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  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  in any case, I was far too busy to contemplate what it meant. I met up with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... surrounded by this deluge of words and stories had something to do with my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
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  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  of mentioning this to a dinner table-ful of MIT students, who crisply ... Question #12 on your 18.03 problem set, which happens to use a lot of ... Faulkner parser, but as of right now, I feel like I need to run MATLAB before

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
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  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as well as the next steps, since I'm sure it's going to only transform and mutate more and more as the months go by. The journey to figure out what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it would be interesting to document my Thursday because I usually end up ... the bus at the next stop #nailedit   Attempting to take a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question ... was about work/life balance—is it stressful to balance everything at MIT? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• 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…

  

  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 ... . The audience that I used to write for has now graduated from college

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  , but don't worry! We're here to help. And you may be wondering who WE ... ; Without further ado:   16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW ... events is so much more than that. Food events are a great place to meet new

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
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  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  Hello, world! (Sorry, I had to. It's the classic "first program" for any new language, and ... ok, fine, it doesn't apply to admissions blogs (although perhaps they do have a language of their own), but I wanted to start

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
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  demons on depression

  

  late 1800s Galton described aphantasia, the inability to create mental images in one's mind. It turns out the majority of people, when asked to ... are around three percent of people who are completely unable to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• 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
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s shelters, and how this inspired her to start her organization. As a result ... -worker.       This particular Twitter thread brought to light more context to Nadya ... naturally attach these terms to the real and painful struggles of homelessness

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to ... . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
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  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  applied to do Interphase EDGE, which is a 2-year enrichment program. The ... assigned advisor at the OME, and a week-long retreat to reconnect with the ... freshman year, but generally the first person I went to for help with

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink ... 's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  , advocating for policies to prevent such a shooting from happening again. They ... across the country to join them in protests, including several school ... may in turn be reported to universities to which they applied. Indeed

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  something international students have done in the past to make them qualified ... responded the same way we responded to all the questions about minimum SAT ... " to come here. I'd like to take that back, because of what happened on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  thinking about blogging a guide to something complicated, like the HASS system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... my best to actually bring you useful information applicable to the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  if it's so snowy that nobody can leave/come to my house for anything ... of my stress is self-imposed, it's me telling myself to do well, telling myself to study, and telling myself to not give up. My parents act

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  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 wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014