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  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  on How to Get Around MIT. And now that I’ve cited How to Get Around MIT ... . You've heard the story, but you're there for new perspectives ... somehow want to return to it as soon as you are finished as though you've

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  virtual stomping grounds; I've missed you a lot. I like what you've done ... words, I think MIT can take much of the credit for the shift we've seen on ... ." Over the years I've been given a lot of credit for my work on pioneering

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  since it's my last semester, I've been trying to spend more time ... . but every time I've tried to go this year, there's been some event going ... because of all the exams you've taken on the 3rd floor, but the 2nd floor is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  hate most about this time of year. I've never had a good spring semester ... , I've realized that every semester really has taught me something ... life. freshman spring: i am not the person that i was I've mentioned

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  you’ve recovered some of your strength. Besides being there, it doesn ... letter,[/annotation] which makes me question how badly I would’ve done if I ... I’ve changed as a student, but it becomes so clear in an example like

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

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  everything we pushed aside and really feel it again. On and off, I’ve tried ... , a relic of who I used to be. I’ve been scraping through these old ... , or I spent more time lurking instead of posting. But, I’ve found the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  post i've ever written, lol), but even the people who think they know ... person, but you've gone so far with just being stellar at academics that it ... to say this now that I've already gotten into college, but I can still

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  . Over the course of the 3+ hour event, 8 teams reveal the products they’ve ... disappointing. By the second round of reviewers, we've identified the ... The presentation team is doing much better.  We've unified on a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  options throughout college, rather than having to decide beforehand before I’ve ... my family’s role in raising me, to avoid discussing the fact that I’ve ... grateful for the opportunities you’ve had to push yourself and find passions

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  dragons you’ve already conquered over the past two decades. At least for me ... innocently visiting a Christmas tree farm. And you’ve practically already ... definitely does not mean rejection. I’ve met so many people here at MIT who

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  what you would've done otherwise.  Attend the MIT Global ... local residential authorities and demonstrate that you've come in ... habits and systems I've nurtured since Freshmen year: how to take notes

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  Barkowitz Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years by ... over twenty years now, they've allowed everyone to peer into the lives of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  Reif had dared to escape the horrors! Despite the fact that I’ve been ... well-put- together thing you’ve ever seen) I had attempted at MIT so far

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  being in a position of good fortune. five. for the past few days, i've ... good at something unless you've been practicing since birth. but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  be the one you think is correct. Of course, now that I’ve given you ... privilege. One strategy that I’ve found useful in my quest to maintain this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  you've stopped caring about anyway. At REX, going sleepless means going ... I've been used to. And even this seesaw, when I'm in the right

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  moment’s notice.” In retrospect, it’s a cynical take—in college, I’ve had ... . I’m nearly twenty-one now, yet I find myself craving the same things I’ve

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  most difficult thing i've ever written in my life. it's about suicide and ... the thing you've been working on for so long. and that was true of my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  I've gotten a number of email responses to my blog post about the different paths our lives can take. One of them was from a student whom we ... blog it, and he said I could. I've reproduced it in its entirety and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  separate post about why it’s rewarding. This isn’t that post. I’ve had a lot ... and a half years I’ve been back, I finally, finally believe I deserve a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015