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• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  of being an admissions officer, and I'm not sure if during that time I ... , and the letters M-I-T inside. looking forward to checking up on this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking forward to watching "The Incredibles" tonight and not thinking about ... email, or available on the phone. I'm happy to report that this year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  promising and in good hands. Yes, it's Saturday, and I'm working. Much of the ... working all the time, I'm going to get back to reading your folders. Have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  : … cj: this is my blog post. i'm the interviewer. i'm the one in charge ... yourselves first. it's only polite. dan: fine. i'm dan. i'm cj's depression. alan: and i'm alan. i'm cj's anxiety. cj: glad to have everyone in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  weigh on my soul and I feel guilty that I'm not using the resources I have ... before, I'm not super sold on pure sciences because I'm not all that ... like those can only be side quests. If I'm going to be a scientist, why

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  underwater basket weaving. I’m pretty similar to myself at graduation other ... between WOOOOO I’M DONE 🥳 and [annotation note="'It’s a terrible day for ... making a short list of things I missed about MIT and things I’m happy to be

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  was lucky enough to get to go to Costco recently so I'm all stocked up ... from Trader Joe's, my favorite store to get snacks from. I'm not that ... find it really meditative and I like that I'm always making concrete

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  to say, I’d like to write more now that I’m transitioning from college to the next phase of my life. I’m excited to say that I’ll probably be ... ’t committed to a program yet, not that I’m unsure about the Ph.D. I don’t know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  , which is how you know I’m well and truly exhausted. Normally, playing and ... scenario in which I’m hanging off the edge of a cliff, tall enough that I wouldn’t be able to sustain the fall damage, and I’m scrambling, clambering

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  ="Comparative Media Studies"]CMS[/annotation] CI-M. CI-Ms are part of the communication ... class is honestly the one I'm least excited about because I really, really ... . This class has also been interesting because I'm one of the few people in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  school. CS can be hard for beginners, more so at MIT, so I'm at an area ... have multiple speculations why it's like this: Alabama (where I'm from ... after countless efforts at debugging[/caption] I’m back to my original

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  to process the fact that I'm living through a pandemic. I've expressed ... . There isn't much more to say about it. I'm grateful for my position and ... my blogs. I get nervous when I think I'm "falling off", when engagement

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  ] Classes I'm Definitely Taking 6.031 - Elements of Software Construction (15 ... that I'm pretty sure I 100% have to take next semester because course ... this semester, which I'm actually...very close to doing, I'll have to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  's so exciting to know that some of the people I'm talking to in these ... first-year advisees. This year, I'm the associate advisor for three ... . I remember how hard it was to be a freshman, so I'm just grateful that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  's me. I'm the bird. After I told my mom I hated being back home, she ... someone to cling on to and someone to turn to always. Now, I'm kind of ... demons. But, I'm proud of myself because while there have been some

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  to keep up the first week. This semester, I'm taking 6.046, 6.810, 7 ... 't know.[/annotation] For my final year at MIT, I'm ready to do it smarter, not harder. I'm starting the year with a fresh slate, a new mindset, a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  't think i'm done with mit yet! >_____< Anyways, this is my class ... .....don't understand it. :) I mean, I don't think I'm bad at it but I am still having ... , trial and error, and time for your experimental animals to grow) I'm

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  hello from seattle! Also, another nerd circus. (re: Chris (M)’s post from a while back) Oy! Welcome to the much-belated “what I’m doing this summer” post. I’m working at Microsoft! Ok, post over, back to work

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  don't get polar/cylindrical/spherical coordinates yet I'm so screwed omg ... : "But I'm probably going to stay for the second hour. Are you?" Me: "Ha ... think I'm ready... (Tuesday at 1) Another 18.022-er: You ready? Me

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  right now I'm living in THIS moment, without thinking about the classes ... events). This was really interesting because I'm seriously looking into declaring a 21H (history) double major during my remaining semesters here - I'm

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009