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  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  towards the college search process. I hoped to get in somewhere, but I ... get in (‘Reach,’ ‘Comfort,’ and ‘Safety’) with a breakdown of ... wanted to study in college, and all of a sudden it was all very REAL. I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the ... be great! You aren't afraid to throw in an application to a school that ... think about what you'd want them to include in your letters and gauge how

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... it's 10pm and i feel silly going to bed in case something else happens

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  student in the class showed, into wavy table legs). we also learned how to ... element of ironwork to iterate 5 times in an exploratory project. I decided ... most new to me in 3.096 were the power hammer, the hydraulic press, oxy

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  get perfect is an excercise in frustration. If you wait until you know ... in Boston's Hubway, should be able to rent helmets with bikes if they ... macgyver were an idiot) hack with cardboard and batteries to get around a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  plane, let alone how to get around [annotation note="to be clear, my ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the city I was moving to.[/annotation] I was scared. -- At one point in The

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  ’re deferred, and you get trapped in an endless purgatory, living in torturous ... afford to relax. I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few ... room and found my bed to be covered in playing cards, inside and out

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to ... ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  actually works in the lab where I’m doing my thesis--we’ll get to that later ... we’re now in a study group together. I feel like I’ve been able to get ... on MIT and I was fortunate enough to apply and get in early action. I

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

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  blogs I promised in here will still get written, but I need to finish my ... thesis mode. Now I have 60+ pages of it finished, and trying to get words ... Boston nights still gets quite cold, even in late April. I do not yet know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  're gone.  Arrive in Zürich. Figure out how to get from ... whenever I wanted to, read a book, go hiking in the Alps, get to know an ... ;individual responsibility"—served as a preemptive warning for us to get our sh

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  creative community, decided to take me in. I'm excited for what's in store ... 'll meet up again in whichever city we happen to be in at the same time and ... East Campus was ticking to an end, that I'm stuck in my room shorting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if ... who get in vs. the ones who don ... was a middle-school cross country and road runner, I used to get

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

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  across the country to join them in protests, including several school ... may in turn be reported to universities to which they applied. Indeed ... report to our office any conduct that may result or has resulted in any

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  pretty psyched to get in). The reviewers leave comments and suggestions for ... value, getting rid of the watermark in the draft, and trying to fit those ... to behave in a way that scaffolds children's creative behavior. My

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  over that snothead you used to get into shenanigans with back in high ... looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures ... thinking about what I learned in college... All I Ever Really Needed to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  near emotional meltdown in front of Logan International Airport to get me ... -stomach feelings I get when it gets bad in response to these imaginary threats my ... . Perfectionism + the urge to get everything done right on the first try. I first

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  fourth post in a four-part series, so here’s some context. I went to the ... Boston. It got delayed, so I had to stay in Boston for another night ... night in Boston. After getting new boarding passes, I then realized that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  recommendation would be to get a UROP or two and see what you're more interested in ... means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006