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• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made ... wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center ... logical stage of development, one of career plans or just a new direction in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a ... Identity. At first I didn't know how to take the news. This placement was

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  out." He turned to the other proctors. I took ten steps in the ... get some exercise. I was horrified at how quickly I became out of breath ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  pursue the sport. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, how I ... and off the ice. I've even had the opportunity to perform in shows and ... Thanksgivings, Christmases, New Years, and Winter Breaks in Boston, away from home

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  anything related to biochemistry given how poorly I did in 7.05, but this I ... how many total classes I've taken since then, but I came close to taking ... nothing about. That's what education is about. So to all the new students

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  , in addition to getting really hungry, I also get really sappy and ... getting my work done despite drooping eyelids and an intense desire to ... Netflix to brush up on my Spanish, googled instructions for how to make a 3

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  to come even harder, but reminding myself how much pain she was in ... lucky to have had her in my life, and I know how much joy she brought ... of my extended family lives in India, so being raised in Nashua, New

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  school in the world to get into to begin with. I can use that fact to try ... 't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  're required to make every call, I gave the new third rider tips on how to hold ... that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... jumped in to the kid's defense and started roundhouse kicking those bikers

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  . In fact, I had to look at my blog posts to check that I’ve never ... to run it online. In fact, there’s a Google Colab notebook using gpt-2 ... in mathematics research. I'm not even close to choosing." Or, "It's not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  puzzlehunts if you’re interested in learning more about puzzlehunts and how to ... that uses these answers in order to find a new answer. For example, if ... [/caption] Come 2 PM or so, we gathered in a room to get our briefing for the parade

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  , where I'll learn how to open a bank account in Germany, why not to call ... really needed to get started with before Friday and almost no time to do it ... music, in any case. I get chills--no pun intended--in "Denn Alles Fleisch

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  unrelated to math. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure how I should ... people in general. I’m not sure how to avoid this flavor of ire. I’m not ... was trying to manage through humor. I hated LinkedIn. I knew how people

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  repeatedly in your lives is how to use the talent and the education that you ... much to those of you who watched the webcast and saw me get my diplomas ... because it sucks to sit outside in awful weather and because alums had told

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... given my new ideas about what I want to do with my life, it may or may not ... these two yet. =) In any case, it's getting complicated. Here are the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... made oats in the same pan, and was about to do the chicken, too, when I decided that I wanted to get on the road. I’d forgotten the joy of pan

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  Society in America), we get to pick any topic (course-related, of course) we ... is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5 ... all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions ... is greeted with generous aid packages. It was also nice to get to ... once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... to get from one side of the road to the other. Because there aren't any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  sound smart) likes to talk about how the electoral system is "broken ... my final draft) In spirit, not much has changed since I wrote that ... .  But primary sources are so hard to find, right?  Right? Michael

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012