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  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  In sixth grade, even if you had a crush on someone, you would never ... fun of by everyone in the grade. You'd exposed your own vulnerability ... there are other circumstances, too, in which the cost of trying for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  hallmates in the lounges, the ec rush playlist blasting in the courtyard ... in hmart by michelle zauner, detransition, baby by torrey peters, stone ... in the long run. i started reading ask polly articles and subscribed

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

  What the title says. [caption id="attachment_77399" align="aligncenter" width="356"] in my notes for 18.01a (single-variable calculus), specifically about the normal distribution[/caption] [caption id

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... instrumental in designing and building and maintaining almost every aspect of our civilization you expect me to just work a chill tech/quant job and relax in my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day ... in journals. I'm approximately four weeks into my second semester, and ... , likely still in my clothes from the day. I'm also around people more often

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  myself from saying that because i'm normal, haha A: in a sense aren't we ... "we're all trying to act normal" isn't weird A: we're driving in mario kart A: like we're driving along in life A: at any moment we can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  an “uncommon piece of advice that I had heard or given”. And in that ... to get into MIT”; I could tell you the things that I did in high school ... only makes this even harder: in a face-to-face conversation, I can ask

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

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse in the

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful ... and film-makers. Mama's Boy is for those raised in the South, are ... piece of literature in my life. Howl is for those who aimlessly take the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... 've successfully woven in my crocheting with my life at MIT. But why do I spend so ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a ... bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  , baby, sweetie, baobei/宝贝 (baby/treasure in chinese), stinky, bendan ... whenever i cry in front of her she kinda just looks at me like ...you good ... . She also really likes to lie in the sun, which I do as well, so when I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show ... dancing a lot. I enrolled in an online class taught by one of my favorite ... 't like very much, so I dropped it in the second week and didn't even log a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  nature of writing in the admissions blogs. it's been two years, so the ... was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... and pay application fees, for many schools and not just one, in but just

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  that is happening in the philippines too, even now. and yeah, sure, i ... its own indigenous people just feels weird. in other news, i am overdue ... as in enclosed spaces for extended periods of time, so this year i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  in on her with this sort of cock-eyed, confused look.   She didn ... to my head, blasting My Chemical Romance in-between every single class ... my grades are good, and last week I fell In love for the first time

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  haven’t actually given an admissions tour in a long time. I ended up ... minutes long, and I won’t take offense if you skip around or watch it in ... are some corrections: 01:27 There are in fact 578 student groups

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

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  everyone is sitting in a small booth, inches away from the rotating cylinder ... cancelling headphones. This is what Flight is. You are in your small booth ... not more, unique. Imagine that you are in a huge dimly lit multi

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  of cool things i had applied to (externships, GTL) in order to go hard ... ="when i'm feeling motivated, i go in to lab at around noon, leave at 4 ... work in"]i am spending a lot of that on my UROP[/annotation], but that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020