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• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  . it felt real, attainable.']that’s how the bloggers’ voices made me feel ... . i would learn to love science for science’s sake, not because i needed ... popeyes and quickly’s with my mom, who told me to be cautious about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  called HMMT. Princeton’s version of this is called PUMAC. HMMT sends a ... ? What was there to talk about with them? It’s not as if I wanted to talk ... friends from HMMT at PJ’s, but with none of the friends I had from PROMYS

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  dad, I suppose.” “But Amy’s coming too,” Melissa replied. “She sounds ... cats liquefy my mom’s heart.” “I think it’s the bacon not the cats,” she ... seated, his usual blank eyes glaring Ted’s way, making a thousand judgments

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , sat right next to St. Mary’s stop on the green line, across the street ... radially symmetric conelike shape. It’s important that the clay is properly ... one pound each. It’s easier to center smaller amounts of clay, because

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  There’s a clear, one-to-one correspondence between the semesters at ... it’s correct. When all the factors align and you really come to a ... also hard. It’s so much easier to try and do everything yourself, with no

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  four student-athletes, from the Swimming, Diving, Squash, and Men’s ... -athlete: “Being a student athlete at MIT is definitely worthwhile. It’s nice to be ... of a ton of athletes.” Men’s basketball student-athlete: “I have

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  2024’s,[/annotation] some of the admissions officers were talking about ... interest in math pales in comparison to Paige’s, so I focused our ... that Jeremy was able to experience a part of recently. Jeremy: It’s a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  mathematical computing) this semester, and I blow glass in MIT’s glass lab. The ... course banner was Schrodinger’s equation inside a comic-book exclamation ... brought several hands-on demos for the audience (including a sheep’s brain

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  policy concentration, and it’s much HASS-ier than 14.03 (meaning it has ... think it’s interesting and useful to learn about policies that have been ... : what are they, how do they work, and why might we use them? It’s taught

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  of religious fasting, so it’s really nice to find a nice vegan place even though it’s packed most of the time. I also found out that vegan ... so many wonderful people in this city. By God’s grace, my sister and I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a Dream” speech. Fittingly, I gave the ... of my voice that I was once again reminded of. It feels like it’s been ... earliest to its latest stages, and across the board, it’s really something

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  introduced myself--that’s a way to create an opportunity. I then would often ... be on alert, and it’s easy (especially when psets are happening) to ... whenever we do hang out, it’s often off campus, and we tend do stuff together

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  goes when it’s not tied up doing psets. A lot of people participate in ... , their energy takes an entrepreneurial bent. That’s why MIT began Start ... entrepreneurs. It’s a 2 ½ week long, full-time workshop that touches on everything

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  the requirements of your specific major(s) and minor(s). You can create ... -registration, finding internships, and so much more. ACADEX, MIT’s Center for Academic ... , remember that MIT’s Drop deadline is rather late into the semester. This year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  , and it’s especially prevalent over IAP. I teach Hebrew for fun and as a ... sponsors the class, but it’s open to anyone in the MIT community and is ... a vocabulary quiz. (I’m not a mean teacher, though!) And that’s my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  prospective MIT students what MIT is really about. Perfect! That’s just what I wanted to hear, so let’s start at the beginning. Where are you from? I ... the greater Los Angeles area. My neighborhood is mostly Latino. It’s the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  station, and to our surprise and delight, there were 4 other MIT ‘12s there, taking the same train. Here’s a picture of the six of us: The train took ... had to be the world’s biggest crossword puzzle: The tour ended around

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  short of a pyromaniac’s. https://youtu.be/ytdqcV3HV4o Is it real fire ... it’s hot and will burn you if you screw up. The fire isn’t any less ... spinning is just another sport with it’s own set of precautions people need

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  further ado, and in no particular order, here’s some advice and resources ... to write about. It’s okay to completely scrap that idea and go back to ... people talk about what’s important to them. One of the best places to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  world for four whole years.  It’s still on point, and you should go read ... magic formula to engineer most of life’s important outcomes.  Sure, you ... know it – maybe suddenly in your 20s or 30s, like me – they’ll be gone

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025