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  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  an admissions blogger I only have 23 minutes left, so time to get ... , if not as, excited about that as I was to initially get into MIT. I had ... ? Do you have the patience for receiving e-mails like "HOW DO I GET INTO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  how I was going to represent those episodes on a plate. In the weeks it took me to get this decision, I was also spending a lot of time on ... to figure out how to use it. In this project, I knew I wanted to focus

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  actually works in the lab where I’m doing my thesis--we’ll get to that later ... ’m around enough that I can actually get to know everyone, which I’ve really ... we’re now in a study group together. I feel like I’ve been able to get

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

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

  

  MIT, and I know how it feels to be sort of "rejected," because even ... Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I ... laureates. I get home exhausted, and I suddenly remember that the time was 6

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

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  than I give to, like how I go to SaveTFP and get free food, or how I ... , or how I'll go to International Students Association meetings to get ... 't get close to guessing how long the website would last. Consider another

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  in your decision and prepared to give yourself to it fully. I think ... visited Caltech, but I didn't want to pay for or sit through the flight from Pennsylvania. I realized it wouldn’t be any different if I went to school there

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  days to find my total number of revisions by hour. I was surprised at how ... Levels by Class During school hours, my editing activity related to how I ... Senior Video.)[/caption] Five months ago, I bid farewell to my high school

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  already know why he isn’t getting to them. He isn’t sure how to start. I ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I ... already know how valuable it can be to learn to write and express yourself

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  ambitious in job-hunting (may turn out to be a problem when I get out of ... getting paid $10 an hour to go to lecture. I taught SAT Prep for ESP, which ... ironic now. This is why I'm going to be cremated when I die and have my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  impossible to describe how quickly they pass. ...I'd say it's worked ... are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  molding was littered with a lot of "um I don't know how to say this in ... taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  voice to be like. What if I'd get rebuked for not actually having heard ... was when I thought about how much I complained to my friends about how much I hated myself, versus how much my friends complained to me about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  schedule meant I could obtain more money-yielding jobs. I added 1 to see how ... I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through ... began. I learned to conserve clothing. Laundry Day became a special

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  the time of publishing this blog since i like to let my writing marinate ... ."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the conference I submitted to works: 1) you submit your paper. 2) three reviewers

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  having known you. If you've had an interview, I get to read about how you ... College Confidential: You know, I get sick of college admissions officers ... 's supposed to be comforting, obviously, I just find it really insincere. I mean

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  meetings with the faculty. Now, I know how easily gossip can get amplified ... they put up a hack each year to announce it. I'm not sure how the ... , that honestly I'm so tired I'm not going to look into, was how Maseeh

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , making me feel terrible about how much I have to face with no energy or ... stress and fear about if I’m going to graduate and how I (can’t) afford ... 't there anymore. If you observed me coming home to my apartment and how I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  . Perfectionism + the urge to get everything done right on the first try. I first ... -in-stomach feelings I get when it gets bad in response to these imaginary threats my ... why I’ve been too restless to get enough sleep, or the shaky feelings

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

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

  

  - how else do you get to the airport? lol. I'm too poor to take a taxi ... entered MIT. Now, four years later, I get to post my own version - courtesy ... before I left the US, I LEARNED how to make bubble tea, out of frustration

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... around the idea of learning without structure, but i'm excited to see how

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018