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• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  because I got denied at MIT." I can't tell you how ridiculous that is. I ... commentary." "How is that possible? There must be something in there! I got ... weird coupling, I know. When I was in business school I had an

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  judging eyes trying to count just how many times so far. I imagine at this ... hallucinogens out of the US, or that I have a small plant in my pocket that needs ... passing security, but I'm afraid I might burst in the process. (Talk about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  work with Amtrak and studies in Course 11, I think I have a job for you ... 'm glad that we ended up going. It's unlike anywhere else I've seen in my ... gonna lie. Anyway, admission is 8 €, and I'm not sure how Jesus would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2.5 months already!" I've been more along the lines of "I can't believe it

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  allotted time, I realized just how legit the work-energy relation is in real ... noble intention in mind, I woke up bright and early on Sunday morning ... fascinating, not the least because I get to see Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons (in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  curriculum; in the hopes of learning as much as I can in my major, my ... -paced curriculum. If I had to learn computer science in Spanish, I would probably ... Sondrio   Day 19: Final day, and I can confirm that time flies. My

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  saved in my phone with various truth and lie options, because I've been ... warm-ups can be helpful in certain situations, and that facilitators of ... -sharing because I'm the only person who knows everyone in the room. So my strategy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  ’s see if I can answer some of the most common questions we get every year. For Deferred Students I was deferred. I will never get in RA, right ... officially a member of the RA pool. Should I send in extra materials? You

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  with "M.I.T" written on it in Hebrew. I think I ended up giving that one ... . But whatever, I was a frosh and didn't know how to use Moira to ... much about it. Then one fine afternoon I was in the middle of Mastering

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  ’ve been trying to frolic in the Great Outdoors whenever I can.  I spent a ... more seriously in workplace environments, how to sound confident when I ... want to do. In a way, things do feel a bit lighter though. I’m only

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  fixed. For three straight weekends in June, I went on hikes. My road ... , I’ve been exploring some of the nature in the Boston area. I went down ... from the world. The second was a bit of a “prove to myself that I can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe another semester's done and ... semester. Early in the school year, I kept getting emails about spending IAP  all-expenses paid in Korea, teaching kids science/English. I never gave

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  -fats. See how much time I saved you on the treadmill? Be sure that you can use ... Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so ... one of the chosen 5? Does anyone know where I can get a used Viper

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  more depth. I decided way back in freshman year that my concentration ... me. My freshman spring, I was in a seminar with TWO OTHER STUDENTS, and ... : Receive a degree in Physics, because I love Physics. This is a large part of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  improvement is part of how you can jump to the next step of adulthood. I think a ... you should subvert it to go beyond what you can do. — I'm stuck on the ... getting more and more tired and a fear of slipping creeps in on me. I squirm

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  ’t help but think about how much I’ll miss these constants when I’m lost in ... would be in custody of my younger brother, which, okay yeah I can see why ... [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida ... crowds, especially for big releases. The last crowd I was in that was this ... -Pakistan conflict and how it continues to affect even South Asians in the United

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  disabilities services to talk about how I can get around and get caught up in my ... could barely make it up the stairs I was in so much pain. I promised to go ... was in a tremendous amount of pain. So I got the boot. And I healed

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway ... 'm just excited to see how I did on these tests, even though I know I didn ... absolutely NO IDEA how this happened. I think somebody made a mistake. *grin* I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  , what to expect of it, how i was failing at expecting and on the other ... the same. and the yearning to be in-place will forever stay. i will always be leaving.   once i was in the airport, once i was past

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023