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  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  . I was too busy celebrating the New Year. ;) I hope you're still ... that is true, the problem you're dealing with is so much bigger than that. The problem you're coming up against is one I've seen so many of my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  , I gave her a hug and said "It's okay, I love you. Do you want your ... .    And he said:      Your children are not your children.      They are the ... not to you.      You may give them your love but not your thoughts

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  not only your experiment, but also the lives of millions of bacteria ... .02, my professor was watching and she said, “Wow, you’re really good at ... gun move with the body and the breath. You control your breath to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  you back to your favorite moments. I gave it a shot, standing on a ... without the company of a knotted stomach and chattering teeth. If you're ... , I encourage you to stand up, shut off your communication devices, make

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  prepared. Based on a bevy of data in your application - your scores, your grades, your teacher recommendations, your courses, your achievements, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... community, does not communicate what your coaches or teachers or mentors will ... don't matter. If your grades and scores suggest that you are not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  the last few years. If you're not a policy wonk, you may have missed ... Orleans, and elsewhere. If you're on the West Coast, you may have heard of ... this short, wonderful documentary. If it doesn't change your life, it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  attracted your attention. Our basic approach to the purposes and goals of ... . The Admissions Office looks forward to receiving your application, and ... make plans for your future. Sincerely yours, Peter Richardson Director

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  really decent - spend some time there before you graduate! Sadly, your MIT ... , and you're missing out on a key part of the MIT experience if you never ... because I was at Brown, though. :( 62. Get your name and/or picture in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  does anyone else remember when the internet looked like this? sorry can’t come out tonight i gotta sit alone in front of a muted tv opening and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you’re

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  disciplinary or other action that occurs after your admission to MIT. We have the right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not ... your application.   As such, some students who have been admitted

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  feels an odd mix of distant and weirdly close. Like the first time your ... stuff your brain *thinks* you can do. When you cram those years with stuff, you're so heads down in your work that you hardly notice dates flying by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  've been immersed in this place for six months. You’re probably sick of ... well as for those of you who do not. I challenge you to bring your plans ... because you’ve been accepted and your life is complete, or because you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  name replaced with Nora's is true. If you're still having trouble ... people from your high school know about MIT? What made you decide to come ... you learn during your time in college, it's that plans change. Who knows

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  vertical miles can your team climb? Oh-- and you're climbing between the ... are an MIT student, you check your email compulsively. It's the only way ... Ideas highlights video: (also spot yours truly in some classy sunglasses

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  give me some of yours. =) 3. Ask good questions. If you ask me “does MIT ... ’t ask me if I filed your letter of recommendation yet. The answer is ... , but is getting some random person’s opinion of your chances really going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  to Opening Day at Fenway Park. If you’re a baseball enthusiast like me ... area, which means you’re bound to find people your age interested in the ... don’t have to choose between the two. You don’t have to discard your

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  colleges was the biggest decision of my life when I was in your shoes four ... advice (implicit and explicit) if you’re trying to make choices about your ... systems, quality of your department, curricula, access to research

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  truly unlimited in your pursuit of knowledge, and nowhere else can you ... when they were in your shoes. While I have not become some kind of ... , until you pour your heart out and your best efforts and your sleep and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  said, "don’t you think you had a leg up getting into MIT because you’re ... top half of their class). If you don’t question yourself while you’re here, you’re an outlier, because so many of us actually feel like

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