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

  be great! You aren't afraid to throw in an application to a school that ... often receive applications where its obvious a student has only applied to ... research and find schools where you'll be happy than just applying to a

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  food. Not wanting a fight this morning, I ran to the kitchen, and dug ... visions in my head of what “the return” would be like. A chance to be ... over us like a palpable shroud. I was already dangerously close to being

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with such a reputation to accept you or not. I remember when I applied ... everything I could to raise my chances and still only got it up to a 50% - my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  of assignment you can do the night before," to which a student ... considered a full course load (supposedly equivalent to 48 hours of work per ... because they need to, of course). I didn't have a single class before 1pm

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make ... being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally ... finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  -years. It may take a while to adapt to life at MIT—indeed, it took me three ... ="I am not trying to wander into a philosophical discussion here. the point ... overall morality of a decision, but rather that it matters to your personal

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  , celebrations, and sometimes songs. They are also a natural point to look back and ... to cook, or contract histoplasmosis while exploring a cave. Looking ... to be a part of, and I have never regretted the decision. 2. Freshman

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... heat. Below me my bed had decided to become a rock. I honestly have no

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  . According to MIT, about 73 percent of undergraduates live in a dorm on campus ... elsewhere in non-MIT affiliated housing. There's a lot of pros and cons to ... people all the time and really want to feel a part of a larger community

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  exceedingly real to me, despite the fact that I haven't had a panic attack on ... displays everywhere I looked. As a New Yorker, I have some desire to avoid ... gut wasn't churning with worry-anticipation. And so I decided to get a

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

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers ... ’ll need a Windows machine to run SolidWorks, a 3D mechanical design program ... trip over the power cord. I’m a klutz. It’s important to me that my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  and totally deserve to let off a little steam. And they'll definitely be ... missing the floor Halloween party). It's a fantastic place to come home to ... lot of food and I'm kind of still in a food coma, so I'm not going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  other words, to become cognitively exhausted, in the way that when I was a ... , and try to structure our non-admissions related work (like redesigning a ... capacity for what really matters. But at a certain point, it's our job to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  principle from which to derive a conclusion: Oh, [that student] did / did not ... process: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  response: Hi, Essays are a wonderful way to connect with the selection ... basic proofreading to three figures for a full-blown rewrite - the irony ... place where you get to say "hey, I'm a human being, let me

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  thing. In my senior year, I used a Google Doc as an agenda to keep track of my assignments. I used a Google Chrome extension called Draftback to ... be viewed here. Figure 1: Daily Activity I made a box-plot to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  a yoga ball chair to reduce back pain. I read on an external monitor ... excruciating. I miss talking to my colleagues, and I’m a notorious waffler, often ... interaction, I sometimes take a brisk walk to the drugstore and purposefully

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  Humanities and Engineering. It is a super cool joint major that allows you to ... a double major because, well, it equates to the units of one major ... opinions, is the epitome of the epitome of using animation to not just tell a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... with my friend Tom to meet some of our former teachers. It’s been a while ... walked down the halls, there was a good chunk of name tags next to the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  after she expressed her desire to join a sorority but was hesitant to join ... at MIT and was starting to accept that joining one wouldn’t be a ... to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members as possible and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020