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  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  , which is a big reason that I'm writing this post. In one week, I need to ... , you don’t need to read it first, but it might help you to understand ... inherent uncertainty as to how the future will play out. No matter how much

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  ; India to Indiana; Cambridge, UK to Cambridge, MA. Our transfer students ... business owners, artists, parents, and more. Many students transfer to MIT ... .S. Armed Forces). I am fortunate enough to know all of our current transfer

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  given much. That does not mean that everyone has received in equal measure ... the opportunity, but rather to fully capitalize on it. As much as I would like to say that you need to validate the faith that the admissions

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  -life problems is hard. Anyway. Alan: We got down to Ashmont and then transferred ... minutes later. Then we transfer to a train headed inbound. We sit on the ... . One of the smoothest transfers I’ve ever had on the MBTA. We then got to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  . But, unfortunately, the position is not year-round—I needed to find ... attend to. And, well, enjoy life. It’s so much less stressful after MIT ... ...well...it becomes far too easy to become impatient with people; don’t. (I need to work

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  so forth - can we conclude that you are prepared to handle the material ... cross-pollination. You need diversity - broadly defined - for college to ... , and to become aware of problems which exist in the world which need

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
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  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  we didn’t need to prepare that much. It turns out that this was ... through the whole thing made me think, wow, I need to write about this. I ... other part of me remembered how much better college is compared to high

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  learned everything I needed to at MIT. But in these moments of reflection ... need to find a better balance, something that I thought I had learned to ... perspective instead of that one? What does this color bring to the table over

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
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  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  will be able to handle this much force on it. Go back to your ... an all-too-realistic dream, but once you get used to it, the cool water ... easy go-to’s are the following, in case anyone needs some inspo

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  spot of joy in an otherwise dark winter. As much as I want to, I don ... 4 PM and stayed until 2 or 3 AM. To be clear, I spent this much time ... shadowrun alone is pretty much impossible; you need the help of others. This

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
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  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  I didn't think I'd have that much time to shop once I got there, which ... , because the beds aren't fantastic, and you really need to make the most of ... 't need a laundry bag or anything to lug stuff down to the laundry room. You

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  -Stokes equation, while the girl next to you does quantum physics and somebody else ... DID YOU KNOW? The state of Arizona does not celebrate daylight ... this song. But apart from listening to that song, I am a sad sad toaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  to still benefit from a class that was not easy to transfer to remote ... up liking the class so much I went on to take 5.13!     5.13: Organic ... the material and adapts to their needs. 6.832 caters to several

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I ... :24pm. I sluggishly made my way upstairs to my PC and log on to my ... read the page once. I read it again. I changed my Facebook status. I told

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

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

  

  list While today I would tell applicants “There’s no need to apply early ... together with the $15 APPLICATION FEE made payable to "M.I.T." Include the ... stamp is sure to be appreciated. 7. If you think you may need financial

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
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  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... now need to decide what you want. Obviously, the hard part is only if ... office's perspective, it is much easier to deal with students' concerns

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
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  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  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 ... evolved need to consume nutritious minerals? In either case, the spacial

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send ... many I could handle. I subtracted 1 a week later to snooze. 2 remained

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
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  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  's really not that much I have to offer you, unless you want fruit snacks. Or ... liked it so much that he was willing to fund prizes for the rest of the ... sight.” It didn't work. Once we had a winner for Game 1, we decided to ask

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
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  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  so I could get the extensions I needed to finish my work. Mental Health ... Health understood. They all wanted to give me the tools to handle it. I ... place to go, and these enabled me to take the time I needed to heal. (That

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015