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  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  For most of high school, the US was just a vague blip on the radar of ... could attend a university whose site I had stumbled onto from a friend ... sitting in the library, studying for a Geography exam when someone ran up to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
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  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  AM, a pset due at noon, and a lab due at 5 PM. You haven’t started ... , you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a ... , “This is fine”, when in reality, stuff probably looks a little more like

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
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  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  international study abroad program, but that I also dove head first into a liberal ... problem sets, a semester spent reflecting about how an experience made you feel, and debriefing and debating academic concepts is quite a change. My

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick ... be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a ... up machine, a cable station, various leg and arm machines, and a good

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
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  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  So about a week and a half ago I handed in my last final in Johnson Athletic Center which marked the end of a very long first semester at MIT. So like before, I'm gonna continue to give y'all a glimpse of whatever just

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
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  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... wood panels lined the walls, a grand desk stood proudly in front of a wall of books, a sweeping view of MIT’s main courtyard could be seen from

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
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  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two ... ever a Bad Idea. Bad Ideas is a weekend festival thrown by East Campus ... first event of the weekend, I went into the wings eating contest with a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
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  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  2.009 presentations were December 11th. Theme: WILD! 2.009 is a MechE capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It's known for being intense, silly, and a lot of fun. This blog is my story of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  the beginning of this semester feels like a blurry, faded memory from ... was waiting on... but that's a story for another time."]EA decisions[/annotation]vividly, as though it's only been a month.   I knew I would be nervous

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
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  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  A good friend of mine, Angelina G., wanted to write a guest blog post ... me, and that you enjoy the read. ---------------------- It was a rare ... Center holding my name badge and a newly earned certificate and dragged my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  with other stuff. I bet that a lot of you are working on college ... living in Switzerland, I didn't really have a social life outside of work ... to give advice and out of frustration with prefrosh who posted a bunch

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
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  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  Flashback to about a month ago, when Chris sent an email to all the ... to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later ... initially MASSIVE and incredibly high-resolution for a single image. Maybe it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  I've been reading popular science for a long time. It's why I ... Quammen and Richard Preston, who aren't scientists by training but have a ... off the TINIEST sliver at a time, in order to drag out the eating

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  , one complaint in the comments on those entries was about a lack of data ... 'm a huge fan of statistics. I read 538 and Football Outsiders every day. When it comes to baseball I'm a converted sabremetrician. In the natural

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure that it is not simply a function of age, but rather a fundamental ... application process can be very competitive, it is not inherently a competition

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  as a ghost who didn't know he was a ghost, an undercover robot working for space police, and a Wookiee stuck in a tavern in the middle of a ... , which is exactly what it sounds: a ten-day long larp. These happen in IAP

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
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  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  Nowhere, New Mexico - out on a Navajo Reservation. Did I mention that I ... America Challenge, which sends about a dozen students to schools around the country during IAP, to try and make a difference in communities that need it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  So one day I up and took a gap year. I may have mentioned this. Every now and then, I’d stare out the window -- of my car, of a plane, of a ... where you think of yourself in a movie. Or, y’know, a blog. I know a lot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  is a room with a rich history. i can name the past four people who ... posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... an [annotation note='I have talked about ESP lots of times; we are a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
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  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  sense at the moment. A lot of items contradict each other. Here is the ... chances of remembering them later. Take selfies with people as a way to get to know them. Make it a game: try to get a selfie with someone from

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015