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  Train Coming on navigating

  

  arriving to MIT would look like as a first year: Go to check in, and go where ... if sometimes you're left still needing to take a leap of faith. train ...  worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a

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

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  and to be reopened in my senior year. Despite knowing this as a prefrosh ... at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group ... to help BC comply with accessibility requirements. Keep in mind that a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018. "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ... , which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.      You may strive to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  'm the one who needs to be reminded. a happy moment in market design i ... the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... working a lot, working hard, working with my head in a book, working late at

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  fourth post in a four-part series, so here’s some context. I went to the ... first, choosing where I would go to college was simply a matter of getting ... in MIT that night. I was going to miss a connecting flight, figured I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  MacGuffins, for lack of a better name. Another group was trying to get ... 's some secrecy in hiding which groups you're a part of. Plus, the Death ... was pretty funny. A shadowrun is a challenge you beat to get into a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you're ... , from the northeast to the southwest monsoon. Habagat brings in hot, humid ... didn't have shade. In Cambridge, there are some rains that feel like a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  ="101923" /] In the fall we also went to a retreat with these students to New ... you can really go to any group you want. It’s a great way to get ... consistently setting aside time to read my Bible and in the beginning this was a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... of bed simply to switch out of a class that was too early before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  't getting an A in this class. WHY? Your work is not good enough, and here are ... a spot, unfortunately..." But you'll get used to it eventually. In ... know I would have done anything to get in, and still would. Depression

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  to create a helpful tool.* However, this tool is unhelpful. In fact ... address. In other words, they are getting a lot more private information ... different social network sites, and been syndicated to CNN among a bunch of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  with her face-to-face in her office to get to know her better. Her office ... Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... wood panels lined the walls, a grand desk stood proudly in front of a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  get to know them. Two Once upon a time, my defining feature was being ... myself to being gay, though, until my senior year. I was in a relationship ... to have a tumblr blog back in 2015 or 2016, and I would always write

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  stitching. What's better than getting paid for a hobby you're doing in your ... in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and ... "things alums do in their free time." In late 2011 I taught myself to cross

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  , but where I come from, the closest you get to snow is shredded ice in ... , to ‘hit the ground running.’ The painful struggle to get through the coursework, the realization that I had to drop a class, and the good sense to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco ... can come in every day, seven days a week, and get $10 worth of produce ... , like it has of mine. And it is wonderful to have a nutritional oasis in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  who is depressed. In my experience, I have only been able to get to know ... as opposed to something that I can use to reach a certain goal in life ... A good friend of mine, Angelina G., wanted to write a guest blog post

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become if I get in? Who will I be, who will I become, if I don’t?” First, I ... ) – was not the fear of being unable to succeed without MIT, but rather a

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

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  just wanted to let you know that you can have a lot of fun and still get ... , things have been crazy busy. (Perhaps at some point, I'll eventually get to ... some balance to the conversation. I remembered a guest post I wrote a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008