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• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  least I got around to it. That's why, this year, on top of the family ... I've had to study for? It wasn't to make my birthday not fun; it was ... 's couched underneath a few other stores in the area, it's hard to find, but

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2028. This is an open forum for you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will survive

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2027. This is an open forum for you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  through the gate... (click any image to enlarge) Why should you visit us ... ! Nice to meet you! I'm Keri Garel, class of 2010, and in the blogger world ... of the Sport Death shirt that at this point it's probably cheaper to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  I write two letters to myself at [annotation note="the keen-eyed will ... that you wanted to be more academic and rigorous, and failing your first ... special.  Not being special is okay. You grinded out evenings in the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  a huge achievement and will still lead to new beginnings; welcome them ... There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  now. I know I need to be kinder not only to the people around me who are ... clue. Really all I know is that at the end of the day, I want to be ... of late and it has me feeling really guilty. Blogging used to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  , I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the ... to not carry this fear of being seen as dumb in homework sessions. I ... ’ll be hard, but I want to try. Give me a shot and you’ll see—I will try my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  , but will not rule it out). To be considered for a blogger position, you ... this year's senior bloggers: Laura and Lulu. Our objective will be to ... : Blog/writing stuff Provide a link to your "portfolio." This will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  I have been amazed by the lengths many African students are willing to ... cassava to be processed in mass quantities, as the plant itself spoiled ... can achieve the steps from plant to flour. Exporting needs to be figured

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  , but the disambiguation would be helpful. Lesson to be learned from this ... order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... it is an assessment on neuroanatomy, which this happened to be. (We

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  them: I wanted to make sure I was choosing MIT for the right reasons, not ... reading the Princeton Companion to Mathematics; otherwise, your options will ... any of these fields that I try (and occasionally fail) not to have

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  .  Be direct when you think something is shoddy, and be willing to take ... interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time ... understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  should not be the primary way kids learn to write," said Wayne Camara, vice ... failing to release such samples to the public. "We will change that," said ... essay test that started in March - and will be given for the second time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  in what appeared to be a maze, I saw the dome, and I had a moment of ... confusion. I read in the itinerary that MIT would be bussing us from the ... , so I wouldn’t have to go up to strangers and say, “Hey are you the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to ... Representative Katherine Clark. Now, I'm normally very happy to pick up the phone ... (possibly caffeine-boosted) confidence resolved to finally make the call. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  avoid thinking about the other things I need to do but have not done and do not want to do; working is how I run from my fear that nobody will ... you have to do to pretend you’re not being squashed: and then at some

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  if I wanted to get dressed up or not, and finally gave in to the ... the intro classes (common ones to skip are 18.01, 18.02, and 8.01) will ... Hello readers. Happy Holidays to everyone! The term is over and I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  in the town. Newport is a lovely town and it was definitely not made to ... extra filter that can be assembled to be placed in the lenses of a camera ... drive to the path (headed to St. Johnsbury, VT) would be ~3 hours without

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of ... 'd share the two that I have and do some reflecting on who I used to be ... collectively decided not to compete the next day because we were so emotionally

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021