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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... it? There is no universal definition. So as it stands, enrollment

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  of job offers, but honestly, most people around me are in the same ... hear back on an offer. However, it is stressful to go on LinkedIn and see ... Most of the readers of this blog post are, in all likelihood

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

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  . According to MIT, about 73 percent of undergraduates live in a dorm on campus, and about another 24 percent of students live in [annotation note ... elsewhere in non-MIT affiliated housing. There's a lot of pros and cons to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  -maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing.) MIT, as opposed to some universities both in the United States and ... people you know in universities you aspire to go to, of people in majors ... me if I haven't written back to you in the past few weeks. This

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  discretion in being out, and to offer a more comprehensive view of LBGTQ ... great suggestions, but one in particular caught my attention, in response ... consequences for being out in their home country or state. This is not to say

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in between. It's in these aloof conversations that I really appreciate one of ... universities that you can go to for your education. It's not like MIT teaches

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  's office to say hi and check in with my pi, a postdoc offered me a ... cool opportunities around campus. this email was in the last category ... center offers a lottery to all students (grad or undergrad) for a chance to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  see in this moment, the door that didn’t open is just *one* door. It may ... feels awful. Instead, tell yourself: "In my circumstances, I tried my best." Literally verbalize it (out-loud, in a whisper, in your head

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport. It was just past six in the ... doing here? That was two years ago. In retrospect, that was just how I felt on my first night in Baker; if I recall correctly, neither of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  in developmental neurobiology at that other university in Cambridge ... entries page before, I'm Mollie. I graduated in 2006 with degrees in biology ... rabbit (who did not attend MIT) in an apartment just north of Boston. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , nothing – and on the fifth day, my drive, which had been in sleep mode, woke ... combine them for tasty results. With this revelation in hand, I've gotten ... 't mean "start brushing your teeth eight hours before class starts." In high

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  one week and a year since the 2022s got in or didn't; two years and a ... was rejected by every school, but then she got that fateful tube in the ... got into every school ever! or No one believed in her until she got into

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  , actually, here's the backstory, then the story. Back in July 2006 there was ... in the comic strip, Alex, had to decide which college to go to. She was ... HTML file attached to it. An html file that, when opened in a browser

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  attending one of the most challenging and respected universities in the world ... ; Here at MIT, you'll find that both entries are equally applicable. In fact in studying here, no matter what major you choose I can almost

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  , despite its cream-filled protests, was chucked into a refrigerator, in which ... , 1994. It had already expired, and belonged in the trashcan, but somehow ... across to his finders in some way. Maybe MIT students just like to have fun

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  I recently opened my in-box to find an email from someone who "would love to interview an admissions officer from your prestigious university ... enough, so without thinking too much about it, I wrote the following in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  Preface In the process of moving our office from its inaugural location on the Infinite Corridor to its new home in the MIT Welcome Center ... Office was formally created in 1929, led by the Institute’s first

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  (2) It was amazing to learn about the universe in a fun and ... version of the class offered in the spring, 12.409! Return to Table of ... based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  told me to chill and “be cool” in selection committee – I told her that ... lines in Harry Potter, I relate to this moment in Order of the Phoenix the ... though my heart is being pulled in too many directions at once. My Pi Day

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... . One day last summer, while I was working as a UROP in the Media Lab ... working with, a delivery man walked into our lab with a large package in tow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015