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• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  your applications, I know how much energy and care you put into them. For ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... your applications brought back some memories for me. When I was in high

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea ... students write their thoughts about life in college in blogs. These honest ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  all my extracurricular commitments, and I can’t emphasize how horrible ... how my grades said I did in the class, I was just happy that I learned ... classes too. I want to learn as much as I can in as little a time frame as

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  socially at your own pace. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I called ... last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  encourages a listlessness that i can't banish, no matter how [annotation note ... disappointed. how did i lose motivation so quickly?? the surge of excitement that ... bed at 10:03, i can't believe that i used to get up, eat breakfast, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  ’t try to work in a fog. I know how to say “May I pet your dog?” in 5 ... lactose-intolerant. Although not so much so that I can’t indulge in ice ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  in the next 6 weeks. You can see if there is a session near you and RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... and California. I'll try to post some photos, too, so you can see what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I get on the mailing list?

  We don't do a lot of mailing, but you can sign up for our awesome monthly email newsletter that shares what's happening on campus and—if you're applying—provides updates and tips.    
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  year just flew by in a weird sort of emptiness. It didn’t, of course. I ... actually happened in my life since September. I also feel a little bad for the negativity in my previous post, though I do stand by it, so this is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  thinking recently about how I love Tucson but I may never live here again ... survival as living things in the desert only can. Let the tattoo remind me of ... in the coming month, so I felt suddenly inspired to get one now. It

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  itself clocking in at  3-4 Zelda OST, 2-3 Queen Songs The more I thought ... references and important concepts in my life, I found the units that defined my ... . How do you measure a year in the life?

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... about it? Well, I got this email earlier in the year. As a first-generation college student, I have always wondered how people from similar backgrounds

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  failing, and falling back on P/NR. Sometimes I just can’t find the ... take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  .  As you can see from my bio, I am not from Massachusetts. In fact, this ... in April in recent years). Boston runs on Dunkin.  I feel like ... before, but for some of you, this was your first time. I also know that

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  solved for, I could plan my future by laying these decisions out in front of me; once in place, I could follow them where I wanted to go. So there I was one afternoon at MIT, talking to Dumbledore in his office

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  can call my home. It's somewhat bizarre to think about, how I was just ... embarrassment that I haven't blogged in a while, BUT in my defense there has been ... blogpost was 3) I am happy and loving living in the Delta Phi Epsilon house

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK:  It can't be said I'm an early birdIt's ten o'clock before I say a wordBaby, I can never tellHow do you ... grapeIf you can sit in a barrel, maybe I'll waitUntil that day I'd rather

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  changed.  these days, i can navigate to most places in [annotation note ... -stage relationships. in general, as a writer and a person, i don’t feel like i can say ... i can figure out in the open. many of those big questions (like what

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  dream in which i miss[annotation note="i'm leaving in eight days, next ... is painted blue; i feel deliciously underwater."]open my eyes[/annotation]in ... in six minutes anyway. 9.24 - 9.35 am: i check my email and catch up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  in a new house that my wife and I just finished building. Well, we didn ... Last year, about this time, I was typing a blog entry much like this ... , however. Difference 0 - I am 32 now. Last year I was 31. Difference 1 - I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021