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  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  attempts, he was denied a commission in the service: not, Washington fancied ... , the linchpin in the formation of the United States of America. Worked ... context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  motivation for what we did? Alan: …not really. But there is, at the very least ... roughly in the middle of our trip, so that would work. He also said it would ... ten do not recommend. Alan: I, fortunately, did not have to move at all

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  several miles above the surface of an alien planet. And since this is not a ... had to come to terms with not being a whale any more. This is a ... petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  fraternity. On the other hand, Nikayah had not heard about D9 organizations ... attended CPW, she not only saw the Black community at MIT but also noticed a ... decide whether or not they’d like to live in a fraternity. It’s also a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  ) and pointedly address misconceptions about being an MIT undergraduate ... abandon their work, take off their safety goggles, and begin making out ... working on something, though I wouldn't always call it "studying." A

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
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  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  : “Definitely not in a big city.” I’d spent my entire life in a small town in ... —I had four whole years to take advantage of things here, after all.) Not ... deserving to be at MIT. People talked about working at leading cancer research

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  fun! work with people you like—you do not need to fill your resume with ... your work will get done—there is enough help around campus to not stop ... was about work/life balance—is it stressful to balance everything at MIT

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
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  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  ’t normally do a lot of work, it just feels interesting. Of course, it’s not ... Some days, I feel good. Some days, I feel like I can work for hours. On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  ) during my first week, I'm still not working on anything too exciting. One ... , decide whether or not you'd like to apply here for school). Since applying to college is an important process for many people, and I'm not quite

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  early actioners, whether you get in or not, you did it. You applied, pat ... such a reputation to accept you or not. I remember when I applied ... . Was it really possible that I could go to MIT? Of course not, I was just

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  future or work through some crazy hypothetical situation and shunt your work until the next time you have to kick your brain on for some project (usually just before it's due) and literally sprint through the work to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  moments at MIT when I’ve felt really awesome and really, really badass (not ... not only your experiment, but also the lives of millions of bacteria ... determine the class “Top Gun.” We worked with .22 caliber semiautomatic rifles

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
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  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  As someone who is notably not a millionaire, I started working in ... universities might continue to work off-campus jobs, this is very much not the ... them. Note #1: I have of course not worked all of the following jobs in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  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 ... community where academics were not what was valued. She was passionate about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  get work done when you do not feel like you have opted for that work ... many [annotation note="not me though, I am not sage"]sage upperclassmen ... ="I am not trying to wander into a philosophical discussion here. the point

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  idea of positive work—even if you feel like you aren't making a stitch in the cosmic fabric of the universe, you certainly can do positive work for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
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  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  may not know them and you don’t have to talk to anyone. When working ... sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... not true) and I just don’t even really remember what it feels like to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
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  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects ... something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning ... Cape Cod, not-so-pretty shots of mac and cheese, an attempt at a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  question is not hidden within it at all, but barely-veiled, an unstated principle from which to derive a conclusion: Oh, [that student] did / did not get in or will / will not be accepted because they are a woman / a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  approaching the end of an eleven-month stint in the UK, this time working at an ... world – so far I have worked on projects in Ireland, Oman, Fiji, Ghana ... , I have worked at a university, a non-profit, and, now, a for

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010