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  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  fun in the fall and I’m grateful for the stress relief you provided. The ... there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... /no record grading system, I get the pleasure of being acquainted with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  Between June 1st and today, I have: written 5 versions of my ... coaster of editing, getting feedback, and editing some more. In the midst of ... Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at the University of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant ... admissions veterans were probably speaking in the IHTFP tone: that mix of dread ... 't know that I'm at the "embrace" stage of my MIT evolution (I think I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the ... working at the carousel, meaning I was at work 6 of the 7 days of the week ... around MIT, and all sorts of other exciting things, but I wasn't actually

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  actually in the process of pitching the concept to the discovery channel ... enough, I was walking down the Infinite on my way to study for one of my finals when I saw some of the people involved with the project advertising

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  Song: Ramblings of a Lunatic by Bears In Trees Two months ago, I ... , keeping that in mind, I pushed forward out of spite. I planned to apply ... . Writing has become a part of my life in ways I haven’t quite expected. At

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  bottom of a sigh, when you can feel some structure in your chest actively ... motivated in my classes, I find it hard to care sometimes.  I’m envious of ... science major. I’m in this perpetual three-way tug-of-war between math

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  , but in sophomore/junior/early senior year of high school, I told ... to put me in biotech. I think the lack of math/applied technology is ... mechanics") are interesting to me. As of now, I keep 5-7 as my backup in case

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  few years, I've been in charge of many a thing, between music directing ... , which is kind of generically useful. In other words, I've always felt ... external parties. In many of my positions, I've been paired with another

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  A few days ago, I called two of my dearest friends, Asia and Daymé ... year’s program and further details here. I will now spend the rest of ... the majority of the people in her area didn’t have college degrees and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  within an arms reach in a year.   I hope that my words can be of some help ... moment in many ways. For one, I’m once again sitting in front of my ... have written better than I can about how proud you should be of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... . I love the feel of ink on paper, and there's a sort of thrill in ... how nice ink can be. Now that I've proudly proclaimed one of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  One week down! One of you asked about what I'm doing down here -- I ... , eight hours in an office sort of fly by if you're enjoying what you're doing. So far, I've been gaining a wide overview of how BNSF runs their

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  past it like some of the giant ideas in this area. I had no beginning ... incomprehensible. But, perhaps the best reason I can give for my love of Ladies and ... intertwined.   I remember high school as a blur of grey; in one word, I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  we got from the audience were some of the most thoughtful I've heard in ... just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel in Florida. Last night began the first of four presentations with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  , where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that ... the course of the play. I brought in [annotation note="in playwriting ... other words, I brought in around 30 minutes of dialogue."]30 pages of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  finally meet a lot of you. You are all awesome and I can't wait to see your ... ) In conclusion, thanks to all of the prefrosh who I met for: -making me ... experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of ... anywhere. And I think there's a certain kind of satisfaction you can get from ... . This isn't the kind of thing you can fix in a single day. So if you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  Away My Shot In the midst of all of this, I often forget where I am in ... better version of myself. To shape tomorrow in whatever way I choose. To do ... stressed out of my mind, that all I had to do was believe in the person I was

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  know, I had a rough freshman year (kind of everyone does in a way) in ... people in my dormitory and became close with many of them, I still felt ... , existential crises, and everything in-between, I know I can go back to a group

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017