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• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  't realize is that if someone decides to invest something in you—in this case ... the most of your opportunity. So the next question is... how do you make ... -chris-peterson-and-scrambles-his-brain-to-send-the-acceptance-magic. Fear

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  -145 was closer to the real thing than most of the rooms in the movie (I ... dealer: In the movie, Ben's major is "pre-med." Of course, there's no pre ... have enough real ones to make up for it. The Bay Area is pretty conducive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  in the book. Psychiatrist David Jones of MIT advises parents to read ... /she have to die?' saying, 'I don't know, I haven't read the book,' is a bad ... explain is if the character dies in a random act of violence rather than in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  realizing this is rarely the case this became really clear to me around a ... do in the world and there are a lot of problems to solve, and we win ... , and i hope they grow in the ways they want to grow in and become the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  An (overdue) blogger update! I'm trying to come out of writer's block lol

  

  took a short stories class in junior year. A lot of the time I used to ... , well, boring. I felt the pressure to be fun, like I did back in freshman ... enough to blog about) and the kind of music I'd listen to in my room, and I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  Management), and 14.009 (Intro to Economics in Society). At the beginning of ... fortunate to get past the rough start and still take most of the classes I ... , these were probably one of the most helpful things for me to learn because

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  Course 21W: Writing and Humanistic Studies.* *What in the world is a writing UROP, Jess? “What in the world is a writing UROP?” you ask.* *Way ... recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  stretch of studying, is to sprawl out on the sofa and settle into some good ... also, half of the book is a jarring account of a girl's attempts to learn ... some reason Matthew McConaughey is there. What We Do in the Shadows

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  feel to be back in the city m: kinda weird it's nice because i love nyc ... so directionless like i’m in the middle of a field and there used to ... the other hand i think there is a portion of mit that does know how to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  post and this one is really not that much longer than the time between my ... farts in the last two days. 2. The job is high accountability but also ... friends in Boston, explored the city. There were things I still wanted to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  , like 80 F, or 27 C, which is standard in Tucson for most of the year. But ... return is so lovely.   The pros of biking: exercise! I went to ... located three miles from my apartment, however, so in addition to all the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  "Tool" are seen floating in the waters. To "tool" a pset is to work on it ... " and "much cool". The bezel is also a scratch-n-sniff, with the available ... the same 24 hours in a day. It's how we choose to spend it that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along ... , January 12th at 12pm in Lobby 7. Thanks! Jennifer for The Evil Midnight

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  to make sure I get at least a 60% in the class. This is truly PNR in ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... comments to make sure I actually pass 8.01L. 8.01L is the longer alternative

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  important things in life is to be at peace with where you are and what you ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... without the bloggers, because I certainly feel as though I got to know you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  news My favorite thing to do in the summer is cook up a storm, because it ... -based advising. is it bad to be in a dorm and not have a chance to reenter the dorm ... much to introduce you to the actual day-to-day character of a place, you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  great choice to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the ... , try to take another oboe player (why is the example admissions officers ... to campus to make the case in person. Send us ridiculous items or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  nonexistent for most technical classes, I think the work is starting to pay off ... There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little ... fill in the blanks of grammatical exercises or to write contrived

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  about the class in my next blog, to be posted this week, but this is what ... a bit, and matched the colors to the closest ones in the default ms ... said that it is most definitely possible, and possible in under an hour

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  posts in the shower, dreaming of the day I could apply to be an admissions ... in the fall), and hallways of the Infinite. I felt courageous enough to ... . When you arrive on campus in the fall, prepare to be hosed. Then plan an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015