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  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  post it. I fail at life, I know.) I woke up on Wednesday morning at 11 ... possibly imagine must be at work here (or at least concerned with whether or not I'm at work); that, or the world just hates me. Anyway, I was

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  the idea at first. When you come to MIT, you will often find your people ... museums at the time of the night when few tourists were out and the city got ... pulling an all-nighter). I have been awful at starting assignments early

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  so that they can see what cool opportunities await them at MIT. This ... had a similar idea, and both of us e-mailed the powers at be (Dave) and ... . Friday morning I woke up at 7:00 after having gone to bed at 4:30 (PSETs

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  at MIT, or, my falls were always better, at least. I find that by the ... summer things. But now I stand at an awkward place where I don't really ... learned everything I needed to at MIT. But in these moments of reflection

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  plagues all seniors at the end of their undergraduate career: getting my act ... school for architecture or engineering, or maybe even writing, or a job at ... gotten worse at it. It feels strange, thinking that I went through

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  was about work/life balance—is it stressful to balance everything at MIT ... plenty of rigorous work. someone asked me if there would be at least a ... learned about work/life balance at MIT with the help of many wonderful

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  let the breath out for at least six seconds (even longer if you can). Do ... walks can really help, but be careful if it is late at night. A long walk through the MIT tunnels at night can be really helpful for me when I feel

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  made our bay in lab two semesters ago (at right). The smell of Cambridge ... Boston Public Garden. Fog on the Charles River at sunrise. Crossing the ... , and the quiet, empty night. Biking at sunset with my dad and my brother

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  've spent hours at a time like this, discussing topics ranging from Computer ... around here, and for the hard stuff, they're really good at it. The more ... the people eating lunch at Subway next to me are future Nobel Laureates

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  ’ve moved into the sun. But at the same time, the decision that I have coming ... my job offer at the finance company I worked at last summer — is very ... applications exist, will you be a different person for having spent a year at

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  ’s longest winning streak ever at 15 games. And just like that, our season was ... be able to play ten more years of soccer at the time was if I was ... common denominator that my life at MIT has revolved around. Every weeknight

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  ? [annotation note="Hello! Cami here. This is not at all true. But I love my ... up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a ... bag on the sidewalk of the LA Convention Center at 0400 in the morning

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... macroscopic form when at dynamic equilibrium. It's like a river: though the ... freshman year, "Defying That Sinking Feeling." It was a useful read at a time

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  that can only be formed with some suffering. At some point - I think it ... . Imposter's Syndrome is rampant at MIT. Maybe you've already felt it ... , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  I'm sitting at the kitchen table in my London flat; my sister Lisa ... blog for MIT admissions while actually at MIT...) I write much more ... New Mexico at a six-week astrophysics program for High School students

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  senior year of high school at the Penn State Schreyer Honors College as an ... years. At Penn State I was at least a year younger than everyone in my ... few years would probably be just like the one before it. I lived at home

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  , and even more at MIT as an undergrad (many for studying/academic reasons ... looking at a computer, I'd be spending even more trying to read tiny essays (I'm lookin at you, word-limit violators!), handwritten recommendations

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  you match up. There are certain traits and values that are at the core ... number of artistically talented people at MIT. Maybe you're a quarterback ... you might imagine, this is important at MIT. If you played the same

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  -years. It may take a while to adapt to life at MIT—indeed, it took me three ... have agency: own your decisions. What do I mean by that? I mean that at ... three paragraphs about what I mean, I should give you at least one

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  , not August or September. The rain I've experience back at home is quite different from the rain here. Back at home, if it does rain, it will rain for ... rain, at least, not that I know of. I remember the first time I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021