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• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  where they are now. In fact, I think I’m extremely privileged. I have supportive parents. I live in a suburban house where I don’t have to worry ... amazing in ways I can’t even begin to count. It’s so easy to fall into the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  think that in some alternate universe, where this program is in person, I ... the main filter is: Can I see myself doing this as a career in the ... 'm not in fact a bioengineering major, because I can't see myself doing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  FIT: I cannot emphasize this point enough. No matter how (in ... cost of living (though you can purchase a meal plan while living in any ... suitemates is certainly an important factor to consider. I love living in a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  'll see what I can do about that) admissions blogger. I think that means ... here), and generally what my life's like (so that you can, I don't know ... quite the case. (And of course, the jab above is all in good fun -- I have

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  :18-22? Crazy!), and it has been a game changer to have people I can grow in faith ... about the Christian groups on campus and churches in the area. I knew next ... was coming in. I knew Cru existed but not much about it, and after

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  room, where I had left allll my art supplies back in 2022, from old dried ... in the photobooth, where we were recording. i have no idea why the ... Wow I haven’t blogged in one million years! I feel like I’ve written

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  you *can* do it. When the application came out, I was in the middle of ... I'm sitting at the kitchen table in my London flat; my sister Lisa ... cracking. 1. Why and how I became an admissions blogger In eighth grade, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable ... not so good at and that i can usually get away with neglecting. this is

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  see them as frequently as I can. Whenever I am in their respective ... that thing where if someone I’m talking to is in a bad mood, I by default ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

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

  Anyone in the admissions office knows that I have an unhealthy ... their sun, moon, and rising signs so that I can give them an "astrological reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  things I would do if I could do MIT all over again. In my four years at ... been able to take a photo with truly everyone in it ^^; And of course, I ... four activities were what I was most involved in, but during my sophomore

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  semester at MIT. I was in a house where I had sour relationships with my ... summer things. But now I stand at an awkward place where I don't really ... been a whirlwind and there are moments where I feel like I haven't truly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5 ... it. I love 2.009 because it has high stakes in ways other classes don ... community. This was one of the only classes where I felt like I was really

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

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  that I did in my head to write the above statement, so I wrote it down ... a tear that I’m no longer young.) In 2004, the MIT admissions blogs ... . At the end of undergrad, I was deciding between going and working in

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  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 ... of their classes in high school; I was worried about how horrible the

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  : "So where do you go to school?" ME: "Oh, I go to school in Boston ... in Boston.'" I never thought about it, but if you must press me for a ... application where I wrote about my fascination with chemistry. To make a long

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9elE7Ij-c One night, in the middle of my time away from MIT, I ... closes with him coming up with I’m Still Standing, where it shows him

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  things in vague pseudohaiku. Now where did the haiku come from? I should be focusing on making haikus, but I have a lot going on and I can't keep up. i ... three minutes darn i can't save the world if i don't then i will starve

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  FROSH: where do you live? ME: east campus! i love it a lot, actually ... and i can't believe this roller coaster and wow ME: omg yeah i know ... FRIEND FROM MINNESOTA: where in minnesota are you from FRIEND FROM

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in myself. It's not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don ... into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024