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  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  Next Forum Games, a precursor to dormspam-the-game, in 14.05. I promise ... you can choose the best spot to seek, and vice versa for your choice in ... players chose to place a large portion of their points in one or two

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  time to sit back and reflect and then put it all into words in a way that ... questions in education are to me. I’m still in a cappella. I still really like ... radiation on the growth of plants, and, to cut a long story short, got to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  drawing me back to a cycle of self-blame, taking root in my head and placing ... most of the work I had to do, putting myself in a pretty good spot when ... ,[/annotation] from a bunched up fist against my cheek, to my index brushing the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  yourself, too. Take a step back, and while reading your essay, try to answer ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your ... you, what your dreams are. Don’t blow it off and assume you’ll get in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  start with a few in your head and see what happens to them as you begin ... in college. (Yes, you will have to write at MIT even if you are a math ... will get them to come. In my writing group we do an exercise when we all

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule ... summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person ... categorize. I thought it'd be cool to post them on a Google Map to visualize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  nose to the paper, pencil poised, ready to race across the page as if ... activities I could only dream of — I was overwhelmed trying to find my place in ... trouble and for the past three and a half years, I missed opportunities to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to ... basically just want to see if you're a good fit for their company. Technical ... getting a job is not fun, and can cause you to get pretty behind on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  Express, I'm in short sleeves. A few minutes ago, I got up to stretch my ... -East-Campus-all-the-time, so this isn't going to really be a post about my own experiences in the ... in this crazy place does. Side note: this also led to a lot of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  self-confidence in my ability to get into such a well-known and ... computer, opening up the MyMIT page that I hadn't visited in a few months. I ... took a few days/weeks to settle in. I got some congratulations at school

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  getting in, reducing getting into MIT to a coin flip. On the ride home, I ... Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a ... . Whether you get in or not, after decisions, listen to this song (or another

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  . Being happy, to a degree, is part of your health--in particular your ... gets in the way of your work or school, you have to deal with it and ... to my room and feel like there was a sinkhole in my stomach. It was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... test scores to prove it. 4. Get off campus at least once a week. It's all too easy for MIT to become a bubble: your entire college existence

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  short, Shahab, yes, we will value your poetry. I look forward to hearing ... look forward to reading about your passions, too. Finally, with a month ... majoring in BME. I am a published poet in my country. Should I send my book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the ... , and told Professor Dumbledore that it had inspired me to find a UROP in ... ; I get responses to my e-mails within a day or two (or, often, within

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  to take a math assessment. This essentially assess your skills and ... on 18.01 before getting to 18.02."]18.01a/18.02a[/annotation], and ... in IAP]. I got recommended 18.01 and 8.01L, but that had to be a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your ... really engaged in my education during high school. Yet you get to college ... knows exactly how to get what they want in life and I'll convert, but to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  friend told me they were being treated in x way, I would tell them to get ... ’s great if you can somehow avoid getting sick in the first place, but if you’re ... possessions than their own bodies. If you’re doing all this work (in part) to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  but fell short of getting this case to work. I’ve also tried a different ... considered using a fire idiom in the title of this post, but decided to go with ... of trust in me. I would get to shape the story, develop key methods and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021