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  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  student chose to become part of MIT’s class of 2018. While I have nothing ... applying to MIT. It’s so easy to become overwhelmed by hearing about the ever ... wasn’t my thing, and I really, really want to stress that it’s okay

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  the Olympic Games and earn medals, or to serve the nation in the U.S ... ="Transfers who entered MIT in the 2022–2023 school year"]last year’s transfer ... well). Subin: During my enlisted time in the U.S Army, I had a clear

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  .org (although that is highly recommended!) here’s a quick recap: I studied Course ... the story, I need you to go watch Amy Cuddy’s TED talk about body language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better ... are for getting to where you are now. MIT is a pretty cool sword, but it’s ... deferred. When I saw how many people were deferred, I figured it was MIT’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  Claire S. '25 is a Computation & Cognition (6-9) major from ... a sort of home, too. For me that’s the Mock Trial Team. I have ... make my own opportunities, and that’s especially useful in a big city

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  'd know that MIT had more than 21 numbered courses as recently as the 1990s ... on Instagram. The magician; blowing a witch’s ball out of glass. Using ... swirls. This card’s content is based off the MIT glass lab and the forge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  , tiny doors, and secret gardens we aren’t allowed into. It is my and Cory’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  my room, and saw a collection of books outside my dorm and…well, let’s ... : California! How do you like it here? Me: It’s awesome. What course are you ... cluelessness at a paper filled with q’s, w’s and asterisks, a sheet strewn with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  you got in, it’s because you can handle it, and because you’re the kind

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  , a department under MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social ... Puzzle Hunt CMU has its roots in the mid-2000s, before becoming its own ... it now. Comic book history This IAP I took a class called CMS.S60

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... asking about who the previous resident was. I got Josh S. '17, a name I ... sure is Jeanne S. '01. I emailed Jeanne S. '01, who also gave me the name

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  the person’s life, social class, occupation, clothing, and environment. [...] In addition to the term’s traditional associations of being masculine

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  [annotation note="pronounced 'two double-oh nine,' referred to among Course 2s ... was only a matter of testing and assembling everything together: meche’s gantry, UX’s blue plastic casing and lid, and the electronics and software

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  : Daniel S., Akshaj K., Vivek B., and Guang C. I'm guessing the name is ... Aware Dictionary for sEntiment Reasoning)"]highest positive sentiment

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  I have a lot of feelings. It doesn’t take much to make me cry, whether I’m moved, frustrated, or sad. There’s one Google Search Story that ... particularly painful rejection myself, Brené Brown’s words on the power of

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  is a couplet that i'm proud of: "We’re at a party that’s not the right party, But it’s bright and loud and enough, for now." some more (not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  me feel like this: (p.s. you should all go waste some time on this ... or concerns. To prospective '16s: I hope you all loved CPW - and that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  ’t mind doing that for you, it’s not a really exciting question. If you ask ... , but is getting some random person’s opinion of your chances really going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  M. '97, Ariel S. '04, E. Rosser '12, and Krue '14. This is a rerun of ... picture, which was made by Ariel S. '04. I loved holding my wand while ... 's thesis, Tensions in Live-Action Roleplaying Game Design, if you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023