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• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  in top law schools? Thank you so much...I can't wait to see everyone on ... , set to go out in a couple weeks. Melodie wrote, "Hey again, I know this ... talked to at CPW was interested in this field. I just want to be sure that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  have much awareness to enter in to the MIT. can i know it please" Swapna ... in addition to filling out the rest of the application. I would try to ... . ------------------------------------- Vihang wrote, "Is there any place where i can get these [ZigZag] videos in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  'll try to get funding, but bring some money along in case I can't. It ... tomorrow at about 3 pm and I'd appreciate a cheering section. I can't make ... bun. It dries out your mouth so much! Being the engineer I am, I decided

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  worked out okay. In 2014, we denied another student, whom I'll call CT. I ... In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the ... among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just another place. If it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can ... at the same time i struggle to put my experiences out in the world for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  on out, and therefore I can say, Hello! I'm Kim. Well, I guess I ... you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... Wow. I've had an intense week. And it's only Wednesday. Now, finally

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last entry where I talk about the horrible trigonometric torture I endured in ... . I did the following two pages of it: …before finding out that my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  in a cycle. […] I'm going crazy. I can't stop thinking about dumb crap ... can't see anything in any direction. It's claustrophobic, yet I feel ... I have run out of things to write about because nothing is happening

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  because I have friends in this class and my professor is very helpful ... about AI. Monday - 9/13 Before Class I wake up at 9am in the beautiful ... comfortably speak in Spanish without people judging me, especially since I'm not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  /artists, so I only actually recognized one out of my top five artists this year ... , and oftentimes even while doing [annotation note="I can only do this if ... my brain. And now that I’m at MIT, I can only occasionally do this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  , this can be seen like a trick question. In a conversation I had with a friend, I discovered the nuances and tricks that this question can pose ... families we were leaving behind: “How can I help out with the bills this year

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  commitments to figure out if there's anything I can do to better spend my time ... slots for when I can do fun things, like that nice slot from 2pm to 5pm on ... schedule and I'm just feeling very disappointed in myself for not living up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... how great they are. So, I've compiled a list! For the prefrosh out there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... completely out of me. A few gasps later, I was okay. Another of these no ... ) My power cord broke. Okay, that's annoying, but I can borrow a friend

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... ? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they ... be friends. I know of course that this can't be forced, but I also know

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  . obviously i can’t prove this is what happened in each scenario, but i believe ... damaging ways trust, i’ve decided, is really about power. as in, i can ... . for instance, i remember when i was in elementary school, my parents

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  that goes on here. Case in point: over the past year or so, I’ve been ... these pictures out: Can you believe students built all these ... type of person, I was impressed by everything these groups had built in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film ... to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  dream where I found out that Season 3 of The Bear was going to take place in the middle of Siberia. I woke up, tried to study, but ended up lying ... 't do it. I'm pretty bummed out about that too, not gonna lie. I was hyped

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023