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  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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  sense of agency in your life will make you happier. It is a lot harder to ... overall experience much more enjoyable. Second, it is a good way to start ... months—but, eventually, you’ll get there. This piece of advice is a little

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

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... to cut them. Place the potato (or equivalent) and garlic cloves in a ... Cook barley in a pot on the stove. Make according to store directions. As

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  them both in my life. (This is a nice moment but I'm going to ruin it by ... there is this life, the life without my sister. My sister died in a car ... is a gift that I can either view in one of two ways: one that I will

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never ... thermodynamics in a single night. Of course, no one is actually like that. In ... how well their product works. In fact, one of my classes is, in fact

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018