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  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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  : Oh, wow! Thank you. Dumbledore: Don’t lose it. Me: I won’t. I’ll give it back within a week. Dumbledore: Good. If you don’t, I will find out ... don’t I send her a copy. Me: *blown away by how nice people can be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become if I get in? Who will I be, who will I become, if I don’t?” First, I ... to my success. Comments like “don’t worry, you’ll still succeed” and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  trying to get across, then you need to fix something. If you don’t like the ... each part building upon the next. You don’t want it to get repetitive ... you, what your dreams are. Don’t blow it off and assume you’ll get in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  that it's my job to tell you about MIT, the things I do here (or don't do here), and generally what my life's like (so that you can, I don't know ... means I don't get to watch House when it airs every week, but this seminar

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  tax forms,” Ms. Cleary automatically explained. “My parents don’t have tax forms,” I said pointedly. “They don’t fill them out.” “Of course ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don’t

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  ashes sprinkled into the soup of someone I don't like. On our way back on ... a rule I don't really pay attention to lists like that, except the ... is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  science or engineering. Then you get some who don't care so much about ... do, but couldn't build anything if their life depended on it. They don't ... in their spare time since they were in middle school. They don't really

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  you read an application and a “perfect match” is there. Please don’t ... the part about what’s important in life. If you don’t see that Katharine belongs here, then you obviously don’t know what MIT is about. (And for the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  post apply to all applicants, so have fun reading and don't come for me ... excellent listening skills and abilities to be a great friend. Don't forget ... in our community. Don't try to tell the admissions officers what you

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  . Sidequest 7: Beat Imposter’s Syndrome. While I definitely don’t think I’ve beat it (and to some extent, I don’t think I ever will), I’ve learned ... ever find what I want to do with my life? What if I don’t? And in the end

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  the sting felt tangible in a way I hadn’t felt in a while. “Why don’t ... at each other without making eye contact for a few minutes. “I don’t ... . Luckily we don’t build Legos with our feelings.”) The next morning I went to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  , and that problem is this: sometimes, you don't have all of the data ... admit rate? Aha! Clearly we DO prefer higher SAT scores! Well no, we don't ... class rank in our application! No, we don't. Then why does this happen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  science really the field for me? I don't enjoy EECS the way these people do ... , right? And to drop it...to admit that I don't like it? Well, that felt ... that I just don't feel enthralled about computer science the way everyone

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  ”, multiple or frequent interactions. Storytime (don’t laugh at me please ... acquaintances or more casual, in-passing friendships, we don’t suddenly disappear ... relationship, and you don't want to let this person down (if they seem like they

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  don't have depression. Not to mean that most people are always happy, or that they don't get sad, or that they don't grieve. It's just that most people don't suddenly lose interest in activities they used to enjoy, or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  exactness of it. Especially in young adulthood, when, let's be honest, you don't ... don't need to have every single component. Spice Blends, S oregano ... ="don't add multiple tablespoons of salt! don't add four cups of water per cup

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  not true) and I just don’t even really remember what it feels like to be ... , unless you had seen me sitting there fidgeting in the waiting room, I don’t ... stride, live my life, remember that those people don’t matter. But combined

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  said. Now I don't want to give the wrong impression. Compassion isn't a ... that you'll want to go to. And don't fall behind.   I changed my major. I don't believe in the policy that you have to suffer in life

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  purely about applying. I don’t know what grad school is actually like yet ... that’ll let you walk away without too much crisis.) You don’t have to go ... don’t unfairly take advantage of their grad students, to provide

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018