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

  

  to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... [/annotation]vividly, as though it's only been a month.   I knew I would be nervous when the time came, because who wouldn't be? My usual defense in this

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

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... more. A note to my future self, though: there will be reason to regret ... how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim ... still seems to be around from the batch that got selected with me on that ... be working on my thesis instead, so I stop blogging and revert to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  shower, a drizzle. Ambon is the kind of rain that a light jacket would be ... a few hours. There'd never be really really light rain; there'd always be felt droplets, and even the lightest of rains would be felt if you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been ... reflect this value. In short order, our decisions will be released and the ... accomplished as any applicant may be, is ultimately less about what has been

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  wonderfully exhilarating all at the same time. There would be hopeful, "I ... better approach and neutrality seemed impossible. As much as I tried to be ... they wanted to be somewhere else. As for me, I love MIT. I really do. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  plane, let alone how to get around [annotation note="to be clear, my ... stopped. Train going. Silence. Train coming.... https://youtu.be/1kyWYYSAy50 ... yourself can be scary-- especially as someone who doesn't really "go with the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  . There may be an onslaught of information bursting toward you like an ... something that needs to be said: current students have biases. Whether we like ... end all be all. We, current students, are meant to be purely

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It ... mother so I'll let this one slide. Also hello!! I'll be communicating my ... started on BTS. We waited in line more than [annotation note="40 hours to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  chances are, if you applied early, you’re freaking out right now. Be it ... this feeling. And it can be kind of terrifying. Even applying in the ... into the goblet of fire and hope that you’re chosen to be a part of the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  founders posted on some forums I frequented - and being amazed by people who ... Guan. Charles will be graduating tomorrow with a degree in mechanical engineering. But he's probably best known around campus for being the King of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  get to know them. Two Once upon a time, my defining feature was being good at math. My personality consisted of being good at math and enjoying ... for being good at math, and it felt good to be good at math. High

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

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  . Mainly, I just thought this would be fun to read (since you all want to know more about the bloggers, right?!?!) and I thought it would be cool ... seemed to be, “I feel like I would get different results if I took this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  really a preview of what MIT will be like? I don’t think most pre-frosh actually believe that it’s going to be as fun and happy as that weekend, but ... weekend to be over. Back in 2011, my host’s neighbor was an aerospace

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  they want to write but can’t have the blog be associated with them. I ... present, have identified as LGBTQ+, and were able to be open about their ... identify as LBGTQ+. Some may not be out to friends or family, some may have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  well-being."]intent matters.[/annotation] You should never do something ... societal expectations, then that is nice and convenient. If it doesn’t, so be it.   This should not be construed as advice to be selfish, and it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  into the darkness of the jet black irises hoping that I might be able to ... should be enough to keep the eyes from thinking I had died. Back to my ... , and honestly, I had decided to stop arguing about when it should be a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  , the blogs were not nearly the beast you see them to be now. I was ... aardvark in a Korean Air airline lounge. (I may be 26 but I am not above ... appreciated the most about being a blogger was the ability to be open about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  : Why do you want to be happy? B: Because I want to be happy. Contrast it ... want to be happy? B: Because I want to be happy. The conversations end ... , fails to admit a lot of additional external factors which could be at play

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ? He’s intent with saying that U will be a better fit for me. In my mind ... to choose to be happy, choose not to overload yourself with coursework ... that it would be as simple as collecting information. To me, things like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020