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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  opposite me, resting on his elbow and playing Words With Friends. He ... efficiently under deadline pressure, so Davie gave me an assignment: "you have ... 's...pretty famous. Eighth grade Anna: Oh...okay. Sameer promptly sent me the link to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  , let me share some widely-applicable knowledge I gained from learning to ... water, with the rational side of me giving way to trepidation. The bad ... in relaxation. "Treat the water like a bed," one classmate told me

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  :( charging spots near desks is far from where I live so I stay there is ... light (near the skylights) Cons super busy between classes, hard to ... positive but for me is distracting food is so overpriced Fourth Floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  and re-read it so many times, and it rings true to me every single time ... , nearly all application components were either scanned, downloaded, or ... 'd spent nearly every single day staring at a computer screen, reading or

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  . 1: See how the elevation of the land is highest near the peak of that ... Unstandard MITglish. (Coming soon to a browser window near you! Mention this ... you'll excuse me, I need to debug my Faulkner MATLAB script before I get

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  back up without me pressing start. I replied to emails,[annotation note ... . Oh, boy did I learn about the importance of sleep. For me at least ... kind works best for me. 9 am classes? Maybe not (see point 2 above). But

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  international students. Near the end, someone asked: "Can you give an example of ... looked tired. I think that I nodded. He gave me a hug. I got in the ... an hour before German class; we can do whatever you'd like. Me: Let

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  from the usual pace. I finally framed the painting my brother made me ... boyfriend called me trash, which hit me unexpectedly hard and took an ... switches toilets. The people on the floor didn't have an explanation for me

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  application, stressing and laboring over tiny details. If you’re like me, you ... weeks ago. You all should check it out, and rejoice at the number near the ... still have loved me. Hacks! Why not get an early start on sharpening

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me ... though, nearly incomprehensible to the vast majority. I do explain that I ... process that could be replicated by virtually anyone. Don’t get me wrong. I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  yourself what you've gotten yourself into, let me assure you of another truth ... 've had with people from the MIT community, nearly everyone has the same ... finish with flying colors. Sound familiar? It does to me, because that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  plethora of emotions that come with it. Right now, some of you are nearly ... followed a flurry of phone calls - people telling me they were accepted ... . A general sense of hopelessness submerged me. But later, I saw this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  changed to toothbrush, if you happen upon me anywhere in the greater Boston ... greater, just as you do. Which brings me back to my own life. I have ... favorite high school English teacher sat me down and told me she didn’t think

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

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  rhyming's necessary, but it was always a crutch for me. I digress. Let ... , rather than a near-daily burrito from Anna's Tacqueria, I have a new staple ... the 20-something: I learned from a gangster (who showed me his three

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  near emotional meltdown in front of Logan International Airport to get me ... me to talk about and has affected me for a while. My mental health ... hellish year for me got buried under the structure and responsibilities of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  Squares, near the Cambridge Public Library.           Winter and sunset ... that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I ... , experiences, and stories that make me feel comfortable and safe. It’s nice to go

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  bike coming home from cheerleading. If you disagree... don't tell me. I ... smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... :01 -- While walking out of Professor Walley's office, I very nearly run into 21A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  Hi! I’m Laura ’09. You may remember me from such blog posts as What ... team, volunteered on the campus ambulance, and blogged not nearly often ... tell you about my life after MIT.  But in order for me to properly tell

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  scratch. MIT gave me the resources to learn about myself and articulate my ... over four years ago, for example, he told me that he wanted to be a ... contrast, did a UROP in the same solid state physics lab for nearly his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  back at these 10 years, several lessons stand out to me. Some of them, I ... where you can vent, cry, or just take a break. For me, Home was BMF Floor ... a hard one for me – from MIT Marching Band to my service fraternity

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014