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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while ... entire language for a regional accent. The language we learned didn ... me that for me tattoos meant gang affiliation, criminal behavior, and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland ... . This resonated with me – from when I first arrived on campus for my FPOP ... grading first-years on "Pass/No Record," for which I am very grateful. The

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  . I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. MIT alums often ... which I am not grateful for the privilege of having been a part of that ... no road map to follow. I'll be forever grateful for Matt's willingness

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  what's up FROSH: just waiting for a burger ME: yeah those burgers are ... is my fifth ME: child FROSH: i felt bad for not eating vegetables ME ... for other groups too FROSH: well ME: specifically mine ME: the toons

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  out pretty well for you, didn't it, Washington? The statue in the ... command was something he had long envisioned for himself and driven towards ... ’t control what traits an admissions committee is looking for, or what mood a

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

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  finished a 7.012 Biology pset early Wednesday morning, I wrote an essay for ... .02 Multivariable pset this morning as well as study for the midterm exam tomorrow ... all time - and I’ve been eagerly awaiting its arrival for months. I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  upon (actually, not really. My professors for 20.363, Biomaterials

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  tests, long before I contemplated completing an application for college ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to ... , they should be a viable candidate for admission to a highly selective

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... panicked for a split second when I actually didn't know how many - but then I ... my bruise is for making lasting impressions on people I meet, I think I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  furiously. I had a deadline at 5 pm for my Economics of Health class essay, so ... weather today for the marathon? But it should be done by now though” and ... okay. But I didn’t know that, so I didn’t. I prayed for every single

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  , so ready for CPW, because I didn’t get to go to CPW when I got admitted ... more for all of you admitted students. yeah i know, i can edit: oops i ... format for a haiku. Most of its poems are 2 to 5 lines long, and each line

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  Chinese-language post not mentioned here. The content is a bit different for ... traveled together in China for a vacation (I was stuck at home interning :P ... a apartment in Nanjing for a month since it was cheaper than a month

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• 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…

  

  equilibria, I guess? For those unfamiliar with the concept of dynamic ... likening my next four years to learning to swim: You can cling for dear life ... , and the regressive doubts that hold me back -- making for zero net

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

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... 'm talking about an opportunity for personal growth. It's the big selling ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  emails for more pretty graphs"]Waly![/annotation]  Top X Classes by ... . For the rest, I included the class/classes with the highest frequency ... for the Actor (1) 2021 6.115: Microcomputer Project Laboratory (2

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  , you get the point. Freshman fall is meant to be a reality check for ... school for my prickly personality among other things and I was struggling a ... . There was some part of me that felt guilty for changing because it felt as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
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  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  I've been blacksmithing for just shy of a year. This fall, I took 3 ... credit for me, but also accelerated my blacksmithing knowledge and practice ... ="alignnone" width="198"] riveted V (for Velez), spiral, and fitted bars

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  These blogs exist for many reasons. Show prospective students what ... for feeling all of those things, or feeling anything else. No matter ... post will be a way for you to start processing all of those thoughts, a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . You've heard the story, but you're there for new perspectives ... ingredient. —anonymous going to Harvard, but for a fraction of the cost. —Robo ... well in the ocean. The same goes for a degree in engineering," says

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020