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  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  specialists, those who can do one thing really well. That one thing for a lot of ... issue probably. We have a lot of ideas for who we want to become. We can ... figure out where on this diagram we want to fall. But now, with a year into

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  , and happily changed the subject—“You should go on a lab tour where I ... mental health. During a senior speech dinner for people from the Latino ... they felt unhappy for a long time. I had a hard time imagining these

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  during CPW. I think it's reasonable for this to be a concern, given that ... an ad. from the tech[/caption] Also not sure where to put this, but I ... from a [annotation note="Fiji is the nickname for Phi Gamma Delta, a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  This section is pretty much a catchall for all the miscellaneous things I ... a class so I ended up doing the same thing for all the other classes I had finals for and at some point I started to feel like a maniac who was

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  . I sat down in our room for a couple minutes, staring at his empty bed ... months, I knew this room was a place I was guaranteed to stay in for a ... walked from East Campus to Baker for the last time, I saw our head of house

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  simple path from A to B, from course 5 to course 9, but I don't think I can ... said, it's different for everyone. But I can say with certainty that all ... more I mean 1000+) here (see if you can find me!). Here's just a sample

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  school or where you’re from geographically or what your gender is. You can ... ’m going to borrow a quote from an incredibly powerful song from Hamilton: “I ... army is a lot like getting rejected from your favorite college. That

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and ... building 4. There, I work for two and a half hours with my two awesome ... and tackle that for a starter project. However, I decided to try for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  hopefully help you proceed and answer a big question: Where do we go from here ... opinion from there. I say this because current students develop over time a ... being a resource for students, current and incoming, and I'm so excited to

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

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  through the MIT tunnels at night can be really helpful for me when I feel ... , because a person in distress can not give you consent for touching their ... something is an emergency, you can call 617-253-4481 24 hours a day for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  [annotation note="Google Can Children Learn Creativity from a Social Robot? for ... -player character can take; a peer, a supporter, an opponent, a navigator, etc. I had ... the angle I was working on for quite a while. I still have an entire

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I'm sitting on a train that took me from Washington D.C. where I had just met ... not think that I was a good enough candidate for MIT - my SAT scores

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

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  counselor, service, parent, etc - I can't speak for all schools, but here ... perfect essay... for a price, of course. (Anywhere from a few bucks for ... place where you get to say "hey, I'm a human being, let me

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  of a cry but don’t know a good place for it, I’ve got you covered. This map originated from a poll taken last year by Casie Chen ‘17, who ... , you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  . This is purely from my POV as a recent grad school applicant. (I left ... different from each other. For instance, med school places a greater emphasis ... of it. So, for a while, I was a bit turned off by academia, despite

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  at a point where I have limited energy for folks who want to challenge ... ’t remember having any dreams recently. I vaguely remember having a dream where ... people I know from the different parts of my life. Kind of like a crossover

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

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

  

  olympiad medals. I spent a good portion of my very first paycheck from my ... conditions for comparisons. But now I’m a little more aware of people ... supportive parents. I live in a suburban house where I don’t have to worry

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  -turning Rush shirts for a while. I don't want to make the Admissions Blogs all ... yet there's a common kinship. I am awestruck by how many stories I can ... I'm writing this blog post's introduction from an Amtrak train

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  constantly. I can never seem to hold onto one for very long, though this is the ... , and a folder with random files I needed to cart from one place to ... melt a plat for me, I’ve got to bring my own. Charging Cable Nest - I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  a large one. I need to design a language that can grow. I need to plan ... make up for a lack of maintainers. This is where SIPB comes in. As ... on Hydrant. I've gotten a lot of thanks for maintaining Hydrant, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023