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

  

  a result of it. I want to be someone you’d be proud of. It

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s shelters, and how this inspired her to start her organization. As a result

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  resulting mostly-unfiltered list of Things We Want You To Know When You Start

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  , especially since the 2022s and 2023s are being experimented upon. Everyone in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  whitespace?!?!?!?!?1   I spy Free Time???!?!?!!1!11!!!   At

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  blog my little gay heart out!   Sabrina M. '19 I generally avoided ... the internet, but we’re not alone, and neither are you. Lydia K. '14

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  14.02 (Macroeconomics). Here is my lowest numerical grade at MIT EVER

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  graduates, at 3:11:50, transcribed by the MIT News Office here. President Reif ... (Georgina D. ‘14) and I are expecting our first child, named Kale, this coming ... freshman: economics might be more amazing than you think. 14.01 and 14

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  format the results into dictionaries so it's easier to parse. To store

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my family and friends to June 19, I’m realizing again that after a ... bigger than the mind that gave birth to it. Wish me luck on June 19th.

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  and Boston. Online, I saw that image of 19-year-old Tsarnaev being ... Apr. 19. “Playing the bagpipes helps me get over bad times,” John

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  Northeast of the more frequently mentioned Harvard Bridge is the Longfellow Bridge, which connects MIT to Boston from the Stata Center side of campus. Here is the view from the…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you’re on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  Fun fact: when George Washington was a young Virginian, his driving ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated attempts, he was denied a commission…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  from our friend Paula J. ‘14 when she moved in with friends who already

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  . Minutes later, I bought a ticket and spent the most exhilarating $14.14 of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• 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 / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  my 19th birthday, November of freshman fall. And it was one of those

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older buildings lining Newbury Street two miles away in Boston. Much of campus, including the Great Dome and Lobby 7,…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  . Most of the rest of this blog post is by Cory R. ‘14, the source and home

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016