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  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of ... MIT has brought its own set of failures. It's hard not to get hung up on ... and the process of making new friends. I hated being confused over

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Dear Class of 2022, 12 years ago, Ben Jones, aka The Blogfather, shared 50 pieces of wisdom with the Class of 2010, which became 50 Things, the most-read blog on MIT Admissions. As a member of the Class of 2018

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

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... international students. Near the end, someone asked: "Can you give an example of ... of job applications. "Explain how you are qualified for this position

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  plagues all seniors at the end of their undergraduate career: getting my act ... school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most likely have to submit some sort of documents trying to convince the people

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

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It ... losses of Matthew Nehring and Christina Tournant. And for you, dear ... a rejection. Or perhaps you were accepted and are worried of the

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

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

  

  the young kids call a Finsta, or a Fake Instagram. I posted a lot of ... . For many of you reading this, perhaps resting after submitting your ... past ten years made up the bulk of your adolescence. It’s certainly true

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

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  2, English House. Units of measure were alive and well within the culture of Conner 2 during my stay there. To the best of my knowledge there were only two rules regarding the units of measure. Celebrities get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  , one for the minimum amount of classes we need to finish the 21E degree ... a double major because, well, it equates to the units of one major ... opinions, is the epitome of the epitome of using animation to not just tell a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of amateurs trying to launch themselves into ... , no less!) I remember back when CS was getting started - one of their ... few weeks back. This got me thinking of MIT people who just kind of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  MIT has a lot of resources that could have made my freshman year a ... the 2015 HASS requirements. So, uh, whoops. By way of apology, I'll do ... remainder of your prefroshly days, for once in my brief but glorious

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  courses: organization of departments and schools, course numbers, and degree ... that has a table resembling our modern degree charts: a table of the ... of the department. I don't know the degree charts of other courses

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  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 ... Allan has a similar motivational advice post (some of our thoughts even

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like “ADMISSIONS BLOGGERS---EXPOSED!!!!!!”) Some of you may remember that a ... particular, the scientific invalidity of the Myers-Briggs test. Well, I also

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  This past weekend was the 10-year reunion for the MIT Class of 2000 -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about ... will be helpful. In anticipation of our 10-year reunion, I emailed all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But ... Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize that with the incoming class of 2019, most of you have no idea who I am

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  ?! And my response is yes, there was definitely some degree of novelty to ...  have all made appearances during my time at MIT because of some sort of collaboration with people here. It's neat-o business, folks. And as of last Monday

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  economics degrees done that i missed out on finding my true calling, which, of ... the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... different type of work this semester--the work of being present and focused

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
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  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  (For those of you just tuning in, I'm Mollie. I graduated from MIT in 2006 with degrees in brain and cognitive sciences and biology, and I ... 's government, and was the captain of the cheerleading squad. When I was a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  1,126 students joined the Institute as freshman in the fall of 2011. One of them was Spencer Wilson, a young man from the small town of Moultrie, Georgia, where he and his carpenter dad worked on a lot of projects

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
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  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  necessarily go out of my way to pursue in my degree. This would be biomedical ... Back in October of 2019, just about a month into my fall semester, I ... every single cookie jar of majors that MIT has to offer in one way or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020