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• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  experiences. Can I call / email / owl in to find out why I was deferred? No. We ... as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). I've had a number of deferred students write in with questions so I wanted to post a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  week and didn't even have to wait in line. If you asked me about how I ... participated (and there's 500-600 people enrolled in 3.091). 15 bucks! I could ... -derivates you! By which I mean that it snaps back with a second derivative in time

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  a) get a doctor's note saying I can't live in the house by some ... You'll recall in this blogpost I talk about joining Greek life and ... love the sorority a lot and I love the people in it. I often go back and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  . In short, I'm really excited for where this semester will take me. Stay ... . That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I ... thoroughly convinced that I can improve them with practice. The lab class, 6

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  strange place to be in, and I can't help but feel greedy and selfish for it ... I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to ... -S requirement and luckily for me 9.00 is offered in the spring time! I'm really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  Today was moving-in day, where I moved all of my stuff out of storage ... carts available that students can use to wheel their luggage in. I was ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  active in.  (I learned to fly pre-MIT and probably won't have much time to fly until post-MIT - in the meanwhile, I'm mostly spending my time taking advantage of opportunities I didn't have at home ^_^)  In any case

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  existed! People live in houses! Dogs exist! Babies exist!" Here, I am ... teenage dream. I've just always loved art and design and cities, and in the ... , interning in China allowed me to really step back and re-evaluate what I want

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  of main campus where I spend my days. This geographic density, the ... explain, but when I’m on campus, I’m just less certain in my own sense of ... happenings in my life. It's not a bad feeling, necessarily. I hardly notice it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I'm sitting at my desk in my robe right now. I'm on my 5th cup of ... write this.) 3.) The third is Chrome, where I'm now searching around for ... ?) 4.) The fourth is also Chrome - where I'm doing some research about my

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... something I learned to do well in high school. I talked to TAs and LAs, and ... me I’m fine with a C in their class. Back in high school, I was on the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  familiar with Redux Toolkit, I can now think in the level of "do some action ... I'm working on is too large, I find that I can't get in the zone. It ... become a better programmer: I want to reach the point where I can write

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  In June I'll be celebrating, along with my MIT classmates, a pretty ... three schools and in fact when I originally told my guidance counselor I ... nuts, would I get in or not, if I did which would I pick, and if I didn

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  knows a Simon). But I can relate to him in the moment that he sings "We ... pick where they lived, more or less. I thought that was cool. But I didn ... ethnicities, none of which has a prominent role in my psyche. I enjoyed or didn

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... students. As a STARS Ambassador myself, I can confirm that we’ve been really

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  I really like driving. I wanted to go to college in a city with ... /con Should I go to MIT? list was "I can't take my car with me." Freshman year ... because I like riding in cars. Sophomore year I got a Zipcar membership

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  variations, almost anywhere on earth. But MIT is the only place where I can ... Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the ... first classes, turning in my first p-set, the clubs I've become part of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  amazing in so many ways, and I’m envious of everyone that can call ATLA a childhood show. You can read how much I really like Avatar in my other blog ... I started this blog post in the summer with the intention of posting

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  beads in an empty soda can. I wish I could tell you what he/she/it looked ... , TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso ... like Tiger on the links in Tucson. I now understand desert rules for golf

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022