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• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  're definitely getting in!" just increased the pressure. With how and where I grew ... what MIT had for me. I never thought I would get in, but I went down You ... true. This is how I got rejected from my "dream school", and how I got

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  . everything that i expected it would be before coming in wasn't at all what it ... effort in getting me to commit. i knew that whichever one i picked, i would ... zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  in every math class I took. Although my high school was incredibly ... for the prestige), and would often belittle me and make me feel dumb in ... say, I stopped taking honors STEM courses. In fact, in my senior year, I

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... you had asked me why I was writing the book, I probably would have ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid-late April with an ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... our 8% international quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  sparring steps. I still am not sure how one would be able to use this in ... ’t attack me. In the fall, I would routinely get spammed by the Sport ... would just die on the inside, outside, in every dimension. I never hit

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  ready for you next time If I could grow up in a day, I would Come back ... spend another year or two in MIT and get another degree, or should I leave Boston and work in industry? Never mind the question of what industry I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... and 680! writing). I was wondering if it would help my application if I ... won't be in place until 2006 at the earliest. "Also I know you stated

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  being good enough in computer science to succeed. I would just like to ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... , really wanted to do, something I had brought up in our group chat because I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  Background, Cover Letter, or some comparable title.) I would guess virtually ... in speech therapy. When I asked her why, Jennifer said she had taken a class in it for fun and really loved it. But then I pressed her: was there

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  both counts. In my case, I tell the students to dress however they would ... I submit two essays in a doc. file? If I did so, would AOs be kind ... good scores. how can I report my IELTS score, as in Part 2 of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... started to sink in that not only would we not be back by May, we might not

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  high school. wild... i can't speak to how other MIT students are surviving this lull in academics, but i've developed a few coping mechanisms ... drop your own techniques in the comments :)   Reading oh man, i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  process of "WHAT???? HOW DID SOMEONE EVEN COME UP WITH THIS???"-->"I KNOW ... tangentially related to this"-->"Okay, I have an idea for how to begin, at ... improvising 5-minute classes on these topics, I would love to know what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  filled with pipes (is that how it goes?). So, I studied architecture in a ... : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my ... and blogging about my projects. I never thought MIT would be the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  accessible in the liminal space between semesters. I remember starting every ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in ... three movies a day. I remember wondering how long it could last. If the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  experience that I never would've had without my family pushing me to get in the ... So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... , and the fraternity I was living in over the summer had free cereal 24

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... making decisions like what job to work at after college. i think we’d be in ... friend, and they asked me how i’d want to resolve this discrepancy. at

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  up and figure out how I would measure up at that instant. What I didn ... get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with ... my accomplishments and all my skills would be frozen in time and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  understood that I learned how to answer them at some point in the past but my ... wanted to sleep. The only other time I remember feeling this tired was in ... extended essay in order to get the IB diploma. I remember thinking (as many

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018