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  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last file I read. Yes, she had a sub-1400 SAT score, but you should have seen the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  Nearly nine months after getting into MIT, one question I continue to ask myself is "am I in the right place?" How do we know when we get ... right place would be the one with the right "fit". I know by September

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  for how i did in a class, and that i would never be forced to share a ... bones there would be no body without the bones. just how there would ... compared to the classes in my major that i would take later on. but i saw a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  would be times I'd take a step back, and just reflect upon how everything ... them, I thought back upon the months of January and February, and how I ... - wake up, committee, dinner, email, (attempted) sleep. I knew there would

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  their own take and I enjoyed all of them. I love my Thai culture and how ... they could have a little bit, to which I would enthusiastically respond ... how to make it. As I did, they jotted down notes and prodded with

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  about how I was faster. 80wpm!!! Throughout middle school, I was a proud ... ’ people, knowing that I would win. But as I moved up in the hierarchy of ... the doubt left that I was smart. Maybe this would’ve been fine, except

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  the kind of person I would become, a risk on how much I'd enjoy work I ... . But I didn’t expect that when it came time to write that blog, I would ... don’t know exactly how well I’ll like the work I do, what projects I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  amazing view at night. My parents would always comment on how lucky I was to ... and peaceful at night. There would be lots of bunnies. I'd be surrounded ... here much, but when I did, it was mostly just to admire how aesthetic it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned ... the very least, I learned how to be a better friend. Play fair. Five ... Street more than I ever thought I would. People are more than the little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  rare that the piece felt too valuable to publish. I would’ve kept the ... have to do it all over again. Would I do it again? Yes, and I have two ... This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my bike coming home from cheerleading. If you disagree... don't tell me. I ... prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  ’t imagine how much it would terrify me if I read this sort of thing before ... Today on social media, I was greeted with an article about how one ... score number. Let me tell you how I ended up here. As a senior in high

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  . I told myself whatever happens I would be there for her with a smile ... -not-so-inside joke about how I got into MIT on merit of being /extremely/ quirky ... . "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  was alright and jokingly asked me how many fingers he was holding up. I panicked for a split second when I actually didn't know how many - but then I ... Over the years, I have discovered that just about anything can be

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  year when I got my first B. If it weren't for that B, I would have been ... are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I ... school, and whenever I got poor grades I would explain them away by saying

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  conversation about how Raymond and I are doing, how it's our last semester, what guy someone is dating, how much work someone has. I think that's what I ... drastic extent. It seemed as though no matter how much time or effort I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  'd never met Mr. Neha or had any idea that I would be living with her, or ... come by and cheer me up by making fun of how I dance to Fergie*. I ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  ." List your skills for us. How many programming languages do you know? I ... . I thought about how the MIT application was nothing like a job ... opened, I rushed out, hoping that Davie would still be around - he was, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  sure how to represent the enormous beast that is MIT, I figured I'd start ... . In summary, though, I would highly recommend taking a freshman seminar ... Hello, world! (Sorry, I had to. It's the classic "first program" for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009