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• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  Today's post is a bit different from my regular posts. As we get closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the ... this started, I'll post a question that I received many times while on

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  schools. MIT is a very good place... I was just in love with it. It has ... A few nights ago I insinuated that there was a list of questions ... competition between students, and is it destructive competition? Before I give a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the ... Mechanical Engineering. But I didn't know if I wanted to do more than that

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  voice in your brain may tell you to do things that you do not realize, and ... a part of the body that is not used to it. same thing if the ground is ... your feet is in pain it is easy to move heavy stuff in a bad way to make

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  a class in every department so that's kind of cool. When I first ... that the life of a graduate student is not as exciting as an ... . Aside from that, I still live at ZBT as the resident advisor (GRT in

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  't even a good incentive to do it, then frankly, I don't know what is. For ... from the future. I got a crash course in not burning out - and my mentor ... away from where I live. We spent the first two or so hours in a car

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  must choose a username that is between 3 and 8 characters. Choose a ... become a member of the MIT Facebook community. Here is some advice that ... take care to pick a user name that won't embarrass you. This is also a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  student - this guide tells you a bit more about how you can do that. Now, I ... price that you end up paying. In short, this is my brief, informal guide to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East ... graduated last year, I believe). A single in New House (German House): A single in Simmons Hall: (there's a window under her desk. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  splotches is an ungestalt. all of this is to say that, a few days ago, i ... a figure of the form, or of the splotches? that one is trickier to ... all of a sudden, i'm now twenty-one. part of it, i think, is all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  [annotation note="a long story that i feel is not necessarily mine to tell ... naturally, i don’t believe in authorial intent, for to do so implies that the ... .  in some ways, i think that instinct exists as a protective reflex. if

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... students do well and enjoy MIT. Their goal is to admit a class that will be ... of my own. A lot of it is standard stuff, stuff that you'll hear all

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  only -- although my unofficial transcript says that I got an A+ in 7 ... and got a C in 8.02x (physics E&M). Apathy is bad.) Of course, I ... worth 2 points; participating in a varsity sport is worth 4 points. (We

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  that there is a correct way to do college (and life in general): a neat ... /gym"]Z[/annotation]. In the beginning, I thought that this was amazing. If I was going to do ... along—two is greater than one, right? What I didn’t realize was that, in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  pandemic, and that i stagnated while living in a house with the same six ... i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... 'm back on campus, but more than a year has elapsed, and i'm a junior now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  content warning: mental health, trauma 1   I've been in a ... this is different this has been a build up a wave   I haven ... personal life also had a biking accident that resulted in [annotation note

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  ” person.[annotation note="Is that a type of person? I don't actually know ... ? Is that in New Jersey? I thought, before taking my seat and opening my ... looked so out of it that a person in line in front of me asked if i was

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  Charge (with capitals!) in high school. I think that this is one facet ... , tbh, since I followed a very typical path. In middle school and freshman ... , because I worked a job all summer. Don't do this if you can avoid it, kids

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... , under a few bridges, which is harrowing in itself, and into a romantic ... can do anything I want and she is powerless to stop me, I still think

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  this image is small, if you look in the bottom left corner you'll see a ... i do, tentative lines from a poem pop into my head. and a few more ... is painted blue; i feel deliciously underwater."]open my eyes[/annotation]in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019