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  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  took a few days/weeks to settle in. I got some congratulations at school ... , which is sad because there are a lot of really cool people who apply to ... self-confidence in my ability to get into such a well-known and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out Guide to MIT: Academics here. GOOD REASONS TO CHOOSE A DORM CULTURAL ... dorm with a dining hall will add a significant additional charge to your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  events is so much more than that. Food events are a great place to meet new ... don't feel like you need to be on a strict schedule :) 11. For those of ... the dining halls, now's a good time to check them out :) Especially

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  college), and yet I've held down two to three jobs at a time pretty much ... a rule I don't really pay attention to lists like that, except the ... is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  'm too tired to dig up the post so I'll give a quick recap. First you apply ... . Three days a week, I take a random bunch of applications to the public ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for

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

  bye (for now)

  

  extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... ) and swiss army man (also excellent, also emotional) and went to a house ... weeks to happen). my hope is that it can serve as one more resource, a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  spelling and grammar stuff. I could totally write a much less sappy ‘how to ... extraordinary things about a small subset of people is that they have the power to ... high school was expected to apply somewhere. I talked with my dad a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  'm saying to comfort myself.☺ Since graduating, I’ve been thinking a lot ... a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and ... required a lot of trial and error. In order to figure out what could go

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  needed to fulfill my HASS-Arts requirement (we’re required to take at least ... take it and also because I need to graduate....^^; So why was I told to listen to a stranger’s conversation? Our professor, Shariann Lewitt, tells

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  Do you have trouble writing? Does it feel like a daunting ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately ... thinking that you're writing a report I would like to share with you an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... define admissions with a formula is like trying to define life with a ... who chose to commute an hour each way to attend a certain school, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  life and things, but I still need to get around to doing a last couple ... /less well-known) vloggers all try to post a new video every day. It's less ... to document things and ramble at a camera sometimes. I don't want to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  kind enough to do a Q&A for my blog, so enjoy! ---------- Did other ... avoid such maulings.) So, to end on a sappy but true cliché that the ... makes you a candidate to attend MIT. Just find things you love to do, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
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  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic ... numb. A panic attack occurs when the anxiety gets too much, and can ... . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  . Apparently, my face was a sight to see. So yes I'm screaming and in much ... .  We had a snow day and when I called my grandmother to tell her, she ... quit for a few hours after decisions came out, and had to wait about 90

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  ? the fact that i don’t have enough desk space in my room and need to work ... drawing me back to a cycle of self-blame, taking root in my head and placing ... a pass/no record grading system across the board. I have to admit that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  thoughts jumbled up. I turned off my computer as I think I needed to take a ... needed to talk to somebody. After the initial shock reaction, the only ... those little things that a freshman would possibly need and made a

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  to give advice and out of frustration with prefrosh who posted a bunch ... was a middle-school cross country and road runner, I used to get ... were they talking to me instead of the girls who were a little faster and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was ... struggling to do so in a way that’s pretty and poetic, that will stick in ... ’s worth a read.) I’ve started three other aborted blog posts trying to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  or complicated than a screwdriver, so I didn't know how to use power ... to get a bladesmithing club together. They wanted to use a blacksmith ... club to get off the ground, but maybe in the future... So I am a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006