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  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
• 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 / Best of the Blogs

  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
• 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…

  

  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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [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
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  Sam, because that is not his name. As we sat on a bench in Lobby 7, Sam ... , like a misunderstanding about whether MIT students have to live in a dorm ... love of my life. And choosing not to choose (in this case, staying in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  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 ... done well in science competitions (yet), and I really did not have much

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  in the works, but I might need another Yultide for motivation to finish ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... MIT and want everyone to feel empowered to do it too. MIT is not just a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  senior year in Course 7 (which is awesome! Everyone should study biology ... (obligatory fun fact), really love parentheses and tend to write/talk too much ... jumping from Biology at MIT to Physiology in medical school (I eventually

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  education is to learn as much as possible. 2) Make all of your figures before ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately ... discovered the most optimal procrastination technique. It is so effective, in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  my own meta-survey asking people to take surveys, is scientific either ... test in a different mood”, which to me highlights a key flaw in any kind ... to “better manage” people in workplaces or worse, while hiring people

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

  Application dreaming

  

  're excited about. While I was in California in early October, I started to ... , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  activities I could only dream of — I was overwhelmed trying to find my place in ... grow, to believe in myself, to fail and learn from it because I Truly ... .  It means that if I need four hours to read this lecture slowly on my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  life SO MUCH is going to change SO QUICKLY and you want to hold onto ... might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like ... ’s no chance of getting in when secretly your heart/brain/stomach is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  most popular floors in Burton-Conner floor rush (which is similar to dorm ... in Maine with the Burton 3rd Bombers, who were so much fun to party ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... Find Them. We had met to discuss my interest in astronomy, and our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  need to invest yourself in something that probably won’t work out, and if ... . Failure is inherent in risk, and risk is necessary for success. Applying to ... keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  essay is like, I share mine with you. You'll learn more about me in the process, which is really what the essay is supposed to do in the first place ... college is pricey. Sending test scores to more than 4 colleges cost money

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008