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  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  called “Minute Math”. Some of the strongest memories of my childhood is ... . INCAPABLE. DEPENDENT. Got a low score on a test that I knew I could’ve done better on? LOSS OF POTENTIAL. DISAPPOINTMENT. BAGGAGE. For the past three

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  ="attachment_48337" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] lotta red on there[/caption] The ... paragraphs and sentences depending on what type of company I'm applying to. I ... you get your resume down, the rest is completed on autopilot. You fill

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  missing out on the friend groups forming because it was taking me longer to ... absolutely no desire to be a lawyer, but the people on the team really are the ... only a twenty minute walk), and my friends and I can be more spontaneous

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  was on the 10-year plan at MIT. It’s secret like the Pirate Certificate ... irresponsible waiting until the last minute. This was all for some godforsaken ... ” took on such a deeper and broader meaning than I could ever dreamed, but

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  's standing only on thin air, he's negating. In improv, when you deny a fundamental premise of the sketch - "no, Zoe, you're not on the moon" - because ... and eating midnight breakfasts together. So, on the occasion of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  , a bubble tea shop on the outskirts of campus. The recruiters had tried ... -actualization when one could listen to podcasts wirelessly? A few minutes later, I was ... lines of scripted dialogue, the recruiter moved on to other students. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  written to you long ago on Pi Day 2011, when I had received an admission decision from MIT, and I hadn't made it. I am just replying on this old email ... based on its known coordinates. It wasn't much of a program, but while

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  Okay, okay, so I've totally been slacking off on updates on my ... - American (Junior) High School Math Exam), did okay on it, and never went any ... instead of 2 minutes?" Haha. But anyways, back to the original point. I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
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  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  open, I lay on my bed—a strange feeling emerged. I didn't care for work ... . Something was wrong. The next day Lauren messaged me and asked me to go on a ... to go to a yoga studio on our way back, so we kept walking to Central

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
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  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  ."]MIT[/annotation] work experience. There are a lot of blogs on UROPs already, so I won ... industry experience (aka super resume-able). However, everything depends on ... be funded. Depending on the department the UROP is in, this can range

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  depression note: This is a personal account on my experience with anxiety and ... rolling waves of panic I had on the flight back to Boston). Thinking about ... stories. Not so great for lying awake in the dark at 3am. My family on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
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  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  . I had been given permission to call in from my office on campus. Two ... chapters and take on new responsibilities. A distinguished professor in my ... puts on his beginning-student hat and works through undergrad physics

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
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  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  MIT students do on Friday nights, The Stuff of MIT Legend, and Life, the ... 2, lived on the infamous Conner 2, played on the varsity field hockey team, volunteered on the campus ambulance, and blogged not nearly often

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  I am starting this post on Thursday, April 8, 2021, and today, it ... wasn’t right for me. In the 5 minutes since I started writing this post ... is the spiritual successor to on success, meaning, and time. Obviously

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to ... research is the UROP project that I've been working on for almost two years ... 's research on playing creativity games with robots, and she's written a few

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  Moultrie, Georgia, where he and his carpenter dad worked on a lot of projects ... share with some of our prospective students what it feels like on the ... withholding the application process from my friends. On the top floor of Senior

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  one on sale at the Container Store (BEST STORE EVER) that folds up, so ... with a $200 discount for being a college student, as well as a rebate on ... : service plans - there are certain places on campus (i.e. the student center

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
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  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  working on any of them, and it’s already around 9:45 PM. If you’re like me ... on campus. Most of the answers included fairly standard locations ... three most popular places that people have cried on campus were: MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  wasn't just to congratulate me. She said "... but... aren't people on the ... striking up conversations with people on the subway! She would talk to them ... conversation. Anecdote 2: I left my purse on a city bus a few months ago. When I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  was waiting on... but that's a story for another time."]EA decisions ... wouldn't have to keep reading as my stomach sank. I decided on a restaurant ... extracurriculars. On my way to the first one, I realized I just couldn't do it. I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018