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  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  Year that I didn’t know how to study. I’d never needed to in High School ... Happy 10th birthday, blogs!!! I made you a cake! (With help from ... anniversay of my MIT journey. 10 years ago today, I was just about to start my

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  the MIT Reports to the President, and I even ended up interviewing Matt ... stayed in, and ended up living in the same floor. I think this only goes to ... graph starts at 1995. It also ends at 2018 because I don't have numbers

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  qualified names. At the end of my last name sat a little 1, a number I felt I ... . I sat on my bed silently. My fingers were numb and my breaths were shallow. I would look at the time on my phone, then on my laptop, then on my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  I've been reading popular science for a long time. It's why I'm interested in science. It's probably why I'm at MIT. I have tremendous ... you've never read anything by Quammen or Preston, you must. I recommend

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  's fascinating research on early Chinese students at MIT). I worked on the project ... early international students. I'm an immigrant from Ukraine, so it was ... diversity efforts and policies, I wanted to tell stories. I wanted to show the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  Sooo I wrote about pouring my heart out into a research conference ... the time of publishing this blog since i like to let my writing marinate ... ."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  :)[/annotation] Okay, I need to pick my high school for next year, [annotation note="I ... high school options. I was already locked into a local high school that ... begins high school. I made new friends and new enemies (as serious as

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  - and I tell them that in the end, it's worth it and I love it. I love ... Ben Jones' famous "It's More Than A Job" post from March 2006. I've read ... heartfelt. A few weeks ago, I had an epiphany of sorts. I finally experienced

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  documentary classes (that I took as a total fluke but ended up loving) Run a ... high enough. I knew my verbal and essay were definitely in the clear for ... knew if a program ended up rejecting me, it’s because I wouldn’t be happy

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  decide to leave my program early, I’d end up basically back where I am now ... be a risk for myself. In the end, I chose the place that I connected ... , it'll probably end up alright. And I have to accept the uncertainty

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  summer camp i went to for two years back in high school, and each time i ... hila at tulak i feel more busy right now that i’ve been during my fall or spring semesters. the only time i can think of that’s comparable was during

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  Thanks to Petey, whose ideas I am stealing to write this post. Thanks ... wouldn't win a science fair. When I went to a party in SF this summer, lots of people I talked to asked me about what startup I was a cofounder

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  This past semester, I’ve been going through the grueling process that plagues all seniors at the end of their undergraduate career: getting my act ... already. Unfortunately, like I’ve mentioned before, my summer internship was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  . My high school preparation was certainly not perfect. I'll be honest ... , not the Claymation videos.) The only similar event I can recall would be ... why squares A and B are the SAME COLOR - I still think it's all a big

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  The week after my semester at MIT ended, I was accompanied by this ... feels great to be back. ** I’ve caught up with old high school classmates ... in any case, I was far too busy to contemplate what it meant. I met up

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  , but I ended up going to Purdue because my family moved to the US. I ... the first place. I ended up deciding to apply because I had a feeling I ... academic advisors, I was inspired to aim high, despite the uncertainties of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  -buhay, parang slow-mo, makulay. When people ask me “how’s MIT?” I answer something like “exhausting and overwhelming, but fun.” I don’t think that’s a good enough answer to give justice to what I feel about MIT. Instead, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  year towards the end of spring semester, I found out that I was going to ... . Well, I’m more than happy that I did end up saying yes because while Ring ... , I was actually able to look around at the people in the room. What I

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  chapter. Hopefully, I’ll end up talking to some of you reading this during ... .[/caption] Some Tips for Recruitment Keep an open mind! In high school, I would ... a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  I tried to create this video as something I'd want to hear as a nervous prefrosh. I hope you like it! If you're curious, here is the Ze ... bloggers, but I can't link to all the posts here. They're just a quick search

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014