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  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  decision, your hard work is not time wasted. The college application process ... 're relatively simple to find."]All my hard work,[/annotation] from early ... "Replace every instance of 'MIT' with 'UC'. That night, I had decided to not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  had not choked creativity. They had permitted it. Twice during the semester we presented our work in the form of a review. Each student ... , disassembled.   Anthony Kawecki (MIT, 2017) points to his work from

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  cream-you’ve got give me more to work with. Are we eating it plain, or accessorizing? Is soft serve an option, or not? What’s my day been like? Am I in ... not something that can be decided on a whim. So when I tell you

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  , which both Robb Carr and Rhiannon Carr (not related) showed were probably ... , which I will editorially comment is not a weird question. I live in a single, as I have all four years, and I fully understand the "not psyched

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  excited about it. It's physics! What's not to be excited about? What's not ... tested out of physics but not calc, I wasn't eligible to take the class in ... "usually fail." So I switched to 7.012 (which isn't as fun, because it's not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  that many of my favorites would not get admitted, and for all the work ... : your admissions decision does not in any way reflect your worth. A negative decision does not negate your abilities, accomplishments, and dreams

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  confused applicants. I'm not going to tell you how to get into MIT. That's not a good question at all, and I don't think anyone knows the answer ... the exact same credentials, I'm not confident I would get in. Admissions

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  ’ve been better. II. Growing up in a place where I did not have many ... . it will feel like a race, it is not. Throughout my first year at MIT ... is not the entire class, those few people feel the most prominent. When

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  not do the same for its research? He saw it as an educational ... important work done in the 1970s concerning aflatoxin, had volunteered to ... high-profile work I had done for Amtrak. I am e-mailing you on the off

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  [/caption] As a mechanical engineering major, I had never worked close enough with ... [annotation note="an icon within the mechanical engineering department for not ... MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR WORK PROPERLY!! Side story if you're interested

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  , working in Professor David Wallace’s lab. Alongside a grad student named ... [/caption] The biggest challenge in this was that they did not have the labs and ... dark and quiet 24/7 to not disturb anyone's sleeping, and we use

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  -hard-anymore way. This is not true. Kids these days still work hard, but with time ... student, I did not want to be a doctor when I grew up.) As a result, I ... working full-time, because that seems to be a thing that self

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  was definitely hard work involved (it was not ALL fun and games) but ... admitted to MIT; we said "not only can she do the work, but she's going to ... sentiments expressed below - I just work here and I know I've felt this way

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  Dear Internet, No, I am not dead yet. I had a lot of great food in ... from Peru after 4 days working to clear the yard of bricks, hills, and ... of the trip was spent in Chulucanas doing service work while we stayed

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  level than ever before and it's not entirely negative it's just i feel ... : i agree but there's also something comforting in that i'd over work myself at any school with or without the tools at least here i'm not alone m

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  considered normal in ancient Greek times, but not in the eras that many works ... final."]PNR,[/annotation] so why not? The essay was for 21H.130, History ... narrative, so it was really interesting to learn not only about the modes of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  this works for some, it may not work for others. I'm personally ... not to read until I had graduated. Having unearthed it from beneath the ... about, and if I could go back and do it all over again, I'm not sure that

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  equipment), and let's just say that the past four years were not kind to it ... clueless about the actual workings of my shiny new Vaio; I know enough about ... culinary horizons!) Work Next week is my last week in the lab (which is to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  ’re not up lol (okay if not, just thought to offer) I'll probably be awake still lmao It's probably fineeee Lmfao same I think I’m not going back to bed I had a weird series of naps What are you up for? Ah I see Not for

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  , that makes you feel better about yourself. and yes, i was warned not to ... deferred. but part of me really wanted not to worry about the regular app ... and pay application fees, for many schools and not just one, in but just

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020