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  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to ... . You’re going to hit it out of the park. ... ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to ... small, compared to the identities of the people around me, once I try to ... up to called the IMO, which you can think of as the Olympics for high

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

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  easily because of the glare. And that’s why I’m out here, primarily: to ... ’ll get placed on, etc. Optionality: Humans tend to value the act of ... kinds of values you want to have in the future, between different people

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  note="we're supposed to take 4 PE classes by the end of sophomore year. i ... guess it's the namesake of this post too!"] Infinite [/annotation] to ... (??) because I only heard about them and wasn't able to find them by the end of

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... .2%) I also asked them to choose the most important characteristics of a ... tons of nooks to study in on every floor of building 9 (except maybe the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  also love to make pakaprow again. I have Thai peppers and the magic of a ... ’s been my Instagram username for the past 2 years. For the entirety of my ... often turned to pakaprow. To me, it brings a sense of comfort like no

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the spirit (but without the inspiration) of Ben's big lists, and following up ... Globe's list of the top 50 "ideas, inventions and innovators that helped

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , I have often referred to The Blogfather's advice, and some of his ... to complete the cycle. It’s the college circle of life. You will also ... Sophomore Exploratory or all of freshman year). It’s all to take the pressure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , learning how to fail and bounce back from it. This is one of the big reasons I came to MIT, and I know I'm only on the first step of this path. I ... Well, I'm 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  of my favorite poems, all about looking toward the future and starting new journeys. But as I get ready to start a new journey of my own, I ... maybe the best send off to you (especially to you aspiring scientists and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  everywhere, but for some reason, for me, it always seems to hold true). The ... Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned ... of bed simply to switch out of a class that was too early before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  one semester. The definition of midterm has also changed to include free ... received a notification. We sprinted together down the hallway to 10 ... ] Toscanini’s is one of Boston’s best ice cream stores. We managed to get five

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  effect of allowing us to reflect on the past—to soak it all in, to remember ... engrossed by my daily life than the idea of writing it down for future me to ... place in history as some of the first people with complete access to the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into ... internet this fast again. And you will cry yourself to sleep because of that.But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  didn’t try to study 2 hours before the exam on 2 hours of sleep. I ... 'm going to admit it to thousands of anonymous readers on the admissions ... , it would be so easy for me to lose myself in the jadedness and void of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  "The Smiths." No one needs to see that in the background of my Zoom call ... sounds. One of the dogs, who is a visitor, keeps pushing the door open to ... piles of stuff being thrown away/donated due to the sudden moveout

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  to the realization that I had undertaken more than just an ... given me a glimpse into the life of a liberal arts student, a life very different from those we live at MIT. Without the constant stream of problem

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  building the first rocket to take astronauts to Mars. Some of my classmates ... of Unified Engineering- a series designed to encompass all the ... 't have the privilege to grow up with. There's a notion of "passion" that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  sings at the top of her lungs, and, yes, my daughter's happy going to ... version i'm including pictures of the handwritten version my mom sent to me ... all of the spotlight for this blogpost."]Maybe, but true

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  at the idea of doodling a science-question post. I still plan on getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled ... . Holy moly, I'm still reeling from the geniusness of this group. Now I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012