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  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands ... return on your investment. That's great. But money can't just buy integrity

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  to Science Magazine, who published a study on my expected lifespan in ... food that has fallen on the floor. I am probably the age of some of your ... , because the last entry I wrote as a blogger my senior year ended on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  on a farm/retreat in Santa Cruz, and backpacking around Europe. Part ... soften on the asphalt if you stand around. You’re three hours past a ... shifts, and one day a jar of alfredo sauce cracked on the assembly line and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. I ... and open. And we are definitely cheesy. Based on those descriptors, we ... and January. My desk is actually less than a foot from my bed. I sit on

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  'm sitting on a train that took me from Washington D.C. where I had just met ... :24pm. I sluggishly made my way upstairs to my PC and log on to my ... - my best friend told me that some kids were betting on how long I would

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
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  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  tongue momentarily went into shock, because after that my mouth was on fire ... finished the first layer of wings on my plate. I gave up then... I do want to ... Challenge. The Green Building is the tallest building on campus (and the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... 's about all I remember. Battle on, Mandelbrot. My friend and labmate Steph '07 spoke at the Class of 2010 choice of major fair on Monday. I wanted

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  moving on to the more important parts of the application -- that is, who ... makes a big deal of the student's "scoring the magic 1600 on the SAT." Now ... has scores that are fine, let's move on," but it didn't really make an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  hanging on anymore. I also realized that it was REALLY COLD. Like, -5°C cold ... -looking fluffy crystals landed on my jumper. I looked up in confusion to see the ... 18[/caption] If I could write a book on Freshman Fall, it would

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
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  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... within the sorority--the founder class. We decided on an aspirational name ... ). Briana B. ‘17 (right) and I on the steps to Lobby 10 The current

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  , 2013, I was sitting in the Margaret Cheney Room Women’s lounge on the 3rd ... was love. It was kindness Classes began on Wednesday with everyone ... delicious meal every major holiday/celebration. People smiled at me on the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  out to be woefully short on substance.  I want to revisit and elaborate on that notion because it remains apropos today as students continue to ... .  On the surface, they have done everything “right,” but the “how” and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  meant to represent the opinion of the Committee on the Undergraduate ... to 7–10). on average, mit students take 54 units each semester."]60 ... students and will keep them on track for graduation.” After the first year

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
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  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim ... still seems to be around from the batch that got selected with me on that ... be working on my thesis instead, so I stop blogging and revert to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• 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.

  

  There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how ... couldn't figure things out on their own. By second semester freshman year I ... . The only class to which I dragged myself on a semi-regular basis was my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  at MIT. Why was he responding to this email thread? And why was he on ... be in this position a year later. Like many people, I’ve been riding on ... call them regularly. I am working on making it a weekly practice to have

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in ... conference tournament champion.  To get our hands on that trophy, we had to ... and checked off a huge goal on our season bucket list! It really doesn

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
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  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... connected them. On the door to the basement stairs I saw a poster advertising ... into a blog. Thoughts like: I staff 6.031 office hours from 7 to 8 pm on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
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  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  Stephanie Lin. Read on! <3, Hamsika --- My name is Stephanie, but ... on: The Rhodes Application – you know the drill. A 1,000 word personal ... flew to California. The actual interviews take place on Saturday, but all

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  unsuccessful one: "It was great!"), I finally converged on this: I laugh, then ... arrived here: like I had no limit to what I could take on. That if I just ... bombed a couple of tests, watched a beautiful sunrise on nights when I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011