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  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications, every essay that I wrote left me more and anxious about whether I was ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  bad, 5.112 might rape me, but how are- man, I don’t think the Subway guy ... So I was really tired last night. I’d been in northern Michigan snowboarding with a couple of my friends from high school, and if you’ve ever

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  Hey guys, happy 2011! It's been awhile. As I write this, I'm in San ... garment bag around to medical school interviews. (I actually got that bag on mega-sale, so it cost like $15 =p...by the way I'm such good friends with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  , i have never felt anything before,  but i am not feeling anything right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is easy to justify happiness for being happy but not sorrow for being sad. i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  remotely have feelings for. So I ended up dating a boy (we’ll call him ... high school romance and I was like yeah I love this dude. And then at ... ’m an experienced man and I am ready to begin this mature relationship

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I ... further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember ... When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  physics at my high school, so I was definitely the most concerned that I was ... at the end of the semester. Oh, by the way, I am pretty sure Professor ... , clubs and UROPs are underway, and the realization that I have officially

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  miss Kiki dearly when I must return her to her proper human at the end of ... Prince Caspian and Iron Man already, and I've only been home for a week ... Skullhouse, formerly of Senior Haus): "This summer I will be an intern at the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both on the ... perform better (it’s both highly used and a frequent source of ... function usefully in a world of highly variable levels of bandwidth and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of ... . A lot of the things I'm taking will be highly relevant to all the ... Physics C! that works too. I regret being lazy in high school now

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  ://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wP6Lb5qZ0B9NXAjwsFYyl?si=2c079440422a4f32 I've had to make some ... known how to save a life. I listened to this song so much in high school ... , period. I wish I could hit the high notes. It's not even that deep; the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  I from preschool all the way through AP Physics C in high school (which I found to be one of few high school classes that was actually ... Today I wanted to thank a very special person in my life, someone who

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  it on my end. All I had to do was write some dumb emails. CJ: Alan, I ... Alan: Oh boy, [annotation note="CJ: I find this appropriate given you ... stormy night… Alan: It was a dark night. I don’t think it was particularly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent ... , Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  hold my hands and guide me through gliding, but I ended up flattening ... gave up in high school because I felt insecure, things which I couldn ... being guided. I even started skating without holding the wall. At the end

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  Man" (as recorded on Into the Purple Valley"). As the song ends ... Dear November, 2009: I've reached the age when self-discoveries are ... - I prefer my classes the way I prefer local fire departments: fast

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  what anime the opening/ending is from. I thankfully wasn't dethroned as ... bring the same energy to virtual events as they are to live ones! I ... the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  learned from a poster in my high school library when I was 13 years old ... √Яmann and I are going home early. We're going to have to close the lab, so you have to go home early too." I don't really see how that is a problem

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  reasons I ended up coming to MIT over some other schools. My junior year of high school, I had the pleasure of singing under Dr. William Cutter in ... repertoire of music than I ever saw in high school--in five semesters here, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  ; Ultimately, not only did I end up learning how to use the gym, but I got a ... PE classes in high school tend to follow one of two models. Either ... lying on your back yelling “I really like this stretch!” Then we would do

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015