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  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  , but you’ll grow to. And you’re going to be very satisfied that Mrs. J is ... hollow is the knowledge that, some day, mom and dad will stop dancing in the kitchen. And there’s nothing you can do to stop time from passing

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  gives you the confidence to take risks. A lot of MIT is fun and games, but ... humanity, and that you are likely to be trusted with important, challenging ... be very helpful to rekindle the assurance and sense of purpose that

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

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  ; The word limit is kinda short. Now, a disclaimer: I want to stay that ... bills. In a country that claims to be the "melting pot" of cultures, this ... waits in the hospital, unable to obtain assistance. It is possible that a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  to know there. I didn’t have a “group of friends” in college the same ... theoretical physicist and I told him that I wanted to be a doctor. Now, he ... and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  the future may look like. I suppose this is a sequel of sorts, one that ... getting to go indoor skydiving with the frat brothers. A dozen freshmen and ... to the real thing, and that remains one of the most memorable three

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  about this a month and a half ago, but the gist is that i’m working in a ... narrower and narrower, until it came to the point that i’ve reduced most of ... team that runs splash. this is esp’s first ever virtual program in the

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

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  but about the person. Sure MIT's is a shortcut that opens doors, but if ... close to that first B and then that first A that it's only a matter of ... were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  , as I was trusted with more responsibility, and had the skills to take ... right before a deadline, and the team is just as surprised as you are by ... , though, it's a lot simpler than that--there just is not really such a thing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  Mathematics classes ONLY), but I will venture to say that is the Achille's heel ... out the parts of the original article that I believe to be correct, and ... , that's saying a lot. This is one of the best things about being a premed

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  taught by a specific person. I trust that there were clubs you wanted to ... is the only path to success, which is a topic for another post.) I ... reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  drop out of my time either. The summer is a great opportunity to rest and ... early afternoon to see the sights. There are a few attractions to the town that make it pretty homey. Every Wednesday there is a street festival in

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  foldability and distance. The planes were a little bit pointy, I'm not going to ... research and development office in Cambridge. Adam is the go-to guy for ... ? *and which is the reason I have not yet responded to the email Ben sent

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... to work for a school where I can honestly say that. There's a lot more ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  and violently ill upon ingestion. I use the account to share things that ... different. I am of the opinion that there should be a latency between what we ... in my reservedness is a rare and mythical thing. Most of the time I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  free to add a section as your schedule and the size of that section ... the fact that I was a) late and b) now and forevermore a TA ... up there because I'd attended a couple other sections and found his to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  deferred in and the same room that I found out I was accepted to MIT in. It ... , which is sad because there are a lot of really cool people who apply to ... March in Washington D.C., I told the press that I wanted to go to MIT. And

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

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  grandfather, who was very, very dear to me, emphasized to me that there is a lot ... follow the same logic to find that the system in three variables has a ... same pieces, and we follow the pearl lemma to assign a positive integer

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... recognize her face and her title, but what is the President of MIT like on a ... smile because we both know that this drive to learn and create is

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHg50mdODFM of course, steven universe is a cartoon show and the lyrics relate to a different thing from college admissions. but there are points ... you know the exact time and date that a potentially life

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  ! After the ceremony, I met up with my family and we went to a couple of ... for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to ... have to rush around Boston saying goodbye to people and places that I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009