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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  the first place."]in your hands.[/annotation] You should do your best to ... campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of ... years. Many of them are also filled to the brim with anxieties about

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  . You need to actually do the essays first before you can edit them. Just ... baby brother’s first girlfriend or something you might need to clarify a ... , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  you if you're nice to them first. What have other people's experiences been, coming to Boston for the first time? How are people different here ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• 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 to Alan and Vincent for reading drafts. This post is dedicated to MIT ... wouldn't win a science fair. When I went to a party in SF this summer

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  of certainty, “No.” My excitement was difficult to reconcile at first ... the analogy to freshmen entering college for the first time, and how while there might be some bumps and hiccups at first, everyone has to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  ” applications that could often be appealing at first glance, but ultimately turn out to be woefully short on substance.  I want to revisit and elaborate on that notion because it remains apropos today as students continue to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  device for the first time. We're so thankful to have worked with our ... One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is that there are always tons of opportunities to apply what you know while

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  freshman year, but generally the first person I went to for help with ... when I first got on campus. People here were always used to being the top ... by just overexerting myself.  Learn, for the first time, how to

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  first apartment I moved into after college to move down the red line. As ... Charlie walking into Willy Wonka’s factory for the first time). I started to ... . The TV show in fact is older than many of you applying to MIT right now

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  first puzzle (thanks king!).  Naturally when we were forced to split ... and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky ... Reif had dared to escape the horrors! Despite the fact that I’ve been

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  close to that first B and then that first A that it's only a matter of ... your experience was like mine, many people were doubting you. To you ... heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  . Perfectionism + the urge to get everything done right on the first try. I first ... we keep doing these things, not because they're guaranteed to make us feel good But because failing to do them is guaranteed to make us feel

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  games. Thanks to the soccer alumni, who were one of the first to hug the ... like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in ... about our successful regular season. Which leaves me to tell you about how

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  first students to arrive in the fall and practice twice per day before the ... When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts ... lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  actually the very first blogger who had to apply for the position, and I ... We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a reflection on what the blogs meant to us, or a life update since graduating

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• 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.

  

  on our first Valentine's Day together. I attached him to my mortarboard ... alligator clips because they were the first thing to come to hand, but after I ... for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big ... you will live away from your parents for potentially the first time in your life, maybe thousands of miles away. You’re about to be responsible

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  finished the first layer of wings on my plate. I gave up then... I do want to ... first-floor hallway, to make a linear, multicolored, psychedelic display ... I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  first lap may feel grueling due to the constant re-starts that you will ... training, but the bumps will even out after the first year as you adjust to ... 'll force you to think through the questions yourself first 3) Always start on

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

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on me getting into MIT and why it meant so much to me. Enjoy!!!! Finally

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016