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  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning ... monologue was incredibly long and circuitous. Cutting it down to 7 minutes was

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  students how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their ... selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... , that it is ripe for mockery (or can itself be used to degrade the self

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  message to its own channel, called the haiku log. The point is that it’s ... I retrained Robo-CJ to write haiku. This is coincidentally very ... Poetry Day! It's not very much of a leap to think that I could be bisexual

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  cancelled before it even started due to COVID-19, so that hope is effectively ... it’s worth it, even when it feels unnatural. There is a value to faking ... ="though i have some ideas"]what to do,[/annotation] and how to do it as

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on me getting into MIT and why it meant so much to me. Enjoy!!!! Finally

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  floor, whether it is forgiving someone, whether it is giving thanks to the ... Officer Sean, wrote a note yesterday on Facebook that moved me to tears. It ... newsfeed, my twitter, my Facebook, everything… hoping to see closure. And it

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  , either because it is unavailable to you, or because something can't be ... to accompany and support the claims I had made. As one commenter put it ... . When it comes to baseball I'm a converted sabremetrician. In the natural

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  management is probably the most accurate word for it. But then I started to ... well as the next steps, since I'm sure it's going to only transform and ... to study has not been the smoothest or most straightforward road. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  that since Dust is less attracted to children than it is to adults, it ... realize how well the movie is done - it’s very faithful to the book, which ... Immersive Media Production), but it was lotteried and it’s difficult to get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  endeavors. She is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to ... how we know it. The elegance of science is something to be admired. If ... Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what ... ). One that comes to mind is while replica plating. Replica plating is a ... uninhabited petri plate. It is important that you mash steadily. If you don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  a bar? It is called the Muddy Charles Pub, and I had to look that up ... it's open to the whole (of age) MIT community, this is not a good place ... last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  filled with memories too large to contain any of us. It is the end of my ... changed from "what happens now?" to "what happens next?" and there is so, so ... pounding away, what happens next— Breathe. Let's start again. It is the end

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  thoughts at the end of each day. It’s gotten to the point where I walk across ... . Night. It’s gotten to the point where I believe I am developing tendonitis ... a lot to get down and little time to do it, I’ll write one long

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  forward again to see that you didn't. Laugh at how silly it all was. Wonder ... Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel ... elevator near the stairwell you always take. Find an elevator and take it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  . It is impossible to describe how quickly they pass. This is the only ... far. It will mean a lot to him/her now, and it will mean a lot to you in ten years when he/she shows it to you. Embrace the differences between

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  dismiss quickly. 5. You have freedom to choose your classes It is so cool ... still have half a problem set to do, it’s nice to know that the weekend is ... and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... students. We have a position called historian whose job it is to do research ... past,[/annotation] email is an unreasonably effective way to contact

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  integrity on its face. The purpose of this blog post is to communicate that ... applicants, we believe it is important to clarify what's important to us as an ... to undertake whatever course of action in life is most meaningful to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  stressed I am, or how much work MIT is, or how to handle it, because I ... to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014