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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  is MIT: why bother doing a thing if you're not gonna be super extra ... , could well be applied to life in general): Do it your way, not anyone ... found some of the Orientation events to be really meaningful. The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  to: “Why?”. At first I thought, “Tsk, the answer to that is both inexplicable and pointless. ‘Why?’, Well, why not? I say". To avoid confronting ... of here.’ Why? I tried not to think about it. Commencement, a trip

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed on their application. The emails will be sent at 5 PM Eastern ... traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How ... , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight ... something special to the table, even if you're not entirely sure what that

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

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  to when I retrieved their data, not the living group and department ... privacy of the people wearing the underwear, I am not going to tell you what ... , So try me on and I will tell you Where they ought to be. My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  home and be able to work through the night. I work in my room, on my ... , learning how to fail and bounce back from it. This is one of the big reasons ... , it's not going to get any easier. This semester, the key was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  just leave them in the hallways to be taken. And we students do so, very ... lesson about trying to get projects done during the semester. It may be ... attached the legs directly to the top, they would be wobbly (especially

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  Beware! There will be many spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender ... ’m making the assumption that you’ve seen the show and will not go over plot ... not supposed to happen’. After the Zuko Alone episode, his mind

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the ... used to be beyond my wildest dreams, and I'm glad that I got the ... took to classes. Probably not comprehensive, but these are the ones I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . Your upperclassmen will be there to help you, and the CAPD will walk you through every step of the job application process. You will not be applying ... disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  opened the package later, it turned out to be two Amazon Echoes. Nothing ... test it out. I’m not sure why Larry took the drone the beach, as opposed ... decline the offer. The weather just happened to be beautiful.   This

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  . What would he think? Will he say anything to me the next time I see him ... , and that was delicious. It was refreshing to just be normal. On the ... felt like I was going to an event "in the water," as if I had not been in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  . Writing well often means “being in the flow” and if you are not there, it ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a ... already know how valuable it can be to learn to write and express yourself

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

  demons on depression

  

  ? Would I ever experience what it's like to not be depressed? Will it just ... metaphorically, not as if they could actually see it, not to the point where it ... be "visualization" to you might not be what "visualization" is to me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  being deferred but that it's not okay to lose faith. Every year, thousands ... at MIT appeals to you and why?), two essay prompts to choose from ... countdown to EA Decision Day. December 15, 2008 was the scheduled date for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for ... lying. To the person up there who said "while it's supposed to be ... 's supposed to be comforting, obviously, I just find it really insincere. I mean

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  -mail was not going to be answered. I did a quick search online, found the ... womb." Which of these people will be able to land an undergraduate ... 're definitely going to be asked to describe them. Think about why it is you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  seems unlikely, because why not shoot for the stars? However, at MIT, we ... advice. However, the best way to navigate the college process is to be open ... 't think you'd apply to, or being open to the way financial aid may influence

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... having been admitted, of being at MIT. (Though, to be clear, it’s not ... post will be a way for you to start processing all of those thoughts, a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  class of 2011, when you get to the rest of your life - there will be so many opportunities for you to have. There will be so many times when ... cousins will be graduating high school as well; many of the Class of 2015

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011