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  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach’s ability to thrive in all its squirming, leg-wiggling glory is terrifying

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  (except the statistics in there, of course, have gotten even crazier - e ... eloquent as Ben's, but is certainly in the same vein - and is every bit as ... , in true form, what the term "bleary-eyed" really means. Mind you, I was

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... in. But part of being human means acknowledging some limitations. For ... snow today, it didn't. In December. If you live in the northeast, that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  living in Switzerland, I didn't really have a social life outside of work ... getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if ... who get in vs. the ones who don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  of many things. Quarantining for COVID in the safety of my room has ... careers, internships, and being a functional human being in the world is ... stories. Not so great for lying awake in the dark at 3am. My family on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  'm interested in science. It's probably why I'm at MIT. I have tremendous ... books was like eating REALLY GOOD CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, in that you skim off the TINIEST sliver at a time, in order to drag out the eating

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  the ideal MIT lives. There’s already a flaw in this reasoning, but we ... how you compare to anyone else directly. I remember in high school ... list in my head of everyone who had done better than me to see how I

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  I: Exposition. To be able to tell this story in full, we must start in late January. I'm living in Next House after a busy on-campus[annotation note="Independent Activities Period, a part of the school year in January

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  i graduated! *confetti noises* i took a semester off back in 2015 ... spring, i finished my last semester of undergrad in the dead of winter. i ... cap-and-gown thing with the 2018s in june. as far as endings go, the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink ... , which would make some in the audience gasp ("She got into MIT with those scores?"). But there was no mistake in admitting her. She rocked one of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the desk worker, who put a big squishy brown envelope in my hands. I read the ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  great interest. In my role as the Director of Minority Recruitment, I ... . In my experience, individuals from multiracial backgrounds resented ... identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  your degree in Something Lame, you might have freshman classes like ... quite the case. (And of course, the jab above is all in good fun -- I have no problem with polo shirts, and in fact own several) Every Monday

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  In my (high-school) senior spring, when I was almost sure I planned ... ][2][3][4][5] for quick access.) Note that these are not stories in the mythical ... becoming less and less invested in classes during her time at MIT. I'm not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  -day party before term starts when frosh find their home(s) at MIT, in every ... roof below—I know I must be in the right place. The first floor of ... outlined in blue frosting. Burton 5 sits on couches and windowsills, leaning

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was ... need to think about work/life balance in high school because they had ... myself in a blanket, planning my super twee future apartment, eating

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  . Writing well often means “being in the flow” and if you are not there, it’s kind of like plodding uphill knee-deep in mud on a hot humid day. Who ... in college. (Yes, you will have to write at MIT even if you are a math

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  what it's like to be a student here (he got his PhD in Mathematics here in 1980, and presumably hasn't left his lab and doesn't know what year ... numerous committees and won countless awards for his excellence in teaching

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in between. It's in these aloof conversations that I really appreciate one of ... with a severe mental disorder in an MRI. This makes me want to wear a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  great suggestions, but one in particular caught my attention, in response ... consequences for being out in their home country or state. This is not to say ... this year's CPW. In the 9 years between these posts, there were dozens of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018