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  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  between being a full time college student and spending my time with my ... them to make that a reality takes a lot of energy and thinking for me ... someone who was not known for being nice because I was a nice person and I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  , then at least for a while. i watched lady bird (excellent and emotional ... , officially, finally done with undergrad. i looked back at my notes and found ... for the present, and anticipation for what's next. silly with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  're here, now, carrying a Nerf gun looking for people to shoot. Worry ... . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... somehow orchestrate and compile a specific sequence of events, activities ... crowd. I know that this is difficult to reconcile for many students (and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and ... . There’s a lot of work. There are times when you are happy, and then there ... document, and I tried for several hours to determine which variables could

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  you're immediately involved with. 3. It's okay to be part of a group ... studied harder for a test than you ever have in your life, maybe, and ... would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  Muji and get a fresh notebook just so I can fill it with more writing ... ’ll write a long and melancholy caption about something I’m struggling with ... for fifteen years, goodbye. Then, I got on a plane and came to Boston, a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  , running the digested DNA on a gel, and choosing nice-looking plasmids for ... line for, order, and purchase a cheese sandwich at the Stata Center ... (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  companies fill up two gymnasiums and a track field with booths and you have to ... of. Your summers are for you, and you can do whatever you want with ... internships during the school year is quite nearly a full-time job. And just

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  drowning - in both the literal and metaphorical senses - along with the ... On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... and rebuild new ones. Money can't purge your fears out of you. That's a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  with a sense of inspiration and a desire for greatness like I wanted to ... feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... application a month earlier and Decisions Day for me was on December 15th. But I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  with machine learning. i am also a counselor for promys. it’s a math ... a recent puzzlehunt, puzzle potluck 3, and spent a couple hours just ... must be no problems at all with my life. look, i even have time for

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

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  with being a programmer in a startup. we ate snacks, took pictures, and ... , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... along the length of the boat, and two for the sails. he took the pen he

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  with your college family. This should have been as high a priority for me ... that a professor can be a mentor and a listening ear and not just an instructor. I hope - and think - that I never participated in a conversation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  - in conjunction with your pre-med course work. And if you get a B ... gifs) I visited MIT for the first time during CPW, and I came in ... program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  a chill breakfast with fruits, donuts, muffins, and a variety of ... A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It was a lively meeting, full of introductions, discussions, and sandwiches

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  this and asexuality a few months ago. I've known for a while now that I ... . My father was a professor, at the time, and got an offer for a research ... feel like looking at the actual thing. And like many things, different

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  arriving to MIT would look like as a first year: Go to check in, and go where ... never been on a plane before. Hell, I had barely left California, with the ... Curious Incidence of a Dog in the Nighttime (one of my favorite books and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  ! It's because I suck as a human being and am destined for the trash life ... can hurt a lot more for people with technical brains, because we tend to ... score of 4.8 on them, and I have a 4.5 weighted GPA despite doing 3

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person ... sardonic straight man and deliver a deflating riposte that points out how ... character traits made it difficult for me not to negate. It's easy, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011