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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

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

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

  Paths there are so many

  

  statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think ... who was able to get through the door you wanted to, or through a ... We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you’ve missed this week

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  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 ... student chose to become part of MIT’s class of 2018. While I have nothing against major news platforms and don’t want to belittle stories that

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

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

  

  great way to waste time and you’re sure to get a laugh and a memory. And ... : maybe you’re accepted, and you envision yourself instantly getting a job ... ’re deferred, and you get trapped in an endless purgatory, living in torturous

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

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become ... stems from. I never thought that failing to get into MIT would mean ... . You are guaranteed to meet hurdles and obstacles on the way to getting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  prestige or rank were never really factors; I just wanted to get to know all ... first, choosing where I would go to college was simply a matter of getting ... get introduced to Andrew as well, whom I’ve heard of, and he’s surprised

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from ... 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

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

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

  

  ;individual responsibility"—served as a preemptive warning for us to get our sh ... they will get things done quickly and efficiently so no need to worry ... 're gone.  Arrive in Zürich. Figure out how to get from

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  don’t, however, use this as a checklist of things you have to do to get ... number of different coding projects for students to get exposure to the ... sheets and study guides that get sent to your email when you sign up at

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... everywhere, but for some reason, for me, it always seems to hold true). The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  pressure on their children to succeed and to get A's. While it's wonderful to ... time to get work done and oftentimes I found myself just wandering around ... to have failed. Not letting something get to you is important at MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  self-confidence in my ability to get into such a well-known and ... Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I ... laureates. I get home exhausted, and I suddenly remember that the time was 6

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  you could get involved in. Not to mention classes. College will be a ... school. Get a huge notebook with calendar dates and extra space to write ... 'm introspective to a fault and end up writing overly pedantic spiels. On my 6-hour

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  excited about getting to solve these puzzles. Furthermore, Next Haunt was ... learned that the cast members were told not to eliminate anyone but just get ... and went out to the deck to get churros instead. So much to say, I was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  thesis mode. Now I have 60+ pages of it finished, and trying to get words ... blogs I promised in here will still get written, but I need to finish my ... to get used to MIT-level rigor before branching out into their

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

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  you just want to talk to someone, or get advice about healthy ... losing this person you've been getting to know. But it's better to have the ... sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in ... (scientific ones nonetheless. You know, the ones that are hard to get ... 's 0400 Saturday morning, and my roommate and I sit listening to whatever

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  chances of MIT were that of a coin flip. But I managed to get in early ... situations." Only long term perservence was going to get me through this ... a night multiple nights in a row if I needed to get an assignment done

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  on what you're looking for. But first, where do we begin? How to Get ... doesn't have maintenance staff. You get to feel a part of a different ... of the year. No one can force me to get a dining plan. I don't have to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019