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  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  took the elevator to the new room, which is in 5 East. It’s a rather ... ? Twelve. MIT’s response is laudable. Our house team did a really good job in ... spotless. Moving out, of course, is just the move-in process in reverse. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  -year student to take five 12-unit classes in the spring; however, there is also an explicit reminder in the motion that “[60 units] is an upper limit, not a norm or expectation. 48 units is an appropriate load for most

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , the more helpful a group chat is in getting through the semester. III ... much between chats. I was a lot more active in some chats than others ... seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  's insane. Equal in insanity magnitude is I became a blogger in 2008, which ... 's senior class is the group that came in right as I left. How I am now that ... between the amount of stuff you can do in a given year, and the amount of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  will learn at MIT is how to handle failure in a constructive way. You will learn just how big a role luck plays in success, and you will learn ... yourself how you spend your time and money. The school you choose in the next

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  was a fantastic twist of fate. How much would have changed if the ... . Being a senior at Stuy is much, much worse. So far, this year’s classes ... staff? Is there such a thing as too personal? I can't recall precisely

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... as much as those solos, as illustrated in the following table. Here ... soloed a lot. In class, in concerts at school, in public squares in Malta

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  coaching, I could become a much better runner. Admissions is a little like ... living in Switzerland, I didn't really have a social life outside of work ... how MIT Admissions works based on hanging around Admissions a lot

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  . But not everyone who is deferred gets offered a spot in the class, and ... computer, opening up the MyMIT page that I hadn't visited in a few months. I ... took a few days/weeks to settle in. I got some congratulations at school

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  charge in a group setting as much as I do. As a fire sign, they are known ... successful in college is learning how and when to rely on your support system ... thought about how much fun it would be to go to college together. This is

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  admissions officer emphasize how fair the selection process is? Even if ... admissions staff thinks that you can hack it, you're in. How can they do that ... same school, unless there is a recruited athlete, legacy or some other

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  very modern China--my mother, having left in the ‘80s, is a bit more ... question is still basically: I don’t know yet, ask me in a few months ... that in Walker Memorial (a building where we all take our exams) there is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I ... answered that question at that time, but this is sort of a more extensive

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  seven weeks in, it's a bit more like learning how to swim. You can cling ... up and down in the water. My classmates and I were in a pool shallow ... nostrils burned a bit, and in a panic I opened my mouth. I quickly leaped out

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  in my reservedness is a rare and mythical thing. Most of the time I ... , but in a way that is less intense and more mechanical and hilarious all ... This blog is about my hometown, which I filmed a little bit of last

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  : What it’s like being a student in this strange place This is an essay by ... . What I love most about MIT is how much fun people have doing what they ... it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  " kinds of solutions in the village, and how the final hand-dug well is much ... as a side effect, it is also much safer than an open cavity, which is ... developing infrastructure in this area is a monumental task to begin with. All

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  Stuyvesant's new building. Larry, who is a practicing architect in the city ... a bit this week was how possible is it to balance the tough academic ... . It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  experience) 18.100A is a better introductory class, and covers more about how ... catch myself in it. A classic “Ana-ism” is saying something like “Oh, I ... how procrastination is often a side effect of fear. I didn’t know what I

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  from home asks my all-time-favorite “How’s college?!?!” Wooo - Here’s a ... -yogurt-more-endearingly-“Froyo”. I can’t count how many “Ordering Indian in 10! Come to Room # if you ... rice every night and do not dine out much; I’ve never had Indian food in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009