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  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  involvement to the firehose of opportunities at MIT, I feel like I'm always ... all of the departments I'm dealing with are broadening their scopes ... emphasizing the need for more progress on the 2015 BSU recommendations. I'm

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  : Why? T: What? Me: Either I in, and I'm excited, or I didn't in which ... 'd get rejected. Anyways, I'm in the kitchen with my mother and my sister ... . Apparently, my face was a sight to see. So yes I'm screaming and in much

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  't been able to learn at MIT. If present-me and alternate-me got dinner, I'm ... , so I don't have anything to regret or not. Except: I'm glad I applied ... /feared to make, but I'm confident the choice to try to have that choice was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  content. I'm flattered but, to be clear, the best thing I ever did at MIT ... manipulative because the Y-axis starts at 10K and not 0. Remember, I'm paid to ... every entry and tagging accordingly. I'm convinced that her experience in

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  ="aligncenter" width="500"] i’m not sure if this was the final poster but let’s pretend ... subdirectorships.[annotation note="in retrospect, I’m not sure if this made me do ... the spring programs. I’m pretty sure I want to keep going to ESP

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  be) will be a breeze. I'm grateful to Burton-Conner for providing me ... shenanigans that I'll look back on fondly for the rest of my life. I'm excited ... unfolds again and the renovation is delayed, I'm at peace knowing that the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  something i’m still working on, as i try to balance friends, school, sleep ... too much about “oh no what if random strangers dont think im super duper ... . [annotation note="me when im telling my friends i’m making a deal with the devil

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  . I suppose that this tenet is somewhat ironic, given that I’m a writing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  window, ampiyas, and the action is umaanggi. Where I'm from, the dry

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  spectrum -p"]orange,[/annotation] and certainly interesting. I’m sort of ... took 2.00b together, then 14.30 and 14.05 our sophomore year. I’m 99 ... “skeekrets”, but I’m also a stubborn person. -w"]I told Whitney about these

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  of four bags. “Freshman?” he asked. I nodded. “Yes, hi, I'm Vincent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  over email. (IM does not count as "in person.") Often someone's facial

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  good to be deeply focused on something. I’m lucky that I could put ... ="225"] assembly[/caption]   I really do feel like I’m losing a

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

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  Solid State Chemistry (2) a really fun spin on chemistry (I'm generally ... was going to be OK. He's a great guy and I'm glad I had the opportunity ... tools I’m given to solve those sub-problems, and how to communicate my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  piece, although that’s what I’m trying to do today. It’s not that a blog ... project, hand it off to someone else--but actually, I’m very much still in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  “I’m not sure.” Smile and wave at everyone you know, even if they ... ’ll actually take. This is not a joke; I’m dead serious. Don’t let the career

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  play Basically I’m horrible at any skill potentially related to being in ... ’t know. I’m presenting without comment the fact that I occasionally didn

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  were good. *** I’m not really going to talk about CPW or about making the ... somehow, I’m here right now, typing from a place that had once felt too

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  Three years ago I was in the room I’m still in now, and just like today it smelled like the boxes stacked on the furniture and the floor and ... RHOP Random House of Pancakes: I'm a delicious warm pancake smothered

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  After Graduation, I now have a lot of time to "reflect upon my MIT experience." :P Technically, I'm not kicked out from the blogs until the end ... had such little idea of all the pain that was yet to come :P So I'm a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011