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• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  shaped by MIT). But I would've taken the next step. I am now in my final ... :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  no other. In high school I became interested instead in poetry; not ... meaning in the everyday arcs of human experience. But still, I struggled. I ... way. In particular, I found myself wanting to say big things

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  i am in the tenth week of my summer job and i can remember how the ... presuming how my life will go and for giving me unactionable advice, i think ... accelerate the passing of time? i am in a headspace where i cannot fathom why

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  right now” and instead thought about how much i would enjoy what the ... smth new or smth new in europe idfk r: well it’s still early i would ... feel to be back in the city m: kinda weird it's nice because i love nyc

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  . "Oh my god, hey! I haven't seen you in so long. How are you?" High ... girlfriends and just walk into that party and own it because I would be in my ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  in line. I honestly didn’t think I would get through those two days. I ... would be inevitable if I dwelled too much on her story. In that moment ... classes are actually really interesting. I never thought I would enjoy 6

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

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• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  , but in the end I'm happy with how it came out. I rewrote the chess ... flows through his veins. Me? Raymond Tran? I haven't played chess in years ... 't phase me. But I know it hurt him. From this he would never recover. His

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  interests in college because I would have more time since I wouldn’t be in ... , I figured beginning to develop good money habits would be in my best ... In high school, I neglected many of my personal interests to make

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  after a while, you even start to identify with it. When I told my dad how ... Institute. In the meantime, I'm polishing up a nice spot on my hand, where I ... Both my father (MCP, '87) and I spent some time here at the Institute

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  gruel and I'd look in disgust at how they had ruined the very nice thing ... every direction before even leaving home. I'd watch in awe as Ellie would ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  not I like this new development in my life. I’ve always been a big proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  knew would be due in a few days. I got my forms signed, chatted with the ... how eventful it was....everything was sort of...boring. I woke up early ... adventures in Italy (which I still haven't told you about, man I'm bad at this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  was ten, and I was in fifth grade, and now I am twenty, and I am in ... . In many ways, I am now, since coming to MIT, more like my fifth grade ... did it. My grades aren't in yet, but I think I did it. At the start of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  that I would, in fact, be attending their school in the fall, I thought I ... and toasty back home in Oregon. I remember my first night walking back ... the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  because I was too afraid the narrative would escape me in the morning. One ... I would know when I really knew the meaning of this saying. Thinking ... until I found myself sorting laundry at 4 in the morning in the basement

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  about EA decisions being released next week. And I wanted to check in ... I come home each night and tell my wife over dinner how lucky I am, because I never seem to pick boring applications out of the pile. In fact, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... and how it works, I've found it difficult to figure out how to use that ... how to get to it is really satisfying. Additionally, I like the two

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  coincidence that would never happen again, or whatever. And now that I'm almost ... is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0 ... ordering the Indian food I have open in another tab. Peace out, cub scouts.

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  that anything in particular triggers it. I'll be sitting in front of my ... , filling my body like helium. All the energy would leave me and I'd lie on my bed, staring into space, thinking about how worthless I felt, or how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023