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• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  from the MIT admissions blogs - sitting on mitadmissions.org and ... itself on my transcript, and my application will be tossed in the trash ... frenzy on my decision day. Why, exactly? When I forced myself to articulate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  . College, on the other hand, is all about change. I have to laugh at myself a ... ), which before had annoyed me on plenty of occasions, and the podunk central ... reruns of The Office on Hulu was fun, but it wasn’t the same. Nothing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  their grandmother. However, it's time to move on with this blog post ... years) picture of me.Moving on, really. By now, you've probably forgotten ... dormitory. I started working heavily on a project, and treating it like work

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  scrutinize....I can go on and on. The most enjoyable thing about HASS then, in ... focuses is placed on teaching you to SPEAK, rather than just read ... . Although Spanish classes here are also focused on interaction, I found the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on ... on campus. All over student groups and living groups are hosting ... country, or even allow people to think on a more national level. This

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  the required standardized tests on or by the November test date and ... , getting the MIT application done early so they can focus on other ... congratulates them on their acceptance. Inside the tube is the acceptance letter

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  come from every dorm and other living group on campus and represent ... . Whether you want to explore dorms, go to a fraternity party, sit in on ... much going on! Even if you're going to be a guest blogger, I'd recommend

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  ="MIT technically allows this. There's no cap on the number of classes you can take ... (technical skills and mathematical maturity), before moving on to the meat with ... note="CI-M requirement"]focuses on technical writing[/annotation] and (4

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  my body now hurts everywhere because I kept falling on my face. (Just ... on and it felt wrong to pull out my laptop (under my seat) and blog ... , so I finally have a chance to update you on what happened. The banquet

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  long in too much detail. To this day, when I think back on it, I can ... things, but I was only met with radio silence. At that time, I was on ... particular, one of the strongest memories was overlooking the view on the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  through its actions what is most important. But MIT has also affected me on ... grass is truly greener on your side of the fence. Just the belief that it ... be won if you stay focused on what matters most and your emotions and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  phase where I wanted to go into cybersecurity but I went on this trip to ... they should put on the team, and one of the tests was themed Anatomy & Physiology. There was this guy I had a crush on who was also trying out, so

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  on our refrigerator, listing all the dishes that had to be made. It ... photato,' based on my dad's phonetic spelling one year, which my sister and ... sister and I would provide very little help—we’d work on our schoolwork

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  that winning wasn't straightforward and that doing well depended on the ... clearly predicated on the responses of all the other competitors and is luck ... . This gave me a final score of 220. Based on their point allocations, MIT

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   goodness don’t get me started on how atrocious the units of measurement are here ... ="Celsius, of course"]subzero,[/annotation] tiny bits of ice form on the sidewalk. I mean, ice! On the sidewalk! I later asked a friend if my snot would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so ... dream on some small level, then really, why am I doing this at all? Others ... those who are not - to concentrate on what you wanted out of an MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  , foreign movies, mindless/escapist movies, deep meditations on the human ... dude's genetic identity! Panel reaction: Roy on plot: "The whole ... on the musical score: "They overused the theme. Everything involving

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  Europe. I spent my days capturing the effect of surface tension on ... , munching on macarons. The following summer I obtained a PSC Fellowship to spend 3 months working on a portable water project in the small community

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  appear on the sac-table*, and everyone will help themselves. *"Sacrificial ... Systems lab, working on satellite controls with a grad student. She also ... on your way back to the lounge, amazing opera floats out the door

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  they keep on failing, but the biggest lesson that I learned this semester ... blanket in the cabinet near my desk because I nap on the lab couch so much ... - which I'm really happy about :P) The worms live on petri-dishes and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010