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• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  end seriously sore from ~6 hours in one seat. I’m 24 minutes out from ... belonged at MIT. I think that at some point in every college student ... move very far away (Boston). Before coming to MIT, I had lived in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn ... confession would confirm - escaping math and science was one of the things I ... optimistic, and thought that if I am just honest in my application, wherever I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  example, but I would encourage you to go around to different ones in at ... and today, and I thought I would post some of the good things that came ... homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... schools jointly occupied the position of "dream school." I included both in ... think so. And Ryan went to the Party in Philly: I went to the admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  how grateful I was that she was still there in the last few grueling ... the world and the people in it would make sense when I needed them to ... FREAKING insane. As a brief overview, I have (in approximate order

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  manhood in my head that I've conformed to all my life, and I wonder how much ... One. It's the first time I'm seeing Sean in three months. He's the ... place. Placed in that context, how did it make me feel? Nothing, honestly

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  how devastated I was by my rejection."] university's honors college.[/annotation] The day after I turned in that application, Saturday, December 14, 2019 ... mean, later that day I got an email from MIT with my deadname in it also

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni ... mechanical engineer. I went to work for General Motors in Detroit designing ... than I enjoyed my day job, so I did what any good MIT grad would do: I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  So I've been spending some time in my hometown over Winter Break, and this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed ... reasons. A lot of the families I knew were deeply set in family traditions

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  changed in life. For example, I realized how little I know and how uncertain ... , I thought I knew how to handle life. In fact, I had a clear vision in ... is in the world and how little I can access in a lifetime, let alone

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  ), how long the cough would last (~2 weeks), and told me to avoid class ... us. A couple of days later a kid in my suite had similar symptoms, went to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to ... All QuestBridge College Match results are announced in early December ... be matched with a non-binding school (MIT). In this case, you may
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that ... , and domestic comfort in Austin   anyways   Things I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  of the most lovable characters. I realized how hastily I would make ... shows like Adventure Time, I'm learning how to deal with change in healthy ... me. I started watching it with my high school boyfriend in junior year

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... , they were amazed. I guess they never would have thought of that. =) Anyway, the point is, I know it's awesome...but in my world, still less

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  I'm studying abroad next semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland! (Or ... friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for ... years, but this would be the first time through Course 6.   How it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  finally read the last book in the Eragon series! Yeah...I haven't really ... semester had begun. Soooo....my semester....is.....AWESOME. For How I Met ... 'll get to do things at MIT/in Boston that I've wanted to do forever - like

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  amazing people, and remember that I wasn't alone in this very male ... 'm kinda old.  I graduated 1.5 years ago, and originally applied to MIT in ... in their workplace to stand up and be recognized. I was really

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  rules that be. In particular, I wonder who created them, how they are ... . Like, I could see how it had hurt others, but it would be different for ... about how, in my sophomore year after breaking the Rule, I was hyper

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  Breathe in. Keep breathing. The prefrosh I was hosting, or my ... couch you'll sleep in, I'm gonna head to class now. The first class I had ... .033 Computer Systems Engineering. We talk about databases, and how they work in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022