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  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  prevent this from happening again? How would you design it? To applicants ... whatsoever, do not hesitate to call or email anyone in our office. As you may have noticed, we had to cancel our central meeting (info session) in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  to the opportunities available in the United States and how anyone can ... Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published ... , Cornell, and Berkeley. He decided to go to college at M.I.T. in Boston. "The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  run across the street to turn in homework, but I do appreciate how new ... semester, and I'm going to explain my classes and how I spent my first week ... --students narrow down their course selections to somewhere in the 4-7 range (usually

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  of reasons. I wanted to get better at guitar and paint more, in ... love getting to go to so many. Getting my job offer in September. Learning how to sail and having the confidence to sail. Getting over my fear

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  room to get a drink and trip over freshmen psetting together in my ... seems to taking in far more frequent, two-length cycles. In the last two ... plasmid formation to the accessory optic system to gender roles in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  .  "Perfect!" I thought to myself, "I did MIT, I can do this! Besides, I get 6 ... increased my distances until I was ready to run my first half marathon.  In ... stress fracture in my left foot.  I had to completely stop running from

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  This blog post unfolds in three parts: (1) a story about how I got ... ="aligncenter" width="251"] Kidist and I getting pizza in the North End in October! She ... embroidery. She showed me an embroidery kit she had and encouraged me to get

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  I’m still learning in college is how to spend my limited time and ... involved I could be was how much time and effort I was willing to put in. 3 ... large scale, I learned how to design a rocket and run simulations in Ras

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  fact that I get to spend six hours a week in a class taught by Junot Díaz ... picture lying in my aunt's bed, listening to my favorite song of all time ... lecture for worldbuilding, Junot Díaz talked about how people need to escape

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... is just, well, FUN. After spending the semester learning how to use my ... working on four different projects, meant to simulate working in the real

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  or brush it aside, it’s easy to get bogged down in the details from ... know that as well. A great deal is involved in the admissions process ... , take it in and experience it for the time that you need to. Then go on

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  world, who they want to become, and how to get from the former to the ... applications to read in the summer, we must not have much to do. It's probably ... few days back in Boston, I flew to San Francisco to present about maker

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  been busy e-mailing MIT sophomores to get an insider's take how to adapt ... underclassmen wanting to apply at a top university is to get involved in high ... how difficult it was to get into the school — only about 12 percent of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  , when am I going to get this kind of freedom again?  ... math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a ... is a class I absolutely need to graduate. (I won't bore you with

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in the same class and left to think about how our fates were still unknown and great, Neha had gotten in! But what about the two of us? What was

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  easy thing to do in the two weeks between finals and graduation, take a ... shopping on Newbury Street See a Red Sox game in Fenway Go to Faneuil Hall Get funnel cake in Downtown Crossing Go on an MIT snowriders ski trip

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  characters, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they develop in the next ... fetch quests in Spiderman, which really spoke to how burned out my brain ... summers to catch up on the hobbies that I don't actually partake in at all

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  should try to move in some direction. I wish I were more convincing, or ... present in the world. That's really all there is to it. romance ... , very fortunate that this is even a choice I get to make. Two: At MIT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  , about a mile from MIT. It was a convenient 8-10 minute walk to get ... looking for people interested in adding to my order and asked to add three ... getting a body pillow for himself, I decided to order an extra body pillow

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022