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

  

  attempts, he was denied a commission in the service: not, Washington fancied ... reader is in when they peruse your essay, or what the rest of that year ... a school you love is crushing, and it can often be framed in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• 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?

  

  , pulsating on the ground making animal noises. “Tetazoo is not a hivemind.” You ... . “Tetazoo is not a hivemind.” You jump out of the window, just as the ... . A car is crossing Amherst. It honks. You do not look up. You have the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
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  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  the actual country-continent relationship, there is a ton of overlap in ... Every time I look at the faces of younger MIT students, especially ... starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  't belabor the point, as my position on the matter is well established. Suffice ... analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a ... outcome, the real work is just beginning. An admission decision, as

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  't have fifty people; the number's closer to 65. But this is a series, and I ... -jokes. One thing I love about the past two Hunts were the registration websites, which have a list of each of the teams. Not only can you read all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
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  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  'm using my mentor time to figure out whether or not Microsoft is the place ... all the time. But unfortunately, that is not the case. My internship ... to study has not been the smoothest or most straightforward road. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
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  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  ... one... The first bite was not that bad. Maybe the nerve endings in my ... Challenge. The Green Building is the tallest building on campus (and the ... snow? *(which is weird because I helped screw the supports together to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
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  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  . Entertainment. The closest major city to my town is St. Louis, which is two hours ... , this deal is too good to pass up. Research. I mentioned one of the ... ![/caption]   So. Many. Students. One of the cool things about Boston is the high

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
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  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  ! (9) Because the Esplanade is only a short walk from campus: and ... Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I disagree. Sure, we may not have brick buildings and ivy-covered walls.  But

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  , and is the talk of campus. . . President Obama came and visited on ... visit the weekend before. MIT went into scramble mode, which is always fun ... speak, it was a no go. That is, until I realized I worked for the

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
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  ten reflections on mit

  

  orange. But not all is the same. My hair is growing out. I just bought ... ground this Valentine’s Day (though of course, love is in the air). These ... institution) is hard. There’s the first problem of figuring out exactly how I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  closest friends. Even though they are not in the same organization, there is ... there is a D9 presence at MIT and show the many benefits of joining one ... fraternity is Alpha Phi Alpha, founded in 1906 at Cornell University. In the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  better #RecoveryIs smiling at dogs on the street again not to sound corny ... As we say goodbye to the decade, it’s hard not to get sentimental ... knowing my memory is not forever, that one day these silly or emotional or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  . “given the circumstances today, that is not unreasonable.” it was during ... if my body is being pulled apart in different directions. yet at the ... about this a month and a half ago, but the gist is that i’m working in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
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  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  Yellow vests being herded into the small building. Today is not one of ... left and keep going, not stopping to check the time. Flour Bakery is on ... , living off campus is a good option. Here is my list of pros and cons: The

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  is not an individual or collective failure of the blogs or the bloggers ... observes, being "out" is not the only way to be LGTBQ+, and the costs of ... the labels mean or need not mean. And it's also a place that is truly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  specific technical configuration (the way an abstract process is practiced ... is more than a job. That's the tradeoff every admissions professional ... boots. Where the wind blows and the snowflakes start to fall is only

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  . When the former is not possible because of circumstances outside of your ... someone who's not even the valedictorian or has never been in a science fair ... realize that I would've been fine going anywhere. It's not about the school

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
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  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  getting an education from the University of Chicago, which is not a school ... , which is not a school. —Robo-CJ getting a car from the same manufacturer ... . First is the famous quote widely attribute to former MIT President Jerome

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
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  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  always hours when it is impossible for me to work. And these are the hours ... something that looks like: This is a bit complicated, so I’ll just draw the ... spikes: And it really is just the case that however productive I am, at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020