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  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  living in Switzerland, I didn't really have a social life outside of work ... 't. ******************************************************************************************************************************************* As you can see by my post count, I'm new here. One of the things I ... applicants. I can't speak for other schools, but if you are making a pure

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  In the time I've been at MIT, we've had some interesting characters ... auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in ... saying that I am by no means and expert in anything related to business

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  deprived wasteland in my head. I checked my laptop again. 2 minutes. I ... circumstances that faced me. A promise that I felt could only be realized if in ... was hungry, but I was ready. I typed in my name slowly. My brain no

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... I'd leave you with the things that, in retrospect, I think are ... in your life when you can. If you write your best papers the night

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  olivia rodrigo"]brutal.[/annotation] Which in part I’ve been expecting. I ... conference due in a month.  I chose… none of them. I chose to withdraw and to ... efforts to try. Isn't it ironic that in my attempt to look after myself, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  (which can also be read “what is the minimum that I need to do”) in order ... generated by pbnify.com[/caption] In a rant post many years ago, I referenced ... , I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  :59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in ... you got in, it’s because you can handle it, and because you’re the kind

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  even in all the dorms at MIT. Yeah, I said it. BURTON 1 FREAKIN' ROCKS ... that I've established that, we can all go home. I say this lightly, of ... than just dorms in a hall, and also I totally just ruined the joke by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket ... , I felt somewhat reassured once more that I was in the right department ... maybe a dog ironically named Kitty. 6. If I wanted to, I was in a good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  put in the 12x 24 piece of acrylic, and I watched the laser cutter for ... pinned to a corkboard after only two hours of professional stalking. I ... long ethernet cables for the lights from the loading docks), but I did

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  still tell my friends about that conversation. I can still use it in ... , but I discovered that my brain works much better in emergency conditions ... ’t get stuck in the bubble, please. I learned the hard way that MIT is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  [annotation note="Like many others, I didn’t know a lot about what being in a ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read ... partners in crime for the week. I was on the orange PRC team, and it was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  , forming a pit in which it can trap and digest slightly larger creatures ... ." Critters that scale the Stack in search of water or bugs to eat can be ... have a lot of freedom in adapting it, so I started with a literal sheet

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  desk for them, I’ve seen that space can be limited. So, dorm gyms come ... ’t necessarily a con–I feel like the gym’s vibes are very conducive to locking in ... ’s under renovation right now, so I (Kano) can only tell you what I recall

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  their own advantages and limitations. I can't just make things up when I ... . Because in the end, I truly believe that MIT is what it is today because of ... human. Even on this blog, where I can say exactly and precisely I want, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  have so many opportunities. You can hand them off to your children. I’m a ... . I’m doing it better than anyone else in the school.”   He did ... deportation and legal work permits, I still live in fear that my parents will be

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  or 8 “Hmm. In my personal life, I can see myself as Type 2. I think ... (n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in ... (which sadly does happen, as I wrote before). They have no place in serious

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  I never really liked 5.60, or thermodynamics. In my senior year, I ... 'll never know what you can accomplish until you push yourself. I also found ... med school ready, the last outstanding class I had to take if I ever

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  As I find myself again, railing against something published in the ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  month ago at his nursing home in Missouri. There’s a lot that I could say ... . Dr. Abe was my “American grandfather” since I was 16, without whom I ... bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018