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

  

  ....very soon..." One of many lessons I've learned is that waiting for things to ... . I attribute a statistically significant portion of this to a mismatch ... ?). But then when you pop up and think back to just a few months or weeks

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

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  for me. I think back to who I was ten years ago, at just 12 years old ... engrossed by my daily life than the idea of writing it down for future me to ... remember now? What made her tick? I curse myself for not bothering to journal

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... as the others. For example, almost all the people I've talked to have ... get decent enough grades to apply for graduate school) or find research

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to ... pinned to a corkboard after only two hours of professional stalking. I ... long ethernet cables for the lights from the loading docks), but I did

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  want to have a plan for when you'll finish each part of the GIRs ... place. You get people to work with on homework for free. You have people ... to class? Ask yourself: do you have time for lunch? Lunch is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  STEM”. I see the arguments for women-specific programs being adverse to the movement as a whole; I also see the necessity for them to combat ... -off situation that did not necessarily set precedent for admitting more women

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  countdown to EA Decision Day. December 15, 2008 was the scheduled date for ... this entry. I've been biding my time, waiting for this day and the ... limbo of deferral. This entry is for the deferred. This entry is my story

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the ... be ascribed to not studying for long enough, but at some point “I just ... 's all too easy for MIT to become a bubble: your entire college existence

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting ... random blog entries. You know, just for fun. 2. Tell us what you want to ... 'm doomed to work at mcdonald's for the rest of my life what should I do

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions ... 're here, now, carrying a Nerf gun looking for people to shoot. Worry ... . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  undergrads and found out that people tended to use certain frameworks for ... person’s identity that they hadn’t expected to find; for others, however ... So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  for my grandmother, who loved to hear, and tell others, about my ... had to ask a friend with tools to do this for me. Thank you Shophaus ... should teach for Spark!" "Have you thought about what you want to teach for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  new ones. I mean, I have a job. A job where I'm paying to work for them ... to help nudge me along on adventures and help find warm food for my ... me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been ... opportunities and has made choices about how to use those opportunities. I won ... it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  David and Ali, but I’m especially grateful to them for taking me under ... experiments, and make sure the paper is completed for submission. To uphold the ... 'm referring to our lovely alumni :)"]cruft[/annotation] to perform for the show

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  ,[/annotation] there wasn't a realistic way for me to continue to serve 30 hrs/week like ... at the start of each term appealing to the school for their project to ... eager to cover for. Also, the ability to do other work makes the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  lost my high Taiwanese standards for bubble tea =p) I hope to be making ... to worry about a "career" for another, oh, 4-6 years, haha. 57. See a ... for 7.012 =p I might have had a bit too much fun while trying to pass

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show ... of the case that was important for me to remember. Also, Jordan (from ... to work for a school where I can honestly say that. There's a lot more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  skates, or hoverboard for an easy commute, and wait to get used to the ... closest dorm to classes for four years, but I would not recommend it to ... talked to for this post mentioned location as a not-so-good reason as well

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  token, we do not admit students who are unqualified for admission to MIT ... attending MIT. We are not going to admit anyone, for any reason, who doesn ... who apply to MIT every year are qualified for admittance, by which I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011