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• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  identified a good fit. As I got down to the process of actually filling out the ... , Facebooked, Slacked, or spoken on the phone with many members of the Class of ... different age. As a result, he would, at the end of either program, emerge a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  , before my phone rang and jerked me out of my stupor. A friend was in the ... wear the same rotation of flannels and sweaters this time of year: to ... decisions to make.” He mentioned research that shows the simple act of making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  bit of momentum fueling the blogging part of my brain. Here's a transcript of the video for those who might want it (I may have changed a word ... , the disappointing reality of many internships. But the more

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  both symbolize the end of things, but autumn has always been my favorite ... change of seasons you hole up indoors, let the rain fall, and get cozy. Most of the rest of this blog post is by Cory R. ‘14, the source and home

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this ... in the comments! Capricorn My capricorn friends are some of the most ... us because of the prestige of MIT and doesn't actually know what this

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  Well, I'm 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and ... . I spent the first four days of break doing absolutely, very delicious

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

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  a good sense of how competitive of an applicant I was or what sort of ... online community of peers sharing the same stresses and anxieties. College Confidential had the answers to all of my questions - about how I should approach

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  fourth floor of building 3 for really excellent Indian food. Crack open the ... 's parents walk into the room. 9:19 PM: The punchline of the movie, delivered ... 'd give me a day instead of the allotted hour. Even still, though I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  , this deal is too good to pass up. Research. I mentioned one of the ... of the larger Small Town and Rural Student (STARS) Network, which aims ... ’m writing this in my dorm room overlooking the city of Boston. Ultimately, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the ... it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and ... ever entered most of the dorms on dorm row ten times in TOTAL

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  is given to the author who leads the project and does most of the work ... considered using a fire idiom in the title of this post, but decided to go with ... crust.  The two things this semester that I put most of my energy towards

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  , from the bottom of my heart: good luck! Black Hole kitchen          ... the seven of eight floors that have colorful ceilings, separated by ... the assurance and sense of purpose that drove you to follow it. Do it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  ashes sprinkled into the soup of someone I don't like. On our way back on ... copy of the international edition of Newsweek, which had a headline ... of pictures of the Stata Center to show how innovative we are. Now, as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  ="EC has two buildings; one is to the west of the other"]west parallel[/annotation]of ... ) rainy today, instead of going outside to get from one parallel to the ... the names and emails of EC's Medlinks (students who are trained to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular ... that got a lot of attention, and I thought it might be a good idea to go ... it can be like being a part of one of the smallest minority at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  ; I'm just rambling. What follows is one of the most insightful and ... to heart, it's some of the best advice concerning MIT you'll find ... perspective. I've seen MIT admissions from the perspective of the applicant, a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  the importance of hard work, persistence, and good friends. You will ... senior year of high school at the Penn State Schreyer Honors College as an early enrollment student, and had the option of staying. I should have

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• 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 / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting ... that I didn't even know what the rules were for a lot of the sports I was ... tournament for the first time in program history. They were knocked out of the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  this one. :)] The other day I was hanging out with one of my best ... of what he is like, he taught my little brother (who was four at the ... the confined walls of a university and its limiting course requirements

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013