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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  situation it is, no matter what you do to circumvent it. It's a combination ... the fear make it hard to breathe? Why does it feel like someone is ... prioritize in that moment is to look after myself. It's so much easier saying

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  just how wild it is to be here, living this moment as opposed to the one ... 't help but be viscerally reminded of how it all felt to me last year – which is to say, crazy, fast-paced, unbelievable, terrifying, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
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  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  about MIT is that this place does break you down. It doesn’t have to break ... , because sometimes it’s the fire that inspires us to keep going, and anger is ... to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  my mom I got into MIT. She said congratulations. I went to bed. It ... , which is sad because there are a lot of really cool people who apply to MIT, and I know how it feels to be sort of "rejected," because even

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

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  do useful things. 2. It is sometimes okay and necessary to run away ... anyone else to. Sometimes it is helpful to stop and think, “How would I ... textbooks. Sigh. 7. It is important to take care of your body and physical

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  matter. For college to be worth it. If all you want to do is learn stuff ... question is not hidden within it at all, but barely-veiled, an unstated ... "meritorious" students who lack it. This is simply wrong. It is also subtly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  One What does it take to get to know someone? I hate the feeling that ... don’t make an identity, right? Yet I find it so, so hard to view other ... ’m taking, and where I live. When I introduce myself to people, it’s only

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... having been admitted, of being at MIT. (Though, to be clear, it ... ’t begin to know exactly what those feelings are. But what I can do is share

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  academic career is leagues better now than it used to be. So when you get ... on I think it's important to identify roughly two types of people here ... the answer before returning it to idle, listlessly day dream about the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• 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…

  

  As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... kind of situation (aka any kind of situation) is to make lots of plans

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  , but where I come from, the closest you get to snow is shredded ice in ... economics class in addition to everything else, and it was too much for me to ... , because I have seven more chances to take (and pass) it, the only difference

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  murmuring “but this is your dream” and you’re trying your best to ignore it ... nervous prefrosh. I hope you like it! If you're curious, here is the Ze ... might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like

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

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  enjoy using math and science to construct new things. It is safe to say ... what kind of bridge it is to flex my [annotation note="read: googling ... if a bit basic from a distance, but it is a nightmare to traverse

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  what it used to be:​ the space allocated to your critter is limited, and ... is to optimize a tennis-ball-sized creature through a series of ... or even evolving something realistically; I think it is mostly a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  school is just a place; it's what you choose to do that matters, not where ... moment. Because when it comes down to it, this is just one decision. Don ... winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  head is also a weight to counter-balance the sword and make it more ... heat. how to taper, rivet, chisel, and assorted other skills. tapering is ... is done by setting a hot workpiece into a vise (or, if it's flat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with how hard, how crazily hard it is, to break into the global ... forward to right now is the Whirlwind of Metamorphosis book launch. It’s ... in any case, I was far too busy to contemplate what it meant. I met up

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• 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"

  

  . It's your chance to play whatever you want! Maybe this sounds ... , Fear Level is inversely proportional to The Number Of Seconds I Think I ... straight up told me that I was going to do it. I practiced hard at home and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  you will all enjoy it! It is a bit belated, but all the footage was taken on pi day, so it's still a pi day video! Good luck to all you 2019s, no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  to navigate the world on his own before. It scared him too: And then ... I found it hard to breathe. In the play, Christopher pictures his dad ... supposed to be doing it. But what do you do when you don't know what to do

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023