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  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  channel my energy into the revitalization of this system") 2. The essay ... QUOTE: (i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech ... you can think of an everyday English equivalent. (vi) Break any of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  ). But, beware of the ageing process—most seniors I know can no longer pull ... was the cost of film and processing. Digital cameras are cheap and you ... Dear Class of 2022, 12 years ago, Ben Jones, aka The Blogfather

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  they can show "leadership skills" is by being the president of something ... YouTube or read the text of. It's by Guy Steele, and in the talk he ... published a book named "The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  thesis mode. Now I have 60+ pages of it finished, and trying to get words out of me is starting to feel like making myself vomit when there ... thesis first ;) so I'll just provide a brief update of what I've been up to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  resources and fear of blowback from students and alumni. That's not to say ... and worn by a large subset of the dorm's residents today. Third East ... heading back to MIT (well, South Station in Boston) from my hometown of New

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  wanted, and by the end of it I didn't feel very fulfilled. But the good ... yourself what you've gotten yourself into, let me assure you of another truth ... first set of thoughts about coming here. Following CPW, you're positively

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  drain of your time and your energy. 42) Set goals and work towards them ... I've been doing a lot of reflecting lately, maybe because: - I feel ... pass the time ended up being a 2000+ word stream-of-consciousness. So I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  naivety. I fully stand by what I have written, and some of the arguments I ... .12, plus 7.03 and 7.05 if you are course 7)  by the end of sophomore year, so ... I'll give you snippets of three actual conversations first. I. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  , especially around this time of the semester. The rest of this blog post is by ... demon, by chanting in Greek while sitting in a circle of six. He leaves ... Happy Sunday! I am doing end of semester things and also reading

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  voice of God, urging him to quit his job and become a full-time pastor. By ... , mental illness in general, wasn't "real". Instead of being caused by a ... , already starved of energy to go through the day. It feels like a demon

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  part of that process, I polled the bloggers on blogging features and ... + while at MIT, none of these posts were written by LGTBQ+ bloggers about ... being "out" are not borne equally by all people. The point of this post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  to reach out and get help. Here are just a few of the awesome resources ... Together - A conglomeration of all the resources that MIT has to offer in one ... DIsorders Association of America, Anxiety Resource Center, and much much more

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  relinquishes control, fights to stay afoot, and feels an exhilaration of energy ... ’s was a funny amalgamation of flavors; my uncle’s was, by far, the ... ='defined as an "instance of extreme embarrassment caused by the introduction of

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  written by a single person and printed on a sheet of paper, today's Hunts are written by dozens of people, with professional-level art ... and what the artist wants. Think of indie movies acclaimed by critics

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  ). UROPs are super common and have a lot of resources behind them (hence, the ... high school once I turned 16. And while a lot of students at other ... with the strength of a firehose, hydrant, or [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  plethora of emotions that come with it. Right now, some of you are nearly giddy with elation, having just learned of your acceptance. Some of you ... others of you are stuck in that frustrating and seemingly interminable

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... subject of the college admissions process. The reason the situation is ... topic of MIT admissions, much has been said by me, and others, about our

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

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  , there's just lots of people. But if you're surrounded by people who are ... kind of stillness, but the kind beset by paralysis. The kind that locks ... it, and only digging up enough energy to do a tenth of the first one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  of them crossed out by the grader :'( My first graded quiz/exam at ... passing their classes by the fifth week of class). In my defense, we only ... 's too late. 7) There are a lot of resources to prepare for exams (past

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  " by trying to use all of these advanced vocabulary in their essays. Not ... can't be "forced out" by hours of sitting in front of Microsoft Word ... -sit-down-now-and-only-think-about-the-essay" kind of thinking, but rather an ongoing process in the back of your mind

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008