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  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  overboard and what had to stay, I switched research areas a number of times ... to know there. I didn’t have a “group of friends” in college the same ... times to several people separately, but at the end of the day it just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and ... ’m grateful to have as I begin this next chapter of my life. But I’ll let him do ... also Dr. Abe’s memorial service. Today would have been his 99th birthday

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  . Lament over not having any time to do problem set. 7:35 PM: Teaching ... to wear velcro." I have never, ever been one to get anything done ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  admissions [I] have seen in [my] time, both as a student and as an admissions ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last file I read. Yes, she had a sub-1400 SAT score, but you should have seen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  time, in between doing homework and writing papers and trying to stay ... you change your mind about yourself, again. success here is so hard to ... as if you’re redefined every time you succeed, and that’s what drives

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... over my shoulder at the computer screen. The sun was having a joyous time ... heat. Below me my bed had decided to become a rock. I honestly have no

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have ... to have an MIT undergraduate experience. I want to address that ... well as for those of you who do not. I challenge you to bring your plans

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  across to his finders in some way. Maybe MIT students just like to have fun ... from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since ... ago, a fairly lactose-intolerant resident of Random Hall decided to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  through extensive research, campus visits and conversations. I don't have to ... want to be, what experiences you need to have to help you get there, and ... selective peer institutions, assuming that one is fortunate enough to have

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 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 ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... good along the way.  However, much of the time, students fail to connect

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  without weakening the wood. To avoid having to go through that time ... the stairs design was to ensure we didn’t have to manually cut the side ... . This proved to be a great decision because having functional stairs that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  . Wouldn't it have been safer to submit the overly-edited essay? I gave MIT ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don ... when I decided to apply to MIT Early Action. Or precisely why. It was

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  are truly lucky to have Grimson as your chancellor, and I, like everyone ... , it shouldn't surprise you to hear that there have even been some ... member. He loves MIT, which is no small thing to say considering he knows

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  to the 6.036 LA "I have to go -- I need to go staff 031." And she ... took until November for us to start hanging out after class. By the time ... A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  bath, you only have to set the temperature. Easier than most MIT classes. You don’t even have to physically be there (during the cooking process ... much space (and too much of your precious time). Moreover, my cooking is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  device for the first time. We're so thankful to have worked with our ... solution to a problem they define. Others are more focused and have everyone ... something for our client. We met with our client a couple times to try and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  time? I could never. But since this is my senior year, I decided to suck ... time to process what had just happened, the pigeon-headed zombie ushered ... -three times fifty-six”), and (more embarrassingly) I was also trying to open the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  room is filled with light. We have a nice time chatting, but both have to ... don't have class until 11 so I have plenty of time to get some good rest ... could sleep for a much longer time. I roll over to cuddle with them and go

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  been scared were going to judge me. (If you’re reading this, thank you so ... semester, I went from having barely any exposure to proofs beyond what I ... , not a single path, and you may or may not have gotten a chance to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  actually having to invest yourself in this battlefield of emotions.  There ... attention of readers, having to accept strong criticism, having to reconcile ... Life steps on the brakes, and the car screeches and you just have to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014