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  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  , that at the end of the day I didn't win one, so I was not as smart as my ... whether to share it with the rest of you guys, but I thought that this letter may be of benefit to some current student, or some future student. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  the human component out of it, which is perhaps the most important part. Reading through this thread doesn’t make me think of SAT scores or grades. It makes me think of the guy who fell in love with trains as a kid and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• 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.

  

  walking later," to my second-grade phase of "Why learn to tie my shoes now ... before it's due. I'm well aware that this is one of my greatest flaws, and ... soooo much effort." At MIT, though, I've tried to remedy this countless

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

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  summer? At once, it's all of these, and none of these. We could talk about ... Museum. Or I can give you a tour of the office I'm interning at, which ... Joshua, or that I have two first names, because a lot of Filipinos have two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Poetry Day! It's not very much of a leap to think that I could be bisexual the end result of this is that i now have far too many haikus Also i ... old blog posts, and then used gpt-2-simple to retrain it on a bunch of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  writing yet at that point, but I ended up throwing together a slideshow of ... down” “Pants on fire” There are so many figures of speech involving ... considered using a fire idiom in the title of this post, but decided to go with

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  'm doomed to work at mcdonald's for the rest of my life what should I do ... came across a collection of things that I had written which can most accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  with my friend Tom to meet some of our former teachers. It’s been a while since we’ve talked. Our group chat of nerd friends eventually fell quiet ... last saw each other at graduation. But a lot had still changed. As we

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  is one of four first-year learning communities at MIT. MAS explores the ... A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It was a lively meeting, full of introductions, discussions, and sandwiches

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  . There’s a lot of work. There are times when you are happy, and then there ... like. I cried. I ate an entire box of mandarin oranges. I arranged the ... it does work out, it will take years of love and dedication and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  'm mentally and physically spent by my first semester at MIT; this time, part of ... from my MIT education just because of my breakfast condiments. "She's a ... of bed simply to switch out of a class that was too early before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is STUPID and BAD AT TIME MANAGEMENT, and no one comment on when this blog was ... post some of them here. My day started off by running to lecture because

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  " was code for "depressingly early sunset." After a lot of writing and ... hypnophobia—fear of sleep. In particularly bad bouts, I'd freak myself out about ... that scale in years: the bottom of my gut would drop out, I'd hallow out

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with great interest. In my role as the Director of Minority Recruitment, I ... complete the race and ethnicity section of the MIT admission application

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... some autumn pieces of our cozy quiet neighborhood—closer to Harvard than ... both symbolize the end of things, but autumn has always been my favorite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a ... from MIT. First things first: I have now actually been out of college for ... the time since I was 17, that girl from Beasts of the Southern Wild was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this is about you, because as of RIGHT NOW, you only have this much time ... UChicago the night it was due, I figure a few of you might need this reminder

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  it’s true. I’m a bit amused at the prospect of you being angry at me ... Some Notes, because I’m myself:  Title is loosely based off of the ... because that’s… that’s just kind of the feeling that goes along with this

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  buzzing with some exciting new information. Prof. Grimson, head of the ... ordinary changing of the guard though, as Eric Grimson is no ordinary faculty ... reasonable, and he genuinely cares about his students and the culture at MIT

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011