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• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  too much for me to handle. and i’m hoping, how i’m hoping, that you can ... Dragons if you comment tonight i promise i’ll read it. i’ll reply if i can. ... i guess this would usually be the time of year that there’d be blog

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  , nothing-but-the-truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH. The truth is I donated ... of irritated I lost so much time, but what can you do? I am pretty sure ... it all to Gmail and now I can't find those questions people emailed me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  . maybe i can write about how i’ve joined Burton Conner’s Transition Team so i can make my voice heard regarding the dorm’s upcoming renovation ... can write about the freshman seminar and exploratory class that i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  , and stick it out until the next long break. I can make it if I just ... minimum. I'm average at best. Why can’t I excel anymore? I’m just barely ... this club? Why am I doing… any of this??? tick I can’t get peace here. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  ?" (Hah! The answer is definitely 'no' - elaboration to come.) But I can ... of the people of whom I spoke in this entry were admitted today. I can ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  on out, and therefore I can say, Hello! I'm Kim. Well, I guess I ... you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... Wow. I've had an intense week. And it's only Wednesday. Now, finally

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  [/annotation]has kind of exploded into a thousand different directions. Usually, I can ... something you can’t imagine you ever lived without. I’m kind of writing this ... learning as much as I can about everything from satellites to Japanese

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  enjoy playing Ultimate Frisbee, there's a team for that! I can pretty much ... excites me! I can't believe some of the opportunities MIT students have to ... Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  fed myself for the past two weeks, and, as far as I can tell, I have not ... of rice? I can never get tired of rice. But I understand, maybe you get tired of rice. That's fine. You can cook oatmeal in a rice cooker. I put

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

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• FAQ / First-year application

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• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  went to Flirting 101, because I could. I mean, how can you not? All of ... if I can cover it all. Get comfortable. The whole process goes like ... people, but happy for me, because I'll actually be attending FEWER hours of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  ’t slack off but can get away with occasionally skipping class, I’m learning ... scaled a few walls, all very run of the mill. I found sisters I can wake up ...   What I'm pretty sure next semester will be like. No offense

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn ... -destroyer, so I could just say "you have C's and D's, what more can I tell you ... most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  This was one of those days on which I just did so much that I can ... ?")"). Since I can't find the X-Knot on Amazon or Froogle, I assume it's not ... detail like I usually do in my blog entries; rather, I'll just discuss the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  . You can see all final presentation slides here (...I was in group 6 ... ="Independent Activities Period, aka the month of January where students can take a long ... , aka undergrad research."]UROP,[/annotation] I took Intro to Deep

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  MIT is to try as much as I can. I think that's bullshit ... possible, you're busy doing as much "work" as possible. Why can't I just be neither? Why can't I do an average amount of work, see an average amount of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  : selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I've even worn a tie (*gasp*) for the occasion! I'm excited but also nervous, knowing that we can only take fewer than 400 people during Early Action. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  , you can download the plan, or read the recommendations on the website ... from underrepresented backgrounds, and only if they can demonstrate that no other workable methods can achieve that critical mass. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  knowing where to park your car between safe periods. Most of the time, I can ... everybody is willing to have. Sometimes, I can't. I was originally planning ... : I said "BRB, homework", and it took a week. That's not unusual, for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010