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• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  semester, maybe three, which for me is probably an all-time low. Of course ... the cover, the pad of post-it's I carry with me at all times in case I ... priority for me right now. This is true, but it is also hard to accept. I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  .223 as I write this. (though I did hand in all the psets on time! go me!) I ... -internship was a totally new experience for me, logistically. I had never before ... does MIT give me a lot of opportunities"]opportunity.[/annotation] I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  War-era radiators predisposes me to avoidable illnesses. This year it ... -related dehydration that caused me to miss an exam in this class, and they gave me 2 L of IV saline. This was confusing to me because someone of my size would

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  with my father. I knew they had missed having me around and perhaps I had ... make their way to me. Until my phone finally buzzed with an email one day ... engineering or medicine. And while I thought my first year at MIT would pull me

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  also learned about the pitfalls of social science that now help me ... academic administrator, she talked to me for over an hour about all the ... . She showed me the department’s communal kitchenette and lounge, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  stuffy nose) is a real mystery to me, because I haven’t really gotten my ... doing it. This was me. I wasn’t sleeping properly for about a month ... with my work, and so sleep deprived, that the obvious solution to me was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  attention was trained on fall of 2015. For me (like I think it is for a lot of ... sewing isn’t as accessible to me, and given the huge variety of activities ... also a glittering opportunity. Students at MIT—me included—are incredibly

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  asked me the scores I received on our recent exams and psets, and I told ... me I’m fine with a C in their class. Back in high school, I was on the ... failed so badly, even my parents asked me why I continued, instead of doing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... least if, like me, you're a fan of both productivity hacks and science ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  drafted ten passionate interview reports. It's fun, and keeps me connected ... -filled week before Orientation actually starts. Steve struck me as a quiet guy ... invite me to his endless string of concerts and recitals, of which I have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  . Let me be frank: If you were to look at my external transcript, you ... justifications. Let me tell you a story of two Bs. 8.02 8.02 was a second semester class for me, so my attention was divided between a sort of limerence for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  I was, my parents would always make me eat dinner with them and Ryan), which before had annoyed me on plenty of occasions, and the podunk central ... always ask me how my day was. Eating dinner with my roommate while watching

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  phone. So what? Sue me) Brrrrriinnggggng, brrrrriiinnngggggg ... really doesn’t matter to me. I’ll make it work wherever I go. I’ll just go to the school that gives me the most money. Q: Uhhhh, well.....I am

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  . You can easily pick me out of a crowd, rocking ratty untied Chuck ... the building numbers are and why my recitation ('scuse me, "section") is ... people sitting in her suite kitchen with me right now have recently come to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  hit me in the face. Not a light caress, not a brief reminder of the ... 't just a leaf.) It was something out there trying to tell me that I need to ... ! If you don't mind me asking, how were your SAT scores and how many

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  merch design competition for the graduating Class of 2025 (that’s me ... Coop, I knew it was my calling. This was the universe telling me to go ... expected them to go “haha SIKE!” and then laugh me out of the building

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  blogs and didn’t have too much content left in me. Next semester, I’ll be ... to make me try drawing with MS Paint, and it was the second to worst ... told me that i draw myself less realistically than i draw other people

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  dimples in the Charles let me know that it was still raining. I ate a sandwich and a Honeycrisp apple that my roommate gave to me after apple ... 's cube – reminded me of myself that very morning studying for my Japanese

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  Arkansas! (I know that looks like a big bat but it's me!)[/caption] This ... special for me. Jackson Hole High School was gracious to host us, and as the school counselor handed me the microphone after her warm welcome I was in

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  challenge, let me tell you about duality – a neat little concept that shows up ... an S-tier mathematical concept to me because it often applies to ... particular duality is especially important for me because I do research with

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024