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  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  giddy with elation, having just learned of your acceptance. Some of you ... must have checked the clock at least fifty times in every class. It wasn ... this entry. I've been biding my time, waiting for this day and the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  about ten percent of freshmen change their minds; they have a chance to ... maybe (it happened to me) all three at the same time. A lot of the basic ... , could well be applied to life in general): Do it your way, not anyone

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Pressure." You should take the time to check out all the results, but for ... , not compared to what everyone else has done. But you're so passionate ... so far and that all your successes are really nothing to be proud of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  you shouldn't listen to what we have to say in full accord. Take time to ... off, congratulations to the admitted class of 2026. You have taken ... like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  'm the voice inside your head you refuse to hear I'm the face that you have ... drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a ... finding your inner strength to move onwards. Move onwards from failing, from

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  to it in darker times. Words of caution: beware of connecting your favorite music to bad times, and never set your favorite song as your alarm ... many shows to discuss that you kinda have to watch some on your own. That

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  of your childhood before you have to buy your own groceries (the rest ... are times when your preexisting uncertainties are magnified and your ... ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  in the mail, but now you have to send in your passport to the Swiss ... arrange to have your transcripts sent back to MIT and figure out how to get ... two weeks, and hope that you get your passport in the mail on time

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  you want to do it, DO IT. But don't do it because you think it's your ... , liberated from the pressures of not having cured cancer by your 18th birthday ... . Contribute to your community. Pursue your passion. Find what you love, and do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  have to take three lab courses that will make you cry. But if you're Chem ... major (Course 5), you're going to learn about molecules. What they look ... conflicting times and few prerequisites), it's actually not too difficult to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  new ones. I mean, I have a job. A job where I'm paying to work for them ... hope your brothers and sisters will be kind, July. I'll try to be kind to them, too. And next time we meet, I hope I have more direction, more

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  't necessarily have to be pre-professional, it's basically one of your first few ... major, you haven't found it. c) College education adds to your confusion ... have to go through. e) Other (please specify)." It took me a while to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  your drain still clogs from time to time. Putrid black sludge fills the ... pack for the summer. You have 8471 emails to read. You should call your ... ’t work. You add some print commands to the broken part. Your code works

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  can determine whether you’re offered admission to a school that have ... about your college applications. You can study like Hermione Granger to ... motivation to apply to a great school like MIT or any other top university, you’re

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  last time. I was dreading Tuesday night, where I'd have to fall asleep ... made my shoulder available for others to cry on. My friends have pulled ... conversation, but a badly lit selfie and a quick hug would have to do. One day we

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  take notes. Your second class is having an exam, and it seems to be going ... to your alarm in bed. You have just crossed the boundary between ... equations. They don’t look familiar. You try to find your professor’s office

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  's not worth your time or energy." I came to MIT wanting to be a chemical ... have to sacrifice a lot of time just to maintain our GPAs at MIT so that ... ?" YOU: "Uh...go to med school...." HIM: "Oh, you're a premed?" YOU

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  - it isn't that they don't want to; it's just that they don't have time ... video. Caution! Mild condiment violence to follow. In case you're ... how it occurred later on this week.) It's hard to get time to yourself

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  find negative emotions during this time in your life. i remember ... to lose yourself in. oh, you're losing sight, you're losing touch all ... will usually be four years. you have so much to do afterwards. regardless

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  many of you have poured so much of yourselves, your time, and your energy ... and re-read it so many times, and it rings true to me every single time ... meant no more having to lug buckets/backpacks/tote bags/suitcases (yes

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011