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• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  Sam, because that is not his name. As we sat on a bench in Lobby 7, Sam told me that he had a problem. On Pi Day, he had been admitted to MIT ... , Facebooked, Slacked, or spoken on the phone with many members of the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  ) explicitly on a silver platter. The most compelling essays I feel are those that sufficiently paint the picture for the reader, and then leave him on ... resounding "yes!" - congrats! "But- how do you do that?" Read on ;) (btw

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  notifying student subscribers about free food available on campus. That night ... production in some way, but I was so focused on solving the problem that I didn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  render judgment on you? You know what you have to offer. It’s not worth ... ’t hand you a perfect life on a glittering platter. And if you’re ambitious

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... each one of these admissions offices, and not one of them is MIT. On the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  trying to pin it on anything else – race, gender, whatever – is just ... reflection on you. At all. Accepted, deferred, or otherwise – you are all

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  on since my sophomore year. I worked to design and build a longer ... typhus/typhoid infection The AfriDev pump is, on the one hand, simply ... springs (and, importantly, not on a hill) so that any interference with the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  i've been thinking about pi day and decisions lately and the song [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i should post just the audio or the full music video, and decided the video

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  it is.) More than just being around here though, he has served on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  tactical vest and be very nice to everyone on campus). But what really sets

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  subway. No matter where in the world we went, on the subway, people would stare at us. When I was six years old, we were on the subway in Shanghai

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  , check out the annual questions thread on College Confidential. Congratulations on your acceptance(s). Best of luck choosing. :)

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  friends on hall. The next day I had dinner with some friends in the area ... think of not on its own, but in contrast. If you're in your room, that ... sit on your hand for a few minutes and then pull your hand out, you get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  when you're on a set schedule. Every day, I wake up, I work out, I go to ... on the then and now. sophomore fall: you aren't really ever done ... time on this and not that? What is the significance of a shot from this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  , although you’re friends on Facebook. You have a lot of different friends now ... , too. You’re not as scary as you think, cutie. I read this post on the ... wouldn’t have been so… hungry later on. Maybe you wouldn't have been so

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  video on rejection, “Being rejected is kind of awesome. It means you

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• 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…

  

  Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However, this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  for feedback. Work on the website began in the middle of week 2. A ... open on my browser was the website we were working on. This frustrated me ... _modules. I am done working on this website and I never want to touch its hacky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  , on the Khan Academy website.   ... Students can prepare for college-entrance exams by going on an online ... , and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website