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• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  to see this binder be filled, or to see what was to come in the minute ... had long stopped feeling hunger, but the void in my stomach seemed to ... due to their neutralizing nature I felt no better or worse about my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  think, if I brought a giant teddy bear (or turtle or octopus or cow) to my ... from high school. Trying to find a parking spot in Spain. Ice skating ... didn’t make it. Holding hands on the way to class. Falling in and out of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
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  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  , that I would need to pare down my focus or I'd drown in the torrent of ... to school and for what, or where to go to work and on what. In making ... school, that I'd wake up in a dorm in this school, I'd go to class and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  letter may be of benefit to some current student, or some future student. I hope someone might be able to connect or learn something from a few of my experiences.   I was waiting in line with my head more or less glued to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  spirit of MIT. People here want to change the world - in whatever way they ... medical school in Fall '12 were asked to answer a series of questions to ... (or even a C) prevent you from coming to MIT and being pre-med. Every

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  ?). But then when you pop up and think back to just a few months or weeks ... 're not clumsy or stupid anymore. My clumsy stupid step in 2012 was ... in Boston's Hubway, should be able to rent helmets with bikes if they

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  any fancy research internships or go to any summer camps; he worked for ... together, and when he was in high school they liked to make rockets, too ... According to my hit counter as well as by raw comment count, my entry

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon ... changed to toothbrush, if you happen upon me anywhere in the greater Boston

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  really like to give these kind of honors to fictional MIT grads, though. In ... said to have graduated magna cum laude from MIT. In an MIT Viewbook ... finger in both pictures? Iron Man with a Brass Rat! Having Iron Man

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  was actually in response to an admitted student who was deciding whether ... been to the IMO or at least the USAMO or have won some science ... patented something, or have taken their school's science club to nationals

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  hospital gown thinking, "eh, I'll breathe again in an hour or so. Inhaling is ... prone to ants. 9:43 AM: Finding tupperware to put sugar in. 9:45 AM: Wonder vaguely why anyone would be awake now, especially to put sugar in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
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  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  -mail if you have questions or want to chat. In the meantime, I probably won ... lead to becoming narrow-minded. Wasn’t it good to be interested in ... hours in the day. To my surprise, I felt lighter and more free to pursue

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  cannolis, haha =p 51. Go to Ring Premiere - read about ours!. Back in our ... because I was at Brown, though. :( 62. Get your name and/or picture in the ... , hahahahaha. Guess someone really likes to party! =p 27. Take a Duck or Trolley

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  either and are primarily interested in business, or architecture, or ... theoretical worlds in their heads, and love to know why things work the way they ... or complicated than a screwdriver, so I didn't know how to use power

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  I was back in the day, or my younger brother is right now, or like ... baby brother’s first girlfriend or something you might need to clarify a ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for ... come across in person to someone you've just met - how your face lights

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
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  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... here in Israel) is something that forces you to stop. It can be ... to Work 9:00–Arrive in Lab! Switch media for cells 10:00–Start

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
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  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring ... we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in ... is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
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  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  working in a more technical field first to build up savings, or working in ... and mental space. In an effort to record at least some of what happened ... year, in order to 1) see what actually happened and 2) figure out what I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
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  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  closest to the clean water). But in addressing other issues, we hope access ... the “dirty” dirt to the “clean” dirt--sediment found in water at this depth is more or less larger chunks of whatever’s already in your fancy

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018