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  demons on depression

  

  feel like looking at the actual thing. And like many things, different ... visualized a banana, and I probably never will. I made the connection between this and asexuality a few months ago. I've known for a while now that I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  thought the process of applying to semi-elite institutions ended after ... internships during the school year is quite nearly a full-time job. And just ... internships that are available, and also the ones that are most relevant to me

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  So one day I up and took a gap year. I may have mentioned this. Every now and then, I’d stare out the window -- of my car, of a plane, of a smelly bus in Spain -- with music blasting in my ears, and do that thing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
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  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  interviewed Chris E. '21 and Alex H., Florida State '21, and they were teaching ... post about Splash. And this'll be a post about Summer HSSP, which is a similar program to Splash. Except, you know, it's virtual. And the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
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  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  September 2nd The round tables are blue, yellow, and green this year ... are four of us. We’re a good group, a healthy mix of ages, genders, and life experiences, and we’re here to talk tips and tricks, to tell the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
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  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  on since my sophomore year. I worked to design and build a longer ... , where he went to middle school and where some of my relatives still live today. I've written two blogs about it already, “A Story About Muti” and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
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  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I ... polling my friends to find out where they like to study on campus and what ... chairs and stable desks nobody gets annoyed if I talk while working with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  ” and out of state school I applied to. During the college app cycle a ... current and crufty MIT bloggers. A super familiar name popped up in the chain: Bryan Bryson. My advisor in biological engineering and one of the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  Note: all stories below are unedited accounts of current and former ... .  We had a snow day and when I called my grandmother to tell her, she ... morning milking and was setting up some electric fence for the cows when

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
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  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  like i am at my limit, that i have overcommitted this summer, and that ... , this entire quarantine has been a blur, and i remember almost nothing in ... . somehow, the past month has felt simultaneously tortuous and unrewarding, as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
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  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  too many things to do and that I had to live with not doing them all ... admission. People called this "committing" to MIT, and I remember finding it ... school, that I'd wake up in a dorm in this school, I'd go to class and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  , he must also do them from a firm and unchanging state. The many ... papers I wrote) and some are from an online text, meaning they come from ... account of something else"; i.e. that which is most complete and most

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
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  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  , the legend, has taught for Splash. And this will be yet another post ... ’s a weekend where high schoolers come to MIT and take classes about ... this post so late? I was busy, okay."]November 23 and 24,[/annotation

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  people you could have lingered with. and you will wish… that the universe ... ’m studying math and philosophy. You don’t like either of those subjects yet, but you’ll grow to. And you’re going to be very satisfied that Mrs. J is

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  took the class twice and dropped it twice. It wasn't just because it had difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being ... , even with so much time, money, and energy invested in that outcome. Yet

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn ... , as a science major, I felt overshadowed by MIT's engineers. And I ... either and are primarily interested in business, or architecture, or

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
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  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  laptops that MIT recommends: Macs, Dells, and Thinkpads. I’ve seen MIT students with all variety of these and more. I've had all three. My first computer was an IBM Thinkpad T27 and my second computer was an IBM ThinkPad R

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
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  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  ... and everything nice! My favorite dish in the whole wide world is ... smoke fills the room and the cook always ends up coughing and crying ... have never done one and have only heard of them)"]ayahuasca ceremony

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi facts. I put together this video, made with love (though with poor video editing skills) and I hope

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  , celebrations, and sometimes songs. They are also a natural point to look back and ... senior year of high school, and everything that came with it - classes, activities, tests, applications, decisions... If I look back and remember

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014