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  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  't have any advice, just a feeling. A long, cold plummet into guilt and shame over a failure that feels misunderstood by others, and an emergence ... , except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show ... MIT's average scores, and some I made a strong case for, and others I ... More reading going on here tonight, after a yummy Super Burrito and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  -stitching career! For nearly 2 years  back in 2011 I spent almost every evening and ... with me. I created patterns for a host of South Park characters and ... light that they use for, well, appointments women have and men don’t, is

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  any college, public or private, work hard for four years, and end up ... , which means heading to Copytech for 10 minutes a week and as a result ... 've helped out in admissions. And I wasn't even looking for these jobs--I just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  days of my junior year studying for and taking exams. By the time I had ... —this is what home meant for me, and now it is gone. Soon, it will be my ... really, and not for long. I stand on the threshold of my room, all of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  advice for REX mirrors my CPW advice from earlier this year (and frankly ... . And there's some extra practical points: for example, it can be tricky ... , on Tuesday, the international students and FPOPs will come

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  (both free), and all are clickable for a larger view. The first snow of ... Gregor for CPW. The walk to campus was miserable: cold air and colder rain and ... , including the Great Dome and Lobby 7, was built in the early 1900s in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  document, and I tried for several hours to determine which variables could ... . Failure is inherent in risk, and risk is necessary for success. Applying to ... manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  "]reviews[/annotation] for my paper, and man they were [annotation note="alexa play 'brutal' by ... 've held for so long, than to finally break the inertia and deal with the ... a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  lunch on the beach, and discussed strategy for the upcoming years, as well ... . It turned out to be for my grad student (I say “my”, but in reality I am more his than he is mine), so I intercepted it for him. When he

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  that people can cope with anxiety and panic attacks and get help for what ... . Breathe in as long as you can, hold your breathe for six seconds, and then ... two scrapbooks, one for my friend and one for me, and a bunch of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  ’ve had. It stretched to four hours and left me nonfunctional for the next ... . For once, I didn’t want weird. The cold wind bit through my sweater, and ... understanding of our fields, a fantastic tolerance for failure and late nights

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know ... person you will meet at MIT (and for that matter in your life!) knows ... ’t understand (and can’t easily clarify for yourself with a quick google search

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... application a month earlier and Decisions Day for me was on December 15th. But I ... with a sense of inspiration and a desire for greatness like I wanted to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  I’m home in Pennsylvania for three weeks, for the second time this ... animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post ... say that this note and the feelings behind it was one of my favorite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  character traits made it difficult for me not to negate. It's easy, and ... , things that have happened to me, I didn't, and could not have, planned for ... friends and dated for several years. Even though that relationship

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  for MIT "hooks" and that there have been other threads asking "Is it ... design lighting and sound for high school plays - there are an astounding ... varsity sport for four years and won the team "hardest worker" award when

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  Mondays. Then, I walk two buildings over and I go to office hours for ... with the student and prepared to leave for 806, I could hear her saying ... the names and emails of EC's Medlinks (students who are trained to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  classes. And now here I am, preparing for one day being ready to leave. It ... coast for my freshman fall, I was terrified. I had no clue how things ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  notice him. And then for Shakespeare to actually send the book…” She ... for other departments) with questions about psets and/or life decisions ... I love getting mail. Actual mail, that is: packages and postcards and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011