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  ten reflections on mit

  

  -experiencing the awe of “how in the world did I get in”, the hope that I had for what ... for me, and I am glad. I grew a lot here, in many ways. At the same time ... big other option i had, and i didn’t feel ready for an experience that

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  , with a few hairpin turns thrown in for good measure. It's accepting being ... I never really liked 5.60, or thermodynamics. In my senior year, I ... , even with so much time, money, and energy invested in that outcome. Yet

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  like singing FROSH: yeah i guess ME: have you thought about joining an ... FRIEND FROM MINNESOTA: where in minnesota are you from FRIEND FROM ... what's up FROSH: just waiting for a burger ME: yeah those burgers are

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  blue sky for walls, and in this space the three floors above us are ... for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I ... distant and secondhand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  .) Here’s an equally important message: I saw the “perfect match” in a bunch ... answer you’re looking for. I wish we could just give you a perfect black ... . It makes me think of the guy who fell in love with trains as a kid and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  !"]sophomore[/annotation]and as I drive to MIT for Year 2 (I'm writing this in the car :D), I can ... . Little does she know that soon a swarm will descend upon this campus. In ... ~"]prefrosh[/annotation] are moving in! It started on Friday, when the athletes arrived. Today

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  within the media industry, an atypical choice for an MIT student, my ... had is unusual in that it’s an almost cartoonish example of sexism ... to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  look of sadness when it came. I figured, MIT is for those other kids at ... still) I was alone in my room with my dog on my bed. I had her there for ... send his email now for optimal results. I had to pull an all nighter to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  better. For many, MIT will be the first time in your life when you really need to study (it was for me). I also don't believe in books that ... what works for you in terms of remembering events/due dates. I've never

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  times I have submitted my pre-reg without an ounce of doubt in my mind, I ... .48/24.08: Philosophical Issues in Brain Science 9.49: Neural Circuits for Cognition 9 ... considered majoring in (sorry courses 15 and 22). Congrats for making it to the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  , they really did—wheeled in old-school arcade games, paid for limitless ... destined for Big Tech in the fall. We talked about majors. She’d opted for ... in my math class—how to compute a probability density function, for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  for the prompt “Picture the one person in the world you really wish were ... build. You will leave for the airport and feel an ache so large that you ... ’t make it better for you.  Often, I look at my past and know I’ve grown as

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  summer camp i went to for two years back in high school, and each time i ... ’s working. i am one of the co-directors for hssp, which is an educational ... must be no problems at all with my life. look, i even have time for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  , I was actually able to look around at the people in the room. What I ... corners on campus for three hours in a room with one piece of paper and a ... one of those events that all sophomores look forward to. During the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  he'd recommended me for a customer support job in what would become the ... building to make Facebook better, and I realized that, in an alternate ... them as well as we can in the moment. He asked me what I would tell an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  is not real, because I can sit in front of my text editor for an hour ... for. But it felt like a pale imitation, as if looking at a painting ... soreness. There's not really a single good word for it in English, I think

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  of many things. Quarantining for COVID in the safety of my room has ... . I overthink and I have an active imagination. Great for writing stories. Not so great for lying awake in the dark at 3am. My family on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  of bed in 20 minutes is unfortunately pretty good for me these days ... the next."]early[/annotation]to class, for the first time in possibly ... -but-not-completely-finished draft, written by me, living in an email from May 2019. Oof.) 11.04 am

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  lecture (more than once (for an entire semester)) b) I decided not to do ... . I skipped lecture (more than once (for an entire semester)) I ... I have finally made it home for the holidays. Let me tell you, there

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had grand visions for senioritis in college. i would go out all the time! do ... for mirchi, an bollywood/fusion dance group who performed at south asian

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015