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  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  , which is a big reason that I'm writing this post. In one week, I need to ... make good research, and I still don’t know if I’m up for that. Beyond ... . How am I supposed to make such a big decision when I don’t know exactly

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

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  sensory bias (a.k.a. the steak I prefer the most)."]“best”.[/annotation] In ... good at cooking. consider this an a d v a n c e d cooking post. (because ... depression.[/annotation] [annotation note="cj: citing a paper in a blog post is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  progress I always expected. I don’t feel like I’m in a position where I can ... what.  There’s a lot of things that you might be feeling. And I can’t ... [annotation note='a process that is still ongoing, and won’t be over until april

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  that he didn't get those two scores together -- the time he got a 710 in ... , Adam '07, and his admissions story. (Well, that and I took a thermo test ... , it was me). He's had a UROP in the Aerospace Controls Laboratory since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  isn’t for me. I’m not entirely excluding the possibility. […] But Java ... project, and I didn't have a lot of fun. I kinda wished that my project was ... that be my project? Why shouldn't I care about having fun on what I'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  exceedingly real to me, despite the fact that I haven't had a panic attack on ... gut wasn't churning with worry-anticipation. And so I decided to get a ... Now playing: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles It was a

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

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

  procrastinate if you haven't submitted a Regular Action application by January 1st ... be great! You aren't afraid to throw in an application to a school that ... excellent listening skills and abilities to be a great friend. Don't forget

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

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

  

  , which is something I'm very glad to know. Take a nap every afternoon ... to learn about the world. It was incredibly humbling. Wonder isn't a a sparkly concept emblazoned on a Lisa Frank backpack (although I'm pretty

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  want to go to grad school, but wasn’t sure, because I hadn’t yet had a ... did I want to be a software engineer? Why didn’t I explore academic ... of stylish conformists, which isn’t true to my experience at a college

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  bloggers, but I can't link to all the posts here. They're just a quick search ... you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn't ... ’re playing with your upper limits. A lot of people don’t rejected at all; they

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  at age 17, we don't expect that you've discovered a cure for Alzheimer ... , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't ... ? I ask because even I'm a bit anxious... two straight nights with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ...3...4", I realized that I wasn't really composed enough to hold a conversation ... On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... for MIT?" My mind went blank. Qualified? What a strange word. I thought

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

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

  

  .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met ... getting it on. So fast forward a bit: I'm there again at the end of August ... I'm chugging into my 3rd year here at MIT blogging, studying, and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  that a world of possibilities did exist out there, and even if Penn hadn’t ... me that it wouldn’t be a problem, but my mom did wonder if I wanted to ... the only reason they hadn’t divulged this to me had been a result of my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  approach a while ago, but it didn’t work either.  So there I was, wondering ... 's just a quick smack"]flaming wicks.[/annotation] I wasn’t hurt, just worried that I couldn’t pull a somewhat presentable set together and very

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

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  . The icon on the browser changes, from the letter M to a spinner. Seconds ... . If I had a plan, it ate the plan. …But I'm still me. So I can come up ... choose a set of classes anyway, one that doesn't break every piece of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  deal with was cleaning my room. It was pretty relaxing. I didn't even ... 've known, because I'm staying for another year to finish my Master's degree (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  took the class twice and dropped it twice. It wasn't just because it had ... wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  teaching when I'm teaching something I know a lot about. My past experiences ... tools, and had the guts to try and complete a big and beautiful project. I'm ... teach. I don't think I could have done this anywhere else but at MIT. I'm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  stop (along with everyone else’s, I’m sure) for just a second. After 2 ... my face. I don’t remember much of the next few hours; I’m pretty sure ... . Plus the stuff that’s missing. And there you have it. But I’m missing a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012