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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  topic of MIT admissions, much has been said by me, and others, about our values and priorities. Maybe we share too much, or are trying too hard to ... ? Beyond that, having the opportunity to spend four years living and learning

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  bus. And along the route, when I'm not doing my best to avoid double-decker buses and inattentive taxi drivers, I'm treated to a tranquil route ... being abroad is the milieu of people you meet and get to know. Most of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  year and moved to Bangalore. I wonder how much these things would have ... studying amateur Astronomy. I always wanted to come to MIT and be an ... would to track Planetary orbits and pinpoint a planet's location in sky

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  polling my friends to find out where they like to study on campus and what ... from Joonho's blog "places at mit," which has much prettier pictures and ... couches and tables scattered through the floors Cons hard to find an

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... with a sense of inspiration and a desire for greatness like I wanted to ... didn't want to give up and I wanted to never surrender. I didn't know if

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  rewriting and fretting around my application to MIT, I managed to have it ... , my teeth would chatter, and this dread of just wanting the panic to end ... characteristically as I read it. And oddly, I don't really remember much else of that

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  the internet and dived into research. It didn’t take long to come ... feverishly right up to the deadline date - and submitted, confident in my ... to work, and continued to do an even worse job. It slowly sunk in: it

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  up against British anti-American prejudice, and there wasn’t much he ... . Too many other factors come into play. And that’s important to recognize ... it to yourself to go somewhere that recognizes your potential and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In ... to kill, and being one of the most annoying household pests to get rid ... to get by with just the knife and the tweezers, but when I went to cut

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  was difficult to see her struggle and cry and be sad. As much as I want ... sings at the top of her lungs, and, yes, my daughter's happy going to ... like them, but seek not to make them like you. Family and friends say

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  the way back from Harvard, I look forward to seeing familiar faces and ... be exhausting. I’m used to different college ways and interactions, a ... Harvard, I’m learning to approach philosophy texts with high rigor and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  you, it's much easier to be happy. In terms of colleges, I had no idea ... conversation and then go back to talking about Jersey Shore in the same minute. I ... as facets we would like to have from sisters we could look up to and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  and ready to vectorize it. By the time I slid open the door and was ... . So when mystery hunt rolled around this year and Caltech was flying over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... is visible from my awesome double.As much as I would've liked for it to ... 's kind of a big deal. To illustrate that, I invite you to go to Google and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... of day-to-day kindness and stimulating conversations (or any

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  and don’t grant pity points to silly inexperienced undergrads, as ... conference and make minor changes to resubmit to another conference due in two days, and 3) withdraw and make major changes to submit to yet another

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  past two weeks, and it’s definitely a normal thing to feel. MIT is hard ... ’s difficult to force yourself out of bed, and there are some nights when you ... us expand the list of places to be sad, so fill out this survey and let

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled ... Science and Engineering, assigned it as one our journal club readings.) an ... know you all are all: so I will take you there. I will take you to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  any new language, and ... ok, fine, it doesn't apply to admissions blogs ... to college is an important process for many people, and I'm not quite ... . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009