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• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  further away for me, so in the interest of research—and inspired by a bunch ... , “Oh Friend!” Past me was exuberant, but she is not very helpful to present me. Past me had also been unintentionally prepping for this process

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  beside me a student from another college has a massive book open beside her ... another, which had a backyard near some train tracks, where I’d been once ... group that could fulfill all of me. Lately, though, I’ve come to realize

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  highest priority in life right now, I haven’t been doing near as much ... ordinarily would have wanted to blog about. Knowing me, I’ll never get around ... : One thing this trip made me realize is how much I like doing outdoors

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  walkability of a city is, in fact, important to me. And although I do like Boston, there's no wonder in it anymore. I grew up near by, and the city ... my team - all the kindness they've shown me, and all the inside joke

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  of mean to him and call him a dumb, weird dog, he likes to follow me around and hang out with me in my room or under my bed. One thing I have ... and seems to be dying to see the world. He’ll be following me around as

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  happy. And IAP has come with a fair amount of work, but not nearly enough ... days, but quickly overstayed their welcome and threatened to drown me ... incredulously. Told me to do one. And I did one. My first snow angel! Just dropped

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  My employer recently sent me to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women ... remarks made by Microsoft's CEO. In the most striking case for me, Yoky ... new directions in computational biology. It really encouraged me to

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  essays gave me the creative writing space that I never really got outside ... because the prompt confused me a LOT. I spent many nights lying awake ... 'll always be grateful to Nashua for opening more doors for me than anybody

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  Cambridge, in general, makes me nearly vibrate with anticipation. Excitement ... away from me, from many people, and while the situation has barely even ... a part of me that resented DPhiE for forcing me to move into the house

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  room is well lit and good sound system... but dogs can get to me easily ... table... but dogs can still get to me lol. Last 3 years all I had was cat ... solid movie or TV score, ballet score, or something that reminds me of

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  ...) A lot of things happened to me that I am quite sure did not happen to ... imposter syndrome.  The current me laughs gently at the past me--I would ... wanted but I’m now glad I have--it gives me a little more time to think

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  spite—or perhaps, because—of its nature, one question near the end hit me ... instruction which made me feel I was going to gain anything from the class. The ... MIT,[/annotation] and I needed something to backstop me before the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  . Interview answers have been edited for brevity. Give me the one ... disrupted and ended, so I needed something to keep me excited. At first, I ... Tube presence? Kyle: The best part--and the thing that kept me going for five

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  me that I was pulling a “freshman spring” and taking too many classes ... shouldn’t have taken me that long to do so. The deans at S^3 understand that ... favorite class at the beginning of the semester to my least favorite nearing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  -eloquent me would end with the blog version of a mic drop, and then peace out ... it has taught me what I'm willing to do to fight for happiness, and ... , and I can't quite figure out whether it's a me thing or a brain thing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  terrified me. When I looked at students that got into schools like MIT I felt ... could do nothing to change and honestly…… It terrified me. Now before I ... what I decided to do, my school's faculty was behind me. If I was really

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  pictures (not me, though…ugh. Forgot my camera charger!) After that, we went ... seen. We picked up incense sticks, and Lucy (one of our hosts) gave me a ... Peter: Peter: I only know one French song… Me: What’s it called? Peter

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  I usually don't write "DECISIONS ARE DRAWING NEAR!" posts, because ... what people are afraid of. 3) For me, the best treatment was DISTANCE ... you are not all identical to me and what works for me won't necessarily

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  People in dorms with dining halls occasionally ask me, “So in East ... already understand"]leveraged.[/annotation] Trust me, y’all, I learned from the best. Beast (2E) has food on the free food table nearly every day of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  are way too many kinds of defense for me to be able to cover them all in ... offense, meaning there is no defender near them, they tend to make their ... usually score (eg. one defender can’t easily guard two players both near the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022