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• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  that. For the first time in a while, I was facing a stressful situation ... talked about this yet in my blog posts, but I have had a longish ... exceedingly real to me, despite the fact that I haven't had a panic attack on

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month ... said. I have a fantastic dean at S^3. Last year, I also came in feeling ... minutes for him to identify a medication I’ve been on that sometimes causes

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

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  warp and stitch them together). The class is super cool! I made a panorama of my door, also attached.   YQ L. ‘15 As you might know, I do a lot of pretty paper art. In fact, I did a UROP on designing this stuff over

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  to create a helpful tool.* However, this tool is unhelpful. In fact ... ? Because the factors of admissions that can be readily apprehended in a forum ... . Because of a billion other reasons along the way. I understand that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  somewhere. I love that students can find a family in their living group and ... traditions, something that I fell in love with as soon as I arrived on campus ... to help BC comply with accessibility requirements. Keep in mind that a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  school because of its name. Aquarius A trait that I've admired in all of ... charge in a group setting as much as I do. As a fire sign, they are known ... strength and a weakness in this process. I expect that your essays will be

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  Sam, because that is not his name. As we sat on a bench in Lobby 7, Sam ... that was good advice and I ought to follow it myself. In March, a week ... choice a million times a day, mostly in small ways that escape our notice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... [annotation note="certainly not A, for “I’m doing great!”"]O, for Absence ... .[/annotation] Here at MIT, there is a system in place called Excused Absences, or, an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  colleges in a very similar way - I only applied to places that I [annotation ... disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the ... that I'm not very good at Course 6, and as a result, not very good at

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  I was back in the day, or my younger brother is right now, or like ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your ... Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  happy that they had no idea of this fact; clearly, I’m doing a decent job ... I got in, I was accosted by a lurking suspicion that it was because of ... desperately wanted to distinguish myself in some way, but I always felt that she

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... would be a lot more dull.” Do you have any nerdy interests? MIT is known ... ?” “Well, I could if I had the time!” she says with a laugh. And with that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  tell me what he had been doing in the time since. I thought it was a ... doing so I realized that I wasn't exactly interested in where that planet ... feeling. I think that of all your three points in that blog, nothing is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  I think the college essay is a lot like froyo. It comes in a variety ... ) "I felt that I grew a lot from the adversity present in this situation ... . Something I like to do when I have to write an essay is that I'll actually

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  machines. CONS: As the subtitle suggests, the gym is a little… scrappy in ... ’t necessarily a con–I feel like the gym’s vibes are very conducive to locking in and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Events

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  don't know, really. But, at the very least, what I do know is that I ... , which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I ... " align="aligncenter" width="400"] a snippet of when I had it in Thailand

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  I have worked at MIT since 2009, and lived less than a mile away, in Central Square, since 2013. I love living here in a way that I never thought ... human and alive in a way that those exurban towns, beautiful though they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  's conundrum. in it she quotes mihir desai, a quote that's stuck with me, so i ... question. "can you?" i asked. "the short answer," john replied, "is that ... , cj and claire, the main thing you'll do is tacking. i'll handle the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  % from all of that a cappella texting, so I sit in my room and charge it ... that I also need to do laundry -- and the laundry room is right next to ... what that word means to me) and we chat a little bit. 10.10 am: I get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  .) In that vein, I think that one REX-specific piece of advice is that it ... . Little does she know that soon a swarm will descend upon this campus. In ... is MIT: why bother doing a thing if you're not gonna be super extra

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019