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  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  ?” He paused. “When I was at MIT,” said this man, who graduated a very ... ’t come back with a monologue about how admissions actually work at MIT, and ... point at all. Instead, I managed to deflect the conversation to things I

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  said. I have a fantastic dean at S^3. Last year, I also came in feeling ... emotional instability. Two days later I had a procedure at MIT Medical to ... Eric at Tufts. My dad tells me that when he and my mom were at Phys

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

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  took a bad hit at the start of January. The anxiety that made 2021 a ... 'm doing at the moment. I always feel like I have to tread gently to prevent ... stories. Not so great for lying awake in the dark at 3am. My family on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  have been stared at, asked countless times the “what are you” questions ... incidents at University of Missouri, though arguably MU’s incidents were more ... at Yale was not a far away, irrelevant incident. It was a red apple

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  overly aggressive firehose and it's just too much information all at once ... -- you'll learn it soon enough if you do commit. In fact, you'll see at it ... admits spend a weekend at MIT learning about our culture and getting

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

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  asleep at the end of the day was hard and waking up in the morning was even ... email came out, I’m really grateful I was at MIT.  It’s a scary time and ... even at a time of social distancing and fear, humanity is real:  MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but sometimes 11:21 or 11:22 work just as well. When I rise at 11:22, I don’t get ... collide. I love nights when pset parties spread in the hallway at party o

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  : "How was your first year at MIT?" After a billion failed attempts (most ... be ascribed to not studying for long enough, but at some point “I just ... test scores to prove it. 4. Get off campus at least once a week. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  began with absolutely no swimming at all. Not even floating. Just bobbing ... from back when I was five or so has me at some pool somewhere - I don ... to cross a body of water without doing any work at all. There's no

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  (researching at a Department of Defense Research and Development Laboratory ... someone else's life at MIT: 6.131 Lab. 6.131 Lab, or Power Electronics is ... first place. At this time of year in many other classes, students are

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  speakers of MITglish enunciate consonants at the end of words with ... conversational phrases @ MIT that are likely to be, um, not-so-conversational at ... . Please leave a message at an appropriate temporal distance from the beep

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  application is then read by a primary reader who will summarize it at length for ... up at the mention of cell biology, how you were five minutes late ... , but at least it's fair. (And by fair I mean fair in the context of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  camera at it. We can take the T to Faneuil Hall, cram ourselves into the ... shop at Newbury; we could go to Prudential and complain about how expensive everything is. We could cross Harvard Bridge at two in the morning

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  admissions office at MIT,[/annotation] it was located along the Infinite ... -001. Anyway, let me set the scene: one day in the summer of 2020—at the height ... authorized campus access at an unmarked service door at the basement level of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  . Someone at the [annotation note="Office of Minority Education ... assigned advisor at the OME, and a week-long retreat to reconnect with the ... ’ll get to it. Here’s one tricky thing about being at MIT: you never know

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  numbered, and repeated as endnotes at the bottom of the blog. We use this ... these dates — and copies of opinions, once they are posted — at SCOTUSblog, and follow along at home just like we are.']expected sometime in June

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  , it feels quite full when more than 3 or 4 people are using it at a time ... , meaning everyone walking by has a crystal-clear view into it at night. [caption id="attachment_102806" align="alignnone" width="1000"] look at that

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  commitment? – I thought I’d explain what Greek life at MIT is like, especially as someone who was at first hesitant to the idea. Despite the ... organization that encompasses the sorority side of Greek life at MIT. Panhel is

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  of staying in our current major or switching majors. After 2 years at ... evident through the animation classes we have taken at MassArt, where we are at home surrounded by people that look at a beautifully animated

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  didn't really understand at your age: BOSTON IS COLD. I would also ... getting a winter coat at some point, but maybe over Thanksgiving break or ... sure to do that at some point. Also, an umbrella, a hat, gloves, a scarf

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007