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  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  from a summer, yes, but also from spring, winter, and the coldest part of ... to a place enough times, all your visits start to blur together. This ... are four of us. We’re a good group, a healthy mix of ages, genders, and

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  one week and a year since the 2022s got in or didn't; two years and a week from 2021 adMITs, and I got into MIT three years and one week ago. The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  Admissions that started it all: "When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,100-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged mountain - together. …We are emphatically not looking for a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23 ... with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  course, this process is a little smoother—return offers from post ... line of progress from point A to B. In some angles, it looks like an ... settled into a comfortable rhythm, one that is distinctly different from the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you ... you will live away from your parents for potentially the first time in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  knew this dish would always feels like a hug from home. Food is so much ... , which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I often turned to pakaprow. To me, it brings a sense of comfort like no

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

  ten reflections on mit

  

  there with a hundred or so other science fair people from across the ... fun of the architecture a lot here, but sometimes, MIT really does look ... two photos are from Valentine's Day 2013, during my first time on MIT

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  from 5 to 7 pm is spent out on a turf field. Nearly every Wednesday is a ... and checked off a huge goal on our season bucket list! It really doesn’t get much better than a conference championship :)  [caption id

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  consolation if I was rejected. K.C. ‘18   Well, I woke up from a three ... first floor. A few moments later I receive a text from a friend that she ... students' MIT acceptance moments, prompted by a pre-Pi Day email thread

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  depression note: This is a personal account on my experience with anxiety and is not a substitute for professional advice. --- Every day we wake up ... post more lighthearted content, but this is a topic that means a lot to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  friends from high school when we got into a heated argument about the value ... gathered from a rather decent institution of higher learning, were things ... . Essentially, I was trying to stop him from dropping out of college. Without

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  Poetry Day! It's not very much of a leap to think that I could be bisexual ... old blog posts, and then used gpt-2-simple to retrain it on a bunch of ... things in vague pseudohaiku. Now where did the haiku come from? I should be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  barking if Dog 1 or 2 starts barking. Dog 4 is a puppy that cannot be left ... she is no longer the puppy of the house and hisses (like a cat) at Dog 4, who has taken her place. Dog 2 sheds a lot, so it's best not to keep him

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  from home asks my all-time-favorite “How’s college?!?!” Wooo - Here’s a ... . I had a mixed chicken curry or something. It blew my mind away – more ... deliver so you can still have froyo in a warm comfy room." Crap. 2

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  semester. This decision stems from my desire to gain a deeper understanding ... from course 2 to 2A-6, a decision that has brought immense satisfaction ... of my work at MIT. Each year, we welcome a small group of transfer

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the brink of an epic hurricane, a Presidential election, and either the most ... about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month

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

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  that I didn't even know what the rules were for a lot of the sports I was ... their conference, NEWMAC! NEWMAC is a conference including Babson, Clark ... tournament by Rowan University. This week, I met with two players from this

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like, four or five hours in a row. And everything feels interesting, and good ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  from high school. Trying to find a parking spot in Spain. Ice skating ... , but once upon a time humans did battle with dragons. Right now I’m battling a 5.60 (thermodynamics) p-set. The deceptively fluffy roadslush

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014