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  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  doesn’t care; I could shield you. There is so much more for you to learn ... to sustain them in their misery, and that is to think…  ‘I was worthy ... consequences are set in stone. It’s so much easier to understand life in

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  stamp is sure to be appreciated. 7. If you think you may need financial ... location on the Infinite Corridor to its new home in the MIT Welcome Center ... , in perfect condition. I had no choice but to assume this copy of the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  only time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn ... are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... regrets in life is that I didn't take more pictures in college. My excuse

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
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  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  –14. Note that April 8–10 is from Monday to Wednesday; in an article, Jones ... sure to note which is which. We'll continue the convention of "now ... wrote in the 1984 Report, "the character of MIT’s student body is dictated

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
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  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  evolved need to consume nutritious minerals? In either case, the spacial ... Faulkner parser, but as of right now, I feel like I need to run MATLAB before ... was hard to deny that MIT does in fact wipe the hard drives of your high

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  hear back on an offer. However, it is stressful to go on LinkedIn and see ... disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the ... walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
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  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  took the elevator to the new room, which is in 5 East. It’s a rather ... feelings to process. But the weird part about all of this is that I feel very ... spotless. Moving out, of course, is just the move-in process in reverse. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
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  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  is gone, in the past, and I can’t reasonably expect to return to square ... school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most ... cancelled before it even started due to COVID-19, so that hope is effectively

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  creative community, decided to take me in. I'm excited for what's in store ... 'll meet up again in whichever city we happen to be in at the same time and ... East Campus was ticking to an end, that I'm stuck in my room shorting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  you're willing to learn, than it is to show off how much you already ... . Thus is the beauty of the UROP program. UROP, noun or verb ("to UROP ... 're definitely going to be asked to describe them. Think about why it is you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
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  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  in the comic strip, Alex, had to decide which college to go to. She was ... HTML file attached to it. An html file that, when opened in a browser ... to be catapulted to the upper echelon of schools in the contest. Drexel

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
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  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 ... in a few months. I have three and a half more years to keep trying

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  see, to be quite honest, Course 16 is not designed like many other ... pointed out to me, while many students develop a tangible interest in math ... propelled by a sort of fanaticism much in the way that marathon runners are

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  sense of agency in your life will make you happier. It is a lot harder to ... overall experience much more enjoyable. Second, it is a good way to start ... , even in the smallest ways. It is also one thing to say these things, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  find most comforting through all of this is that in talking to a range of ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... . I started having thoughts to the effect of “everyone else is already

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  me if I haven't written back to you in the past few weeks. This ... major is more of a personal journey, and these blogs are supposed to apply ... -maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing.) MIT, as opposed to some universities both in the United States and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
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  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had ... for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find ... last semester to not be about me, the more i was able to do. so in no

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  like to mention that there is a writing requirement here at MIT. To some ... ’s been months now without a new post. Where to begin again? But here is ... in college. (Yes, you will have to write at MIT even if you are a math

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
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  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in ... them both in my life. (This is a nice moment but I'm going to ruin it by ... that it is intensely painful to lose someone you love that much. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
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  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  depression.[/annotation] [annotation note="cj: citing a paper in a blog post is ... jacky is claiming that MIT food is bad therefore people in MIT are sad and ... [annotation note="I won’t specify which, and I hope that you will never need to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020