Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  a career in aerospace research? How did I figure it all out? These are ... -sensing constellation, which reminds me of how much I loved learning orbital dynamics in ... After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  their own advantages and limitations. I can't just make things up when I blog, for one thing. :) I don't know how many of you reading this are ... , with new faces and new names as another class of freshmen arrives. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  hardships. But in times like this when we go through hardships, no matter how ... support can go a long way. I've been very lucky to have the amazing support ... hope you know that I fully support you. I don't believe all of you can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  actions were a reasonable response to the situation I was in. Can I claim to ... reading your blog. Write her or him a letter.” I wrote elsewhere in the ... , I guess. God, why is this so difficult? I’m just talking in circles

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  seemed too tense, my muscles seemed to clench, each time I got in. I can ... course, I did what a lot of us do in the wake of new confidence. I ... light, or learned how to in bruised capacities. But even then, there was

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  they don't graduate. In fact, I can't think of a single one off the top ... show me how to look for that motivation, and I'm hoping that I can be ... 'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  call, or maybe even in person in the distant future. I can hear the ... is gone, in the past, and I can’t reasonably expect to return to square ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  fact in studying here, no matter what major you choose I can almost ... 's how I was in high school. I procrastinated like you wouldn't believe, I ... the things I can do as a result. It may be a work in progress, but my

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  As I find myself again, railing against something published in the ... to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  email explaining how my body wasn't listening when I told it we had to ... -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack ... buzzing with some exciting new information. Prof. Grimson, head of the

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

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  isn't always predictable in a class with more than 200 students. I fell ... realized I wasn't enjoying it anymore. In a past life I would have taken the ... and didn't recognize her. I realize that the class took up a shelf in my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  Anyone in the admissions office knows that I have an unhealthy ... their sun, moon, and rising signs so that I can give them an "astrological reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  knew how it would've ended, I wouldn't have joined in the first place ... again, in wide-eyed wonder that I get to choose which classes I can take ... , that I would need to pare down my focus or I'd drown in the torrent of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  -buhay, parang slow-mo, makulay. When people ask me “how’s MIT?” I answer ... name. Malingap is talking about what I’m interested in and feeling ... to meet with my friends, or I’m playing board games in the lounge, or I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  expired. I’d bought too many pairs in anticipation for college. {First ... I ever pset-partied in} The hardest thing you will do in college is ... uninitiated? How many hours can you commit? Experts suggest 6 to 10 per week

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  England. It feels somewhat surreal how time flew by so quickly! I am now a ... my year abroad and now, I can’t take some of the classes I really want ... a disease, in my mind I think of the mechanisms of infection

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  as well relish in it.  To quote the above almond can that I snacked ... , which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I ... other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket ... , I felt somewhat reassured once more that I was in the right department ... in theology might ask me about how astronomy influenced and affirmed my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  wait until some of the other postdocs come in. 9:15 AM. Since I can ... exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... temp. 9:45 AM. I am putting the DNAs back in my box when I discover that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  this. They can't do it for all of the reasons I mentioned in the CC ... , not even me, can give you an accurate chance at MIT! What I said then ... ? Because the factors of admissions that can be readily apprehended in a forum

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011