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  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  today. And that’s the end of it. I’ll see you all on the other side of ... tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a few days. I have spent many stressful, agonizing hours discovering that

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

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  it. I love 2.009 because it has high stakes in ways other classes don ... exams were even more awesome, so I felt well-prepared for exams.  I ended ... camera photos). It was an amazing experience. I would highly recommend the

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

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  ://eastcamp.us/culture. I highly recommend that you jump around posts—everything is in ... I'm writing this blog post's introduction from an Amtrak train ... York City. I always manage to overheat when I travel, so I'm only wearing

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  After Graduation, I now have a lot of time to "reflect upon my MIT experience." :P Technically, I'm not kicked out from the blogs until the end of the summer, so I hope to continue writing a few blogs discussing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  highly competitive applicant. I had taken several AP classes, I had a ... !) Chance threads. Here are some of my responses: “MIT: High reach” “I think MIT will be a very high reach” “I think your best shot would be

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  . Dr. Abe was my “American grandfather” since I was 16, without whom I never would have ended up at MIT and probably wouldn’t have ended up as a bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get ... on How to Get Around MIT. And now that I’ve cited How to Get Around MIT twice, I’m obligated to mention that it stopped getting published 2011

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  , simpler dream. To just do the absolute best I can do in whatever I end up ... These past three weeks have been really hard. And I'm sure that for ... yourself on the back. I know too many people that didn't apply because they

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  in a highly selective college admissions process. Instinctively, I knew ... I read a recent NY Times piece, dealing with multiracial students and ... great interest. In my role as the Director of Minority Recruitment, I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  This is the way my hiatus ends This is the way my hiatus ends This is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty video.  It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in this corner of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  is quite possibly the funniest (and happiest) Baker biology genius I ... ! *** Precisely one year ago today I sat drinking coffee at a Dunkin Donuts with one ... respective first choice schools early decision. "I have a really good feeling

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• 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 ... laureates. I get home exhausted, and I suddenly remember that the time was 6

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

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  admission process. I hope that this post has been useful to some high school ... When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts of sporting events, some of which I had never seen before. I saw

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become if I get in? Who will I be, who will I become, if I don’t?” First, I ... reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  CPW Problem: What Can People Wear? CJ pragmatically writes concerning poor weather

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MR0zJxwpxg Campus Preview Weekend? Clearer phrase wanted: Cambridge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  fulfilling because I remember being in high school and wanting advice from ... to connect high school students from those backgrounds with top ... to go to college?” There it was again, the dreaded question high

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  like the ends of the earth when I was an undergrad before). I tend to get ... , I’m not coming back until I’m home for good. That means I end up ... Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  with the tweezers. I still ended up accidentally poking a hole in the ... stinkiest little cat on hall and we love him. Anyways, one time, when I found Harley batting away at a roach, I cupped its remains and took it away as

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  students with a full year of credits (96 units) at the end of first-year fall ... . Ultimately, the faculty members on CUP chose the four of us! Rona: I chose to ... wonderful experience, and I wanted to continue in a broader capacity. Paolo

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  , I stumbled into some accidental admissions archeology. For nearly a ... of the campus COVID-19 lockdown—I was permitted to visit the office to ... professional movers got to work. Prohibition style, I met a colleague with

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022