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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  , I thought, Wow, this is a sign I don't belong here...   But the info ... - was I what the admission officers call a "right fit"? It didn't appear ... My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn’t

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  fast as possible? I’m no expert, but I feel like their success was a ... , it’s missing a lot of details, but it’s already too complicated so I’m ... Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.

  

  Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days.

  • by Snively '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  (although there are a few that don't participate). July-August between junior ... wouldn’t have to keep a daily journal of your life (although that would not ... brainstorming, I’m partial to lying on the carpet in my living room floor with a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  call before he passed. I'm sure my host family didn't inform me for a ... hosting a few events, so I couldn't afford to miss anything. leaving my home ... every member of my family. losing a pet is never easy, but I'm fortunate

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  . But blogs are primarily a [annotation note="they don’t have to be though ... culmination of a thought that I’ve had for a number of months but hadn’t ... out when I was a high school senior. (I still don’t feel like I do, to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  ; “You don’t fucking touch people without permission,” I told a thirty year ... be safe; and trying to have a good time anyway.  That isn’t a new ... ’s shoulders"]experience.[/annotation] I was feeling a sort of fury that I don’t

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and ... into one week, and again, just like any other place, there isn't a lot of ... (fortunately?) before I got a chance to comprehend the next problem I saw the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  it would be a really good idea to write a post. My dentist doesn't ... important thing, though: I'm happy this way. There are a ton of opportunities ... pleather chair in my dentist's office waiting for a cleaning while reading

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  No class Fridays, the end. (actually the above screenshot is a lie ... who are not engineers! hahahaha! 4.431: Architectural Acoustics. A ... enhancing acoustic quality. 4.502: Design Scripting. A new class, this one is

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about ... enroll) on record. The numbers won't completely settle for a little ... In a recent post, I wrote, "Our yield was even higher than we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  up with M I T. Seems like no one can truly escape the firehose, no ... what I did, but it wasn't much. I didn't get much of a head's start on ... of summer vacation, we're still riding on a high, fueled with

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  educator - that being a scientist doesn't prevent you from teaching and ... House. Raphael drove like a champ. I'm still in awe. Shortly after ... I'm sitting on my bed, back against the windowsill and sneakered feet

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  class ran from Monday to Friday with a scheduled 1:00-4:00 P.M. lecture ... being in a lecture hall with adults who probably haven't been in a lecture ... are high-up industry professionals who probably can't take more than a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  city opened up to you that's only a short bus ride away. If you don't ... actually a vampire and doesn't show up on film, so I had to stand in for her ... 's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." Ahhh, New York City, winning the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  counselors. I'm sure if Ben or Matt walked in on a hack in progress, they ... : Doesn't anyone do stuff like put a Volkswagen on top of the dome anymore ... accessible areas. Hacking per se doesn't get you in trouble -- being on a roof

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... understand the work that you do, then most of the research doesn't seem like a ... I used in AP Biology was probably equivalent to a Ford Model T - with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  without a woman, I don't see myself. So yes, I'm a little disappointed that ... nicknamed the "Brass Rat." It's not brass and it's not a rat, don't ask me ... fun a little bit, but I'm glad I went to the Premiere, which was a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for air and remembers that I'm actually enrolled as a full-time student at ... I am a first-semester senior. As a result, my brain has been swimming

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  :45 AM. Well, dude, I'm in college; I'm not don't have the money to take ... be a little suspicious of all future train travel here. Maybe I won't ... , authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006