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  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

  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

  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

  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 / 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 / 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 / Best of the Blogs

  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
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  where to apply There’s this line in the Pixar movie, Ratatouille: I ... I was doing. Who knows where this path will go. But the stuff I can ... where to apply Tips on the application components Why I chose MIT

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

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  pencil down announcing that I had finished first. In 4th grade, in ... ’ people, knowing that I would win. But as I moved up in the hierarchy of ... gotten in. Hobbies I’d never heard of, towns I’d only heard of, and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  miles away, and i was left to fend for myself in this world where ... difference in most people’s lives. i think that they can still be a good ... /classmates and that i can evaluate my performance in a subject by my own standards

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  fact in studying here, no matter what major you choose I can almost ... the things I can do as a result. It may be a work in progress, but my ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... terrorist," they said in my mind the last time I was on an airplane. "She's hiding the goods in her breakfast burrito." The last time I was on an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  this: I imagine everybody here has felt like this some time in the ... pictures in the comments! I personally haven’t had a good cry yet, but when I do, it will probably be in one of the lounges on my floor at East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  life where advice can never replace lived experience, but I wanted to try ... sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a ... draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  thought in my head was “I volunteered in the ER at MGH, I can help, I need ... happened came up again and again. I am in my last year of college and I can ... most burning question I have in my mind is as an individual, what can I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013