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  Train Coming on navigating

  

  feel like this is a good example of what most of your freshman year looks ... (as a first year or otherwise)? Or when, if nothing else, you're ready ... lives. This means that when you're struggling with something, you can

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  feeling to know that you’re not alone and that there are so many people ... easily focus on your own plane tickets, your own storage, your own plan of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  answer to many more things in life than I would have expected: in your ... some slack (and if you send a polite and apologetic email to your professor, they probably will too). In your not-first semester and tired of 17

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  finally... (10) If you're ever lost in Boston, just look towards the water

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  :   Now you're ready. On September 14, Chris Peterson e-mailed the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  If you've never seen "Hackers" then you're depriving yourself and ... explaining this I then get asked “So why does your biography say that you came ... you're walking through campus and you see something a little out of the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  best part of waking up is 92 mg. of caffeine in your bloodstream! (I ... Christine Walley to get my HASS concentration form filled out. You're supposed ... ), so there's always plenty of time to have your points heard. 2:26 -- I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  brain cells to write something thoughtful right now, but submitting your application is probably one of the spookiest things you will do in your life and ... submitted your early action application!) [/annotation] While I'm hoping this

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the ... you just took a bit bite of your own mooncake lol, i think it's mostly ... character to your room. get SLAPped!

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  finding place

  

  with people through focused conversations or situations where you're using your brain and talking about life. [caption id="attachment_99792 ... putting on events where your friends meet each other/grow the cohesion to

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  .” There is obviously a lot of your high school self that is conveyed when ... impression that your college application was literally entirely based on your ... . “Great project,” said the judges on the scoring sheet, “but work on your

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  't know what it means. But it means you're considered equally with the rest of the applicant pool, this time considering your mid year report. And ... it's unfortunate because you're all really awesome. You made it to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  The most frequent question I received during CPW was: "You're pre ... - in conjunction with your pre-med course work. And if you get a B, consider it a lesson learned: you're more than a grade/letter. Closing

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  admissions staff thinks that you can hack it, you're in. How can they do that ... you meet those standards, you're in, and so are thousands of other ... the courtroom, and you can argue your way in. It doesn’t. In fact, the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  you might not fall but things (like, say, your board, or your physics class) will go faster than you're comfortable with and you'll just hope to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  those knock-your-socks-off prospectives. Although Adam was by no means a ... that mean I'm twice as good at writing as you are?" Adam: "Well, you're ... requires passion, and, luckily, you get to define passion on your own terms.

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  means that you’re competitive with most of the rest of our applicants. MIT ... deluding yourself. So please stop harassing Matt; you’re not going to get the answer you’re looking for. I wish we could just give you a perfect black

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  icy shock, like your eyes flying open and your body bolting awake after ... the springs: you’re gonna be starving. Good thing Austin knows how to ... funky? Oh, look, when you curl your hand around it, it fits perfectly

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  Emergency! A volcano has erupted relatively close to your critter's habitat ... days, your critter has been captured by another living being, and taken 3,000 miles away. Your critter’s new habitat is fundamentally different from

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  healthy dose of Acceptance to wash down your Rejection ... school musical. WHY? Your classmate was a better singer. NO you aren't getting an A in this class. WHY? Your work is not good enough, and here are

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019