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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  myself. How do I make them feel assured that I will be okay? I went to CPW ... programs you are interested in, and try to see how well MIT is a fit for you ... unable to comprehend anything that is going on. If I am totally in love

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  An (overdue) blogger update! I'm trying to come out of writer's block lol

  

  Ah, how I've missed blogging. I fell off of blogging in the last two ... wasn't an announcement or a tongue-in-cheek joke, and the one before that ... took a short stories class in junior year. A lot of the time I used to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read ... : Psh, that's not so many stairs! I'm in good shape, I can do that no ... eat. Its an exceptional treat that I would love to do right now

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  up in science. They tell me that they're equally surprised I attend a ... of art or read a book for enjoyment in a while, but I don't know how I ... about reading more words that I spoke. As a shy kid, they weren

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  , I hopped in a Zipcar and went out to the suburbs to a party at the ... that it would be a place where my interests in politics and government ... riots, but it is a place where students believe in working for change in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  want to clarify that this is not a monolithic experience. I have a lot ... that there is so much to look forward to. And I do know right now I am ... I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  History is, of course, a famous book, particularly in certain circles. I ... grounded in that world. I’m a fan of flowery, (often needlessly) complex ... city, and stopped by a bookshop because that’s what I do when I walk

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  a quote that sat right above his whiteboard, visible at every place in ... understanding. In that class, every time I looked up at that quote, I felt my ... to different far away lands to do great things. In the moment, I didn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  that I had in fact already graduated from MIT in 2013 with a degree in ... ’s courses and majors and lays it out in a beautiful pastel graph that ... daydreamed about getting a minor in political science. I also pushed Chemistry

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  everywhere. I didn’t have a car in high school, or a license for that matter ... overall was harder. There’s also a couple things I’ve been doing outside of ... , becoming a founder of a new FSILG, and playing with robots but that is all

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  opportunities like that in your email. honestly as a 6-7 (cs & bio) i don ... is why it’s so insane that i managed to do that ... exist in the minds of others when I'm not around is...insane. A few

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  the first things i learned in mit is that identity is so fluid, and ... . they exist, definitely, but not in a way that i can say. nine. of course ... doing the internship application grind a few weeks ago. i've been doing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  calling myself a writer, and that I've become much more interested in ... , there is a blog post associated with that day. This is in spite of a ... that things will be okay. In many ways, I will be a different person, but

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  in general, though, is that it suffers from a lack of variety - no ... - but Ive got packing issues. The airlines are limiting us. How do I get a ... top of a few weeks in therapy, so I'm letting this entry make its debut

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  worry about continuing a tradition that I’ve noticed in sensitivity ... years ago, I used the word “should” here, but that is not a useful thought ... concerned, and didn’t do anything. I wish someone had. I am in a position now

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  idea of what I want to do with my life, also known as a double major in ... ?!); I've never even seen snow, so it's a sure bet that I'll be the girl ... , I'll do it even if there are only maybe three and a half of them and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  friends told me that it is okay not to have things to do and I should ... in Boston Common to watch Shang Chi. We all agreed that the dad is a ... because I have friends in this class and my professor is very helpful

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  (Materials Science and Engineering). I do know that April, who is currently ... , but I am confused about your title "Tecker." My son is on a trip with ... for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go ... crash on? Is it selfish that I’m happy as we pass the setting sun? from goodbye: So long, goodbye Hey, here's a fun idea How 'bout I sit on the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  favorite place that I've been to all month. Roxy's is a (truly amazing ... few nuanced opinions about it.  I mentioned this briefly in a previous ... a LOT of new ~culinary experiences~, and I've gotta say that going out

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020