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• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

   breathe and ground yourself, even if just for a second. and we, the bloggers, will be ... the way in advance. I googled for various rejection letters so that I ... a playlist, and go out for a long walk. Your air may not be as crisp

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  up for the freshmen and other hall newcomers. We have tasks to complete ... ), but also personalized lists for each participant. Some of my items ... ” writing a party invite email for a party that isn’t happening and send it

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  . I tell him I’ll go after I work on it alone for awhile. I’m exhausted ... I could be here for hours and make almost no progress.   2:03 PM: Oh. My. God. I have a writer’s meeting for my [annotation note

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for ... my hall’s kitchen at five AM this morning, trying to study for a test I had today and failing pretty miserably. So, for the sake of my sanity, I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  some point. For many, it comes first semester. This is why MIT provides ... (if you got a D or F)."]P/NR.[/annotation] For some, it comes second ... 's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  credit for calculus from passing our math diagnostic. i convinced myself ... ="'didn't receive a sufficient score to qualify for credit for 18.01'"]failed ... WESTERN MUSIC. IT IS SUPER COOL."]i was sad and hass-less for a couple of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice ... 've prepared for you today. Go to class. Structure and routine are good for ... can use for grad school applications. If I had put some thought into it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  projects, finals, senior week, graduation, traveling, and now MISTI for the ... implications of the legislation and the precedent it set for the global tech ... Course 6 to better understand and contribute to the policy debate. For the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  existing this summer. And my actual self really wanted to go home for the ... city, my dog, my friends... So I googled for the email addresses of some ... strangers for a job, and three Skype interviews later, here I am! It turns out

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on ... for the past 10+ years, I have had no need for a car and have instead happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  ) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In ... presentations after they occur. But for tonight, though, you can watch the live

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  Herd," who constantly competed for the top GPA and class rank whenever ... for the prestige), and would often belittle me and make me feel dumb in ... paired up with one student in the nerd herd for a quiz, the rest of the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  even imagine. The solemn looks that you can’t prepare for. The looks that instinctively stop you in your tracks because it doesn’t make sense for that ... fell upon a dusty ground surrounding the orphanage for Syrian refugees

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my setup. (You might want to max out the quality if you really need to see

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  be able to make plans for their college enrollment with as little ... from the wait list without exceeding our enrollment capacity for the year ... listed students or MIT were hoping for—we think you are awesome!—we wanted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  elsewhere. For me, this is one of the most important blog posts I've ever ... sorry for her disappointment but sure she would be a fantastic student at ... ... For a while, I really felt like a failure that I didn't get in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  Exploration for freshmen in the fall), and Bad Ideas Weekend. I associate rush ... theme for EC this year was cyberpunk, I heard PATD quite a bit this ... , when I blew up the air mattress, that I don’t actually have space for 2

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  IAP is almost over! I wasn't on campus for most of it, but I finally returned to Next House last week in time for UPOP's week-long training ... it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  information on next steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  love and commitment. here are some of them. sometimes for me, this ... altogether. but as i came up with ideas for my thesis and thought about ... why you are perfect for each other, and you feel a deep sense of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017