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  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  I've been working on my grad school apps lately, when I'm not busy ... discovered these, for better or for worse, but I'm sure that most have not, which is why I'm going to reprint my first-ever College Confidential post

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did ... -to-dorm, but I'm quite satisfied with water pressure in my shower. Any other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  to make myself feel better. M.B. ‘17   I had just finished the ... didn't. R.M. ‘19   I just got off from McDonald's and sat by myself in ... reasons similar to M.B. ‘17’s ice cream: if I got in, she'd get hugs. If I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  intelligence. Example of a mental rotation test. I’m guessing that you ... ?). If you’re now wondering whether I’m about to throw some kind of ... only got X score,” and “I’m never going to college, I’m so stupid.” It

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  extremely nice room and i’m very glad that i live in it. Not only could I name ... 't remember who lived in the room before he did. The third was Kevin M. PhD '09. After emailing him, I learned that he didn't live in H306, but M306. M306

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  "Why did you come back?" "Well, I'm—I'm a queer Asian...person, so ... conversation? "Hi, I'm Alan, and I'm attracted to people of all genders, and that's the reason I'm talking to you today!" It just didn't seem right. I mean

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  , Nathan H. '20, Sandy W. '20, Nia M. '20 We left our wing at 6:50 p.m. to get to Kresge by 7:00 p.m., the time the doors opened, but there was ... Bezel is a tradition (I'm not sure for how long, but at least since the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  hours to oversee; Josh B. and Sally M., working on the tech review model ... end.  Instead, I'm essentially directing the presentation ... ;In fact, I'm aiming to not have our presenters use clickers to advance

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be ... I'm really not that intelligent, and that there are many others who are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  , and I'm extremely envious of the level of her self-discipline. As for my ... to graduate from MIT if you never had liquid nitrogen ice cream. I'm ... Dim Sum in Chinatown - YES. dude, I'm Asian! Advice: skip the overrated

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  still the same. I’m still a grad student. Still trying to do research on ... questions in education are to me. I’m still in a cappella. I still really like ...  a new bike (also orange). I’m living on campus again, but this time as

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  "] west campus is not included because i'm gonna be real, i think i only ... used to be beyond my wildest dreams, and I'm glad that I got the ... laughing uncontrollably with pset buddies at 4 am because I'm too wired on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  name. Malingap is talking about what I’m interested in and feeling ... , or I revise for an ASE, or I’m walking over to the other side of campus to meet with my friends, or I’m playing board games in the lounge, or I’m

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  , completing your degree, landing a great job, etc. Now that I’m out on my own ... , I have no idea. It’s an uncomfortable feeling, and I’m still searching for a direction. For now, I’m just trying to embrace the unknown and let

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  I’m spending this IAP doing, among other things, five shifts a week ... finally got someone to answer, it was an older man with a bone to pick. “I’m not interested in giving to MIT,” he told me. “I’m sorry to hear that

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  a tear that I’m no longer young.) In 2004, the MIT admissions blogs ... ice cream maker. As for what I’m up to right now: I am packing up that ... for my day job, I’m trying to combine my experience in biological

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person, I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the ... stupid the whole scene is. I'm also someone who naturally likes to have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  more than enough to be overwhelming and make me double-guess whatever I'm ... a devastating mistake, and I'm not satisfied with how I'm doing now ... healing from my depression to accept that I’m mentally ill again, but

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  .72 Vision in Art and Neuroscience. The last one is sort of the reason why I'm ... only have a year left at MIT, and there's no way I'm going to get to take ... /21M.013: The Supernatural in Music, Literature, and Culture 21L.024

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Hi! I’m Laura ’09. You may remember me from such blog posts as What ... ! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to ... college students like me.)  Also, I'm going to call out Course 2 here: no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014