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  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  This evening, as I sit reviewing some of the first early action applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... (without logging in!) at my.mit.edu. I know this has been long requested by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I ... ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  Up until last Thursday, my only on-air experience was the one time I ... hometown, and yelled and jumped up and down. I never told my mom how I lost my season pass the first day I had it; I just never asked to go back

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  So on Sunday, I turned 20. I am now OLD. Now since I have a summer birthday, I rarely ever have the opportunity to celebrate my birthday with my friends, so clearly since I had the opportunity to do so this year, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  you readers are so ingenious, I'm asking for your help in designing my new banner. (That, and I've hit a creative roadblock.) I am ... doing this? (It's scary how much I feel like Jonathan as I write, "The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  Now that I've completed the FEE, it's time for the math diagnostic. I ... at home with friends and family before heading to MIT. I'll be leaving this weekend to explore some of Europe by rail, and I promise to post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior ... from the other side of the veil: I applied EA to MIT a few years ago, got deferred, then waitlisted. When the regular decision came out I remember

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  Before college, I was by no means a hardcore Beatles fan. When I was ... It Be—but I didn't consider myself well-versed in the Beatles discography whatsoever. When I got to MIT, my music taste evolved to include

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... packing for a flight that weekend, things have gone pretty well. i aced 6.033, we finished 6.036 grading in four hours, and i fit everything in my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November ... ="exactly 2 years ago to this day. i am the master of eerie timing"]month into ... . although I had no relationship experience, or life experience in general, pea

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  you scroll through this post. Personally, I just think that these are ... meme, if you don't know."]drawings of fruit.[/annotation] So, I hereby ... ^-^ Abby: “been to verdes after 2 am”: I had a radio show from 1-2 in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  identity as a clueless freshman has been stripped though I have inadvertently introduced myself as a freshman one too many times. Now, I take on the task of dismantling freshmen’s assumptions that I have my life figured out. (I don

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  It was 8:00pm on a Thursday night when I received a text message from a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  , most recently in 11.124 Introduction to Education. I loved hearing about ... , and I’m a sophomore in EECS. I also really love teaching. Unsurprisingly, then, one of my favorite weekends of the year is Splash weekend, when I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  a special added bonus, I have also included the diary of my ... , January 21, 2011 was definitely a GREAT day to start a weekend adventure. I ... about 9 days after the first one) and I was thus assured that taking a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  Howdy fellow prefrosh, future MIT applicants, and MIT students!! I'm Abir, a prefrosh, and I was fortunate enough to have the BEST host ever ... asked me to guest blog about CPW and I am going to try to give a glimpse

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  the advice I received from an MIT alum a while back. Throughout my time at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My name is Li, and I am an enthusiastic member of the incoming class. I

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  Oh my God. I was peacefully watching Veronica Mars last week, when ... then cheated, like an idiot! So of course he got caught, and I ... ? I don't think anything could ever possibly compete with season 1, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  Yo, some people had some questions on the last entry and I answered ... , and e-mailing me for my first year at MIT. It all started when I got a ... translated into "M.I.T." Then I got a dreidel and geld for Hanukkah and some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005