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  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  communities that we can help convene how to be a rock in the stream, a place ... more in common than that alone, and help them figure out how to continue ... ? and we want your help in answering them. In the comments below, I would

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  abandoned it in favor of Google Keep as soon as I realized how many things I ... Being organized is fucking incredible. I like limiting stress in my ... journaling, which I took up in my junior year of high school because I was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  've tried in I don't know how many years. I did... nothing. (But of course, in ... 's over"). I can't overstate how wonderful it was -- like a third way of ... , anything every day (I am 42 days in! More to come on this if I can keep it up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  're definitely getting in!" just increased the pressure. With how and where I grew ... ,[/annotation] I can tell you that I was nauseous once, too. But as a self ... true. This is how I got rejected from my "dream school", and how I got

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  also, I guess, because they can help explain a slightly lower GPA in some ... I read Ben's entry about the thread on College Confidential (in the ... I decided that the comment would be too long. Because in addition to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done ... among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just another place. If it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  in the sophtmore year? I'll rephrase your question as, can I get credit ... , cheaper, faster...I miss Anna's now that I'm in ohio and all I have is ... for a MIT ID number. Do I have such , or how could I obtain MIT ID

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  In the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy with [annotation note ... art. I honestly could not be happier with how it turned out...I feel ... about your living situation in spring, and though we can't offer you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  . Mrs. Moore, because she had seen how much I had struggled in algebra, and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... letters, I can try to address them in the comments below. But my main point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  that I can continue to say that I’m in the place that I am because, many ... past Nisha, and to all of you, that I can, in fact, continue to say that. ... , albeit in the top 1000 most used words in the English language. I tried to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  . I managed to squeeze some time in to go into Boston in between picking ... - what I - hoped for. I had felt the despair sinking in for months now ... began to feel hopeful. For one of the first times in my life, I stopped in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  in google calendar. (toons has rehearsal 2x a week) check in with my friends and ask how they're doing. do this regularly (toons does this ... friends to do things that i want/need to do and sometimes they will say yes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  to spend your next 21 minutes, then you're in luck. Boy, oh boy, do I ... I made a video-thing! During the second snow day of the semester, I ... wonderful readers out there. I followed them around campus while they talked

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and ... few people walk by and I wonder vaguely how much it looks like I am ... Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  yo-yos. Mills can cut in 3 directions, (X, Y, Z), which makes them ... of my favorite lecturers in MechE, but on that day, I could barely stay ... for, uh, weeks. I eventually got one in, but by then I was too hosed to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  bikes i just don't like riding them. have i told you how i can't ride blue ... how to fall wayne: uh cj: how bad could it be wayne: once someone i ... wayne: it's just like walking, you put one foot in front of the other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that ... as early as you can! But since I was in such a time crunch, I printed ... national assessments. The first SAT test I took was in 7th grade--I don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  't know the answer, but perhaps I can persuade Ben to answer it in the ... applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read ... world again. I had a great day of reading. The applications in today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  amazing in so many ways, and I’m envious of everyone that can call ATLA a childhood show. You can read how much I really like Avatar in my other blog ... I started this blog post in the summer with the intention of posting

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  can today. In Marsha’s memory, I will continue to advocate for the ... admissions officers and college counselors were discussing how we can support ... markers of excellence in their application and I will understand that their

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019