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  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another year, I saw the graduation ceremony as more of a check-point than a finish line. I also think that attending MIT has had a side-effect of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the brink of an epic hurricane, a Presidential election, and either the most ... about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month

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

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  in late January. I'm living in Next House after a busy on-campus[annotation note="Independent Activities Period, a part of the school year in January ... !"]CPW[/annotation]committee. As a frosh,[annotation note="this was not strictly true, but I did want

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  video (or 1.25 hours if you watch it all on 2x speed). I'd say it's a ... things have thankfully changed a lot, but a lot of things seem like they could have been taken just a few months ago. Check it out: Table of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... the end of a semester, condensed into a single week. So, how exactly do ... even physically impossible. Think: getting a really bad case of mono

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  contracted, collapsing from a community to a few lonely souls haunting a space ... these two statements. I will never be a junior again. I will never be a ... spill from my fingertips: dropping a class for the first time, changing my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  the upcoming new year, a time when I'm even more reflective than usual ... ="Which I got!! More on this later, I'm sure :)"]applied for a UROP ... eighth day, my self-reflection woke up. Since then, I've been thinking a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  . Sometimes on mahogany walls. It’s not diverse, but still a bit impressive. And just look at the two campus maps. MIT is a school of numbers ... discussion section, led by TFs (Teaching Fellows). A Departmental Writing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  I’m spending this IAP doing, among other things, five shifts a week as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  some balance to the conversation. I remembered a guest post I wrote a ... this as we all miss Ben while he's off working at a different school ... : Mikey received an email from a student who had been admitted to MIT and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  bed and get ready for work. It takes a long time. I am not what one ... made out a detailed schedule for the week yesterday, so I already know ... waterbath and grab a bucket of ice. 9:10 AM. My postdoc and I discuss the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  I think the college essay is a lot like froyo. It comes in a variety ... applied to college 2 years ago (2 years! I'm old :( ), I wrote over a dozen ... colleges - not such a good idea. it's tiring, it costs a ridiculous sum of

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

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what does it say now?” asked Arthur. “Mostly harmless,” admitted Ford with a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... rusty to boot, I quickly fell in love with biking as a means of ... in the greater Boston area by far - and picked up a nice, simple

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  't a wrong way to do it, just as long as you submit something. Incoming freshmen do not have to pre-register. I panicked a little about this after an ... .101 Metakaryotic Biology and Epidemiology, 21A.508 Culture and Ethics in Science

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like “ADMISSIONS BLOGGERS---EXPOSED!!!!!!”) Some of you may remember that a(n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on"]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided ... for the past 10+ years, I have had no need for a car and have instead

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  , assuming a newer and better identity in college was a common aspiration. The Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go through to graduate high school. It’s also a book that has left me with a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  one. one of my coworkers, john, lives on a boat. last sunday, father ... , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate brunch at a packed dumpling place, as he explained the basics of sailing to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022