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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  you changed a teammate's mind regarding a key decision on a project" or ... -optimal solutions to the questions, or simply don't finish at all, so my success with ... with on-sites tend to miss about two or three days of school, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  three years later. Nothing before or since has come close to terrifying me ... honor. Mr. L never took that solo away from me. Three or four measures ... was soloing whether I wanted to or not. And boy, was it good for me. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  , onions or riding bicycles (have fun looking these up). Of course, that ... life, or at least life at MIT, is like snowboarding. You may or may not ... snowboarding lesson that would often be able to do things on the first or second

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  reading your blog. Write her or him a letter.” I wrote elsewhere in the ... younger, which will be the goal of my blogs! Anyway, I’ll introduce myself ... ’s try that again. Hello, my name is also Ana. Or, well, our name is Ana

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  , Noa Y. 19’!), the moon had reached its peak and was giving off an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... them up a bit, and here they are: 1. Just read it. Every once inawhile I ... when the grade in question is as low or lower than mine. Listen to me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be ... /her message with any advice of my own but I will say that you should take this ... thing like SAT scores will keep you from being admitted, etc.). While all

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• 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’t control what traits an admissions committee is looking for, or what mood a reader is in when they peruse your essay, or what the rest of that year

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... that was my senior schedule, or Simon Cowell was in my brain going "That ... where my advice to you, or my answer to this question, runs short - the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  ?). But then when you pop up and think back to just a few months or weeks ... 're not clumsy or stupid anymore. My clumsy stupid step in 2012 was ... year or these four. Wonderful and terrible, what's behind me prepares me

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  personal statement. Every med school advisor helps his or her advisees ... -health office at least 7 or 8 times this semester, as I was toying with the idea of a gap year, worrying over whether or not my recommenders spelled my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  complain about shitty coworkers or the economy or whatever. But it stings not knowing when "one day" will be. I don't want to say goodbye, unwilling to ... a "now or never" deal: my parents had wanted to make this trip after

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  . Every senior gets four tickets to give to friends or family for graduation ... . The sign said, "Congratulations Course 1 Grads!" and the people waving ... stoles with the colors of their country or region. Photo Credit: William

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  ” 2013 “all the friends i made or kept this year–thank you...i feel ... , don’t think I’ve ever felt so exhilarated or so exhausted. Let’s move, and let’s move fast. Go, do–I know I will.” 2015 Now staring down

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  or noteworthy for the blogs. (Also to organize ... from 1969 (or so the label said), and it looks like a bunch of old ... weeks. Maybe in 15 more years, a blogger will find our Pie Day video

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  trivial things, like "Does orange plaid match with a floral green print?" or ... ), engineers of advances in space travel, and doctors who will cure cancer. The ... shifting idea is starting right now in someone's room or the coffee table in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  disappointing or the spookiest Halloween ever. But right now I’m going to talk ... . The people around me were spending Friday experimental baking or jazz ... should have grape vines or roses. It was quiet, except for the occasional

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  ! 21W.755 This past weekend, my homework assignment was to eavesdrop (or ... ’s something different--a smell, a sound, a texture or tactile feeling. This ... life of me remember the title of the book or text, but he says

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  , animal cruelty, or a restraining order. Any Chuck Norris Fact with his ... anatomy of different whale subspecies, or the social behavior of catfish. If ... time swimming in Brazilian rivers or researching in Fiji. It doesn't get

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  . Having bad grades or scores will certainly hurt you, but I’m sorry to say ... . Reading through this thread doesn’t make me think of SAT scores or grades ... reflection on you. At all. Accepted, deferred, or otherwise – you are all

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004