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• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  we are not able to offer admission this year. Through this process I ... of our process, we are certain we would not be able to admit them, and we wanted to let them know that as soon as possible. Please do not take

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  I didn’t know how to do half of them. There were days I got three S^3 ... a bit more, and promised myself not to pset when I was on shift for a ... drop classes or not is never a good idea, but I am happy to constantly be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  definitely thinking about how to graduate on time if this was as seriously ... , knowledgeable MIT students might do, which was not sleep. You’d be surprised how ... not sleep well, even if I wanted to, such as on weekends. I could only

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  ’s also not to say I don’t appreciate the restaurant or my parents ... of angry tears. I’m a bit embarrassed to admit how upset I was, but I ... spiraling.  One of those ways is to remember how the restaurant has helped me

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... foreign to me. the problem is not that i am unwilling to ask other people ... close friend to understand how overreliance on a small set of people leads

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  it is). It’s not as if I didn’t want to go to Stanford initially, but ... of the most important factors in their future. It's not stupid to feel ... is not something anyone is comparable to! Don't make yourself feel that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  that just isn’t true. I’m not going to irreparably damage my life even if ... one, not really knowing what to expect. The guy who talked to me was an ... when I didn’t know how to begin, he asked me what I, ideally, wanted to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to ... students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We ... the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  I rapidly switch between wanting to do something and not wanting to ... trying to work and not working through my poorly-designed attempt to study ... have work to do, but my brain will not let me. It’s not even just

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  -specific applications. I found these to be very hit or miss with how informative they ... guest lectures could help inform how they want to enter the field. For ... compared to previous ones, they made sure to focus on how everything can be

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

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  , you want to make a choice that leads to the least regret. So, how else ... to remember that life is not absolute. It’s dynamic. It’s beautiful. It ... For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  when I'm not rushing to class.) Here's what I'm doing this summer ... you really love on the side," but I don't know how to explain to them is ... broken out terribly due to an unfortunate combination of sunscreen and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  , not to one of its 5 schools. ------------------------ Zack Yang wrote ... . ------------------------ He-Who-Does-Not-Want-To-Be-Named wrote: "I got really bad scores in my ... scores are used to determine whether or not you would thrive academically

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  'm referring to. Being the “dumb” friend also does NOT mean I am dumb. On the ... react to this by berating ourselves for “not working hard enough.”  When ... impossible, why don’t I at least try to get partway there? I’m not arguing

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... ’ve faced or something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  classes simply went through the textbook, and not how to get anything of it ... " painted on its side, but I'm not actually going to tell you what it is yet ... still had yet to develop proper study habits. We just knew how to work the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  in the area of Service Design. (Basically, figuring out how to make ... I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  , their decisions are real enough to be on your mind, but not all real ... was ranting to me about how stressed the workload was making him, and so ... of inadequacy and distress. It felt impossible not to dwell. And then

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  ’re not an applicant this year, but emailed me already, I’ll get to ... . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... ). I cannot give you any advice on whether to apply or not. Please read

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  , and can easily spend an hour watching videos about how not to ... hours ahead and it is not fun, ESPECIALLY since I’ve been trying to sleep ... video creators sharing various approaches to being more productive, having

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020