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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  in college? Nope. College, high school, grad school, all the chapters ... remind you that, like wearing Spandex, college is a priviledge and not a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  college stuff, and cried about leaving home. My parents dropped me and my ... impressive than getting into college. I’ve realized over the past two years ... decisions page: We know that applying to college is stressful, and that the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  home than MIT and I was the first child in my family going off to college ... have a great experience at any of three colleges to which I applied. So ... an amazing college experience!

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college ... world. I remember thinking about how old college students seemed all ... junior year of college. The workload has increased substantially, but I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  college. Wonderful, I picked the major with the worst possible times for ... , you theoretically always have money on you. My college loans feed ... college, MIT, admissions, or anything else. Can I be fired for this? Meh.

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  probably won't in college. You'll probably get lazy and gain some weight. Or ... , there's a lot college has to teach you - calculus lessons, life lessons ... to college, and maybe all the time you've saved from tying your shoes

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  Georgia Military College, in Milledgeville, Georgia. Etta is a straight ... 'll close with this. The concept of an LΔ is really important for all college ... for college applications for a moment. Every attribute that contributes

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  professor put up a transparency with a "script" for a college-age heterosexual ... researchers who surveyed college students and were trying to figure out what ... , because before college, I had no idea what was going on around me in terms

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is ... things in red cups just like the rest of the nation's college students. The ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  college interviews. Nearly three years ago now...believe it or not, guys ... senior (in your final pre-college year), you probably want to take the SAT ... TOEFL as well. When you start applying to colleges, you'll get the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  beloved friends student support services the fli community and more you

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  Not only the blogs’ birthday—in trying to decide what to write, I discovered one of my old draft blog posts turned 10. Ten years ago, almost to the day, I…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  MIT is about risk. It’s a place where you put yourself out there, face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I sent my very first email…

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  culture of MIT dorms and how they foster a community rely on people who make

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  our poster to the greater MIT community at the end of the semester. The

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  suddenly disappeared, I had an entire community to lean on. My teammates

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  communities and art. I sought that out at MIT, found it in East Campus, Burton

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  conference room wall or something like that, you have a weird, good community

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  was a whole community around SnowDays back then. People called

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  community, but does not live there."]social members[/annotation] of our wing ... -joke']a mere in-joke within my existing communities[/annotation] into being a small tether to a completely new community of folks. Yet again, this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022