too hysterical

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  unwritten, unspoken truth? As long as you don't tell anyone, because the shock ... chemistry analogies are not going away, so don't hold your breath ... don't mind if you don't come to my recitation. I never did when I took

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  , those dreams work out. But sometimes, they don’t. I am a very risk-averse person. My utility function is decidedly concave. I don’t try to beat the stock market (despite econ major), don’t really gamble (despite liking

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  that that future will potentially be taken away. Negative decisions don't ... whole lot easier said than done, but don't for a second doubt your worth

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

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  ago; I don’t think I’ll ever feel like I’m learning fast enough anymore, don’t think I’ve ever felt so exhilarated or so exhausted. Let’s move

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  hope you know that I fully support you. I don't believe all of you can ... moment. Because when it comes down to it, this is just one decision. Don't let it break you down. Don't let yourself be defined by where you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  love, again and again and again. I don’t know why I thought, when I had ... up all night alone and ate an entire box of clementines. I don’t think ... do interpretive dances in math class). Anonymous I don’t think my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  realized that though I don’t think I’ve felt rooted to a place before, Boston ... closed so we don’t wake the neighbors. The way my mom playing Bouree in E

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  inevitable armchair quarterbacking will begin. I don't begrudge the post ... support network is going to vary, but I don’t think that you could have made

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  poetry. Think you don’t have a single idea, nothing to say? Just start ... you don’t create a masterpiece you wish to read aloud, but most of the

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  at age 17, we don't expect that you've discovered a cure for Alzheimer ... , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  places at MIT and make new friends. Don’t stop at the first impression ... ] PARENTS’ WISHES: if any parents are reading this post, please don’t sway your child ... feel best and be supportive of that choice. FRIENDS: don’t pick a dorm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  potato or yams garlic cloves Quantities: I don't know, Lydia decides that. Chop things. I don't know what reference to give for how small ... than pan-fried) but I don't own a deep fryer to check. Collard Greens

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  freshman year? Mollie on freshman advising Chris's guide to the GIR's: 'don't ... the rest of your time here. So relax a bit. Don't overconstrain yourself ... don't formally have the prerequisites for. Go look at the curriculum

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  evolutions, but in the moment I mostly don't think about this stuff consciously ... . Here are some pics, looking back (omitting a lot because I don't want to ... ). Community got submerged. I don't recommend doing that, but it did teach me my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  measured up.  These days, I don’t share my exam scores with anyone, but also ... went I respond tacitly, “well, you know, it went.” I don’t want to act ... don’t understand they’re talking to underpaid college students and not

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  barely overlap. In fact, our lives don’t overlap much; I’ve bumped into ... . Here at MIT, we’re [hopefully] all so busy getting work done that we don’t ... ’ success. Hell, I definitely don’t have time for sibling trauma anymore

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  from home will change, but don’t let the excitement of college ... non-vampire schedule. Don’t be like us. It is only ok to be nocturnal ... MIT bubble. So make an account, meet people, and learn from them. Don’t

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  ? Even though I don't feel right blaming you, July, you have left me more ... knows what to do to heal. It doesn't know, and I don't know, and the ... , keep fighting even though every muscle in my body hurts. I don't say

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  . It was a strange feeling. I don't remember the date, but I do remember ... replied "Yay!! What does that mean?" because it's an odd term and people don't ... end of the world. Even if you don't get into MIT, there is some place

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014