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  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’s different to live through it all and see first-hand how they have been (and ... two photos are from Valentine's Day 2013, during my first time on MIT ... . While I’d like to blog (both on here and not), I haven’t been. Finding

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Discussion points Growing pains Opening to everyone First-years and ... minority first-year students. There was an ongoing effort to increase ... . In 1997, first-year Scott Krueger '01 died due to alcohol poisoning

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  as someone who was at first hesitant to the idea. Despite the ... and get to know the new class. I vividly remember the first time I ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• 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 think it’s important to consider why people apply to MIT. My primary

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

  50 Reflections

  

  SEND YOUR FIRST-BORN OFF TO A LARGE CITY 1500 MILES AWAY? TO PUT HER ... Petey asked me to write something to kick off the big anniversary celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  everywhere, but for some reason, for me, it always seems to hold true). The ... Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned ... had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note="EC has two buildings; one is to the west of the other"]west parallel ... delivering dinner to a friend who wasn't feeling well. Because it's (very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  the first place. I ended up deciding to apply because I had a feeling I ... students to the Institute, and each year they surprise and inspire me. The ... follow the same path to MIT. Colored by the patina of life experience

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  to have applied in the first place. Sometimes it doesn't work out, but ... These past few weeks haven't been easy. I've had to stay up really ... winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon ... changed to toothbrush, if you happen upon me anywhere in the greater Boston

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  list asking people to send me their projects. Here are some of the ... this year! It's Cthulhu, rising from Rl'yeh to crush the unsuspecting ... had to make an automatic panorama from some images that we took (we

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  student does more harm than good. This is the first year I've gotten to ... if it's so snowy that nobody can leave/come to my house for anything ... relevant right now because all of this year's freshmen just got their first

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  options in situations like this: first, to drag yourself to the final anyway ... the material. I decided to wait and see how my first semester went ... back to the first week of class because I didn’t feel ready. Much to my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 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…

  

  application process you'd like me to focus on in particular first, let me know ... to ask for help when they need it. Also, at MIT, first ... first-semester freshmen do not have to worry about their GPA at all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  disabilities, and students who are first-generation to college.”   Name ... juniors and seniors in Virginia to explore STEM with NASA. Students first ... Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  life. First, get comfortable and acclimated; try not to panic. Second, if ... difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being med school ready, the last outstanding class I had to take if I ever

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  first place requires quite a bit of bravery, you had to have enough ... I tried to create this video as something I'd want to hear as a ... always-inspirational things to say. Here are a couple of my blog posts that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  When I hit puberty my inability to assess risk thank goodness ... -hipster phase. I loved setting up ridiculous goals and then reaching them, just to ... that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  guarantee one thing:   You're going to be crushed   Now before ... first set of thoughts about coming here. Following CPW, you're positively ... here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  it, and only digging up enough energy to do a tenth of the first one ... 't even want to be a kid again. Whatever happened to that wide-eyed first ... ask to be a first-year again! Just grant me this: Ten. Give me my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021