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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  should leave my apartment and buy a gallon of milk at the store across the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  throughout the day. But if I’m scared of nothing like I say I am, why does the fear make it hard to breathe? Why does it feel like someone is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  on this blog post. But this does mean you'll be skipping some classes ... colleges have wildly different academic calendars and deadlines than MIT does

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  have in my paper were results. Does that sound important? Yes, it totally does. But because of COVID-19, my ability to run an in-person study where

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  (which sadly does happen, as I wrote before). They have no place in serious ... from raspberry fingertip disease as she does*). Also, this is the third

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  life even if one does fail out of school (and your interests are academic ... successfully, and I am in awe at his diligence. He does not recommend it: I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  work meals since MIT doesn't have a meal plan? MIT does have a meal plan ... ) pondered: How does the application fee waiver work? Do I have to wait until

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  Soccer season is officially over. Holy smokes does time fly. It feels like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in my practice gear and taking down the decorations in my locker. So, how

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  thing does not currently exist in my possession. Two Fridays ago, I threw

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  that means -- really, it does -- it means you deserve it. <3  

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  find your story through mine. Your life's legacy does not start nor end

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  - Sometimes the unexpected happens, and when it does there’s not a charger in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what does it say now?” asked Arthur. “Mostly harmless,” admitted Ford with a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  . Your life's legacy does not start nor end with MIT. You must empower

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

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  , where being super stressed does NOT count as an achievement

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  : Do you follow the admissions blogs / have a sense for the culture? Does

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  question: What does MIT value more: diversity, or merit? In its uglier

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  ! Not only does no one care, but if half of all your grades are B's, you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  at home, I’m typing with a coat on. It does not feel good. If I was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  ask, does a fluorescent light need to be controlled? You have likely

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009