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  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  the question: If I didn’t know myself, what would I think of the person ... Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However ... week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  smoothly. BUT: I hadn't thought at all about how I would feel in the days ... [/annotation]vividly, as though it's only been a month.   I knew I would be nervous ... , how it would feel to be rejected so that the emotion wouldn't come as a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  than it would have been otherwise. This is the way I would like to live my life, finals and otherwise. I would be much happier, I ... battles. I think I would fight my battles better if I took them less

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  humiliating, and every time I was convinced that Mr. L would take my solo away ... before the start of the solo, he would give me a smile and a nod. I would ... didn't, Mr. L would usually make eye contact with me, and I knew that I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  year and moved to Bangalore. I wonder how much these things would have ... case or for others as well. I always wonder how things would have been ... the years. You might want to know how I fared in past five years (wow

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  and how I became an admissions blogger - and application requirements How I blog - the writing and posting process Whether you should become ... cracking. 1. Why and how I became an admissions blogger In eighth grade, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  without expending an unreasonable amount of time."]buy it,[/annotation] I ... ?[/annotation] Fig. 10. Herring Under a Fur Coat with CJ. It would be a shame if I keep ... how long I’ve been cooking for. The answer is usually shorter than what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  if I wanted to (including what would have been 12th grade). I was ... few years would probably be just like the one before it. I lived at home ... yourself how you spend your time and money. The school you choose in the next

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a ... , and that if I did get into MIT, it would be against all odds. Even the ... . Today I feel how you feel. I don't know if I can still pass the class with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  about how much energy I have to do “work”, or “productive things”, I have this pet theory. It’s not perfect, and I don’t really know how well it ... ”, or something like that, it would look like this: Okay, not really. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  elementary school. I was the only person I knew who would read recreational ... region, and that would make me happy. I was good at math, and I got noticed ... seconds. I have listened people call problems I don’t know how to solve as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  shallow. I would look at the time on my phone, then on my laptop, then on my ... before. I was hoping fasting would bring me some sort of ease about what ... ; however, it was all for naught the moment my efforts would matter most. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  - my best friend told me that some kids were betting on how long I would ... MIT, and I know how it feels to be sort of "rejected," because even ... cost very much and would serve me well. But I was not rejected from MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  anyone else to. Sometimes it is helpful to stop and think, “How would I ... would highly recommend reading it! 9. How it feels to teach a class I ... ’ve been thinking a lot about how I’ve changed during my time at MIT, and I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  show my friend, who knew how much I adored that book, and with what ... don’t I send her a copy. Me: *blown away by how nice people can be ... nicely: “I am continually amazed at how personable the MIT professors are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  praying that seniority would work in my advantage helped. I also desperately ... love working here, and I’ve been surprised how much my past experience as ... in August. But #5 has been giving me nightmares--or it would, if I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  . But you…you're getting into MIT. I know it. How could they not take you ... wonderfully exhilarating all at the same time. There would be hopeful, "I ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  years ago when I was applying to college, perhaps I would have felt the same way. I've written before about how the class is selected, but I ... having known you. If you've had an interview, I get to read about how you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  notion that I would study computer science. Maybe I would even double major, if I was successful enough at the former. I would get a UROP at the ... I figured I would suck it up and power through for the purpose of a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have ... my school librarian. She asked me what I would be doing the next year ... more likely to just say "no" than "sorry, I would, but... ." In my

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010