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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  they might get in. I said I'd of course tell them to take a shot and see ... wanted me to help him decide. Over the last few weeks I've met, emailed ... April 2005, I had my own tricky time of deciding where to go to college

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

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  Microsoft Suite"]I already know how to use a computer >:([/annotation] is ... footsteps at my rear, and I struggled to get up. More footsteps swarmed into ... year for me. I was getting in to new things, branching out in school, and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it ... continue that line across the street, you get to Building 46. Branching off ... I’m surprised that no one’s written a blog post about this before

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  smile, then say: "I learned a lot." I remember how I felt when I first arrived here: like I had no limit to what I could take on. That if I just ... orgo TA's office. I don't regret it. I needed to find those limits, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  Sometimes I went to recruiting events just to remember why I avoided ... -actualization when one could listen to podcasts wirelessly? A few minutes later, I was ... funds do? To amuse myself, I briefly pictured manicured shrubs made from

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  trying to get across, then you need to fix something. If you don’t like the ... ’re trying to get across? Would you want to admit yourself? Do you have typos ... each part building upon the next. You don’t want it to get repetitive

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

   worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a plane, let alone how to get around [annotation note="to be clear, my ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  . But you…you're getting into MIT. I know it. How could they not take you ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place ... 'm getting in! I'm getting in!" moments, followed by, "they'll never take me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  the difficulty of adjusting to MIT called How to Fail. Since then, I ... assignment. There was a point where I really didn’t know how to fix what was ... there were steps I was taking, that we were going to get somewhere

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , surrounded by decorations that remind me of how hard I worked to get to MIT ... how you compare to anyone else directly. I remember in high school ... list in my head of everyone who had done better than me to see how I

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  getting me to this place. But the reality is that I could not have done it ... him there getting all excited every time I’d get to a new practice ... struggles doesn’t have to be a big deal. I mean, now y’all know how tiny my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  classmates. I think learning how to work under real pressure is beneficial and ... . Not only did I get hands-on experiences as a first year, I got to ... Studio: How to Design (2) I was able to explore a new field that I hadn

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  year, but I am still learning how to get better at it—figuring out what ... anyone else to. Sometimes it is helpful to stop and think, “How would I ... friend told me they were being treated in x way, I would tell them to get

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  about how much I loved reading, how Course 9 (Brain and Cognitive Sciences) blew my mind, how my school was teeming with energy and diversity, how I choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted ... about how much energy I have to do “work”, or “productive things”, I have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  never worried about how I compared to my fellow incoming MIT students. I ... speaker to ask questions is ultimately how I got my first UROP. Since then ... . Try as I might to pretend otherwise, I get really unhappy and overemotional

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the ... as a computer science major.  I'll add another disclaimer here to say

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make ... to delve into some of the things I've been feeling this year about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to ... Professors & Staff From department heads to professors to office staff, I ...   I really don’ t know where to start with these guys. I’m truly blessed

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  sure how to represent the enormous beast that is MIT, I figured I'd start ... night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and ... means I don't get to watch House when it airs every week, but this seminar

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009