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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which ... this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, here, here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’m talking about the hundreds of billions of silicon transistors that form the brain of your computer, each engineered and manufactured to near ... Displays of Science Regardless of what display you’re using to read this blog

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  there is a ddr (dance dance revolution) machine in the basement of ... setup looks like[/caption] the basic mechanics of ddr are as follows ... direction (up/down/left/right). players choose from a variety of songs; when a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... happy, and enjoy the small distractions of life. Graduating high school is ... and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP psychology class, we learned about the different theories of emotion ... experience of emotions hinges on two things: (1) the physiological arousal

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  On the morning of the second day of classes, I got a newsletter email ... the rest of that day complaining to anyone around me.  When I met with my advisor to approve my classes last week, I had 60 units of classes

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  should’ve been kinder and gentler to myself instead of intimidating myself out of things so much. I shouldn’t have felt guilty when I needed to take a break. I shouldn’t have scared myself out of opportunities to meet

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  to campus these past two weekends. Many of you have explored our campus before, but for some of you, this was your first time. I also know that many of you got the chance to explore the Cambridge area. So, I figured

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  For context, Tetazoo is the name of the cat friendly hall that I live ... number of residents who identify as furries"]furry residents.[/annotation] Within on campus dorms, there are a couple of other halls in East Campus

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2 ... other up. I'm sure most majors are like that. More of us trickle into the ... hours of sleep than I could count on one hand. The other hand usually

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  i've realized i spend most of my time trying to divorce myself from the present, lingering in corners of the past. revisiting things that ... 've found myself scrolling through old documents and snippets of writing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  of this week, to be precise. Once January 29th comes and goes, I will ... realm of cruftiness. So, in the name of going out strong, I'd like to put ... of - you guessed it - Final Fantasy 7. These posts will be about mostly

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  read some of their experiences here, here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  prince of the Fire Nation. This has been his life’s goal on the order of years. The act of showing mercy to the avatar challenges the very core of ... narrative effect of Zuko fighting an infection is such a clever and beautiful

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  warned by all of my friends and by all of the informational videos about on-campus living in the fall that there would be a lot of restrictions. Things will ... because it is on the west half of the fourth floor of Next."]wing of Next

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  bio/about section of my blogger profile, which I wrote in either August or September of 2016. I thought, in the style of my last blog post, I ... if any of these thoughts feel unorganized, my brain is unorganized

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics

  

  hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... , something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of ... use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  process thing as they happen. But all of a sudden I'm at home again, with no ... thoughts carry me away. The morning before I left campus, a group of ... drive from campus). In the midst of observing Ramadan and searching for a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019