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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  depression note: This is a personal account on my experience with anxiety and ... . I wouldn’t know how to respond when they asked me why, so I’d say ... someone play the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme on the saxophone. Went to

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

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  backgrounds, and you can’t discredit yourself solely on a standardized test ... volunteer as a summer camp counselor and play games with kids to teach them ... that wanted to write and perform a short play about marine chronometers

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  ,[annotation note="in particular, I had missed mine to play in a pit orchestra ... each other in an environment like this? How can we build community? III ... accountability plans and design a system to place frosh in SCUFFYs. We put together

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  failed a test I studied two days for. Then I slept for three hours a night ... grieve yet. I studied as hard as I could and took the test Monday morning ... . Soon after, test grades for 6.005 came out. I got a 78 on the test. That

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

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  (n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in particular, the scientific invalidity of the Myers-Briggs test. Well, I also ... for all those personality tests! None of this, the tests themselves nor

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  admitted after taking either the Institute's admission test or the CEEB test ... founded CEEB, and so they must have accepted the CEEB test some number of ... research groups today. Of all of MIT's departments, I'd bet that the Physics

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  of it is that I failed. MIT Test #1: failed. Of all the possible ... during my first and only test in 6.100 A that I realized with horror that ... was lacking from not playing a melodic instrument. The class focused on

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  description "Providing live testing of unicode support and alphabetization." And ... through the years deciding to either subvert the theme predictions or play ... test, and I decided to stay for the night and hang out. The Hunt kickoff

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  :’). [caption id="attachment_108137" align="alignnone" width="768"] before the ... little memory capsule of the trip. [caption id="attachment_108147" align ... id="attachment_108159" align="alignnone" width="1000"] with poetry by

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
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  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  computer lab I’d sneak glances at neighboring people’s wpm and quietly gloat ... Competition Y that comes after X Wow if I were international I’d never have gotten in. Hobbies I’d never heard of, towns I’d only heard of, and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , activities, tests, applications, decisions... If I look back and remember ... I could ever fail a test, accidentally set myself on fire while trying ... Year that I didn’t know how to study. I’d never needed to in High School

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take ... last time. I was dreading Tuesday night, where I'd have to fall asleep ... " growing up felt like flimsy ribbons dressing up awkward apologies. But I'd

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It ... matter where you end up, you are going to find an environment that you ... , play hard, do want you want, and if someone doesn't let you into their

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  initially, I’d been quietly upset by that. I felt like my stride was being cut ... most of my classes to keep me accountable in at least trying to pay ... work/play before have faded into each other, leaving behind a mix of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  factors I’m not even aware of. If you take all of that into account, this ... monthly level: And as much as I’d like to pretend that the past few

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  the test. Mind you it was 11:30pm when we emailed him and if I ever got ... for official business like this. [caption id="attachment_107696 ... . 3 hours later. Noon. Test Complete. Boom. Knocked out. Beat that

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  positive learning environment by prioritizing learning over grades. I am so ... encouraging environment that helped me become more acquainted with computer ... point text, and go through the motions.. I'd always look at people who

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
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  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  's really true what people say--I'm not wishing I'd studied more, or that I ... robotics company in Allston. I had felt at 18 that even if I'd gone to ... service component to our FIRST team because I'd planned to visit Ethiopia

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  that SAT scores can't account for all kinds of intelligence. The student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  moving to another dorm or a sorority. [caption id="attachment_53770" align ... entire dorm community. I knew what I'd gotten myself into—by ranking BC as ... [caption id="attachment_53772" align="alignright" width="309"] cred: music

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020