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  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  school in the MIT area to observe and assist with a STEM class for ... be exhausting. I’m used to different college ways and interactions, a different campus layout. I look forward to lounging in our non-mahogany rooms

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• 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 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  computer, and an external monitor oriented in portrait mode to my right. A ... save them to the system, and move on to the next case. In addition to a ... one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  few days ago a fuse broke and all the outlets in our kitchen stopped ... ’d imagine belongs to two MIT grads and a master’s student:   Here, on the ... off in a film on their own after you soak them, and cleaning is easy

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  . He's reinforced with a file folder and covered in packaging tape to ... "]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided ... learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  instructor. I hope - and think - that I never participated in a conversation ... "make sure I had a solid foundation" before moving on. It's obvious to me now, though, that I did have a solid foundation: in particular, I had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  ’re walking in. I spent a few evenings last summer and this winter so far ... on the right. Zooming in reveals a snowman and a snow dalek in front of ... the Charles River was through a downpour, when I was temped in Mac

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• 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…

  

  baby brother’s first girlfriend or something you might need to clarify a ... yourself, too. Take a step back, and while reading your essay, try to answer ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  , it was like 12 AM, and I was going to get a B in the class no matter ... this song. But apart from listening to that song, I am a sad sad toaster ... go to the Concert in Bad Taste. Or go on the Burton-Conner boat cruise

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  in a few months. I have three and a half more years to keep trying ... , I can't even seem to get through a day on seven and a half. Knowing ... home and be able to work through the night. I work in my room, on my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  new journeys. But as I get ready to start a new journey of my own, I ... example to all and lived a beautiful, full life. These are some snippets from my last conversation with him, which I was so lucky to film about a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  a spot, unfortunately..." But you'll get used to it eventually. In ... one week and a year since the 2022s got in or didn't; two years and a ... to college, but he was sure that I was a great candidate for whatever

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another ... to have adjusted some internal excit-o-meter. So in the days leading up ... was finished I realized that it was also a nice nod to Course 6. Tiffany

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  bandwidth to pay attention to them now. a few days after i turned in my thesis ... in a 24-hour mcdonalds or taking the BART to san francisco to reconnect ... i graduated! *confetti noises* i took a semester off back in 2015

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in myself. It's not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don't have any advice, just a feeling. A long, cold plummet into guilt and

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  of Ubuntu in less than a minute because of MIT: You will never see ... .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met ... and making cool friends through cool friends at MIT. To give you a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  , 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 ... communion. It’s a part of life we all have to partake in anyways, so we might

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

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  was a competition, in which the applicants strove to cast themselves in ... did nothing but study and mire in awkwardness. And I learned that a ... feverishly right up to the deadline date - and submitted, confident in my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to ... factorization on a math competition but haven’t bothered to factor it yet, hehe ... month of January on a finance internship in New York City. Both MIT and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  side, this meant that in addition to the ~12 hours a day I already spend ... 've been able to sit with you in your home and hear a snapshot of your life ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011