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  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  reflecting a lot on what it means for me to be a computer science major and ... mentors and coaches to write referrals for interns so that they can skip the ... to stare at code for 6-7 hours a day. I could never be a code monkey

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  for 21W.758 aka. MIT.616). I'm usually really bad at talking to ... Workbar   I usually only go to Central for art supplies, so it's fun ... I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I ... underway, we write. We put pen to paper the old fashioned way for 15 minutes ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was like for me to go on medical leave for mental health reasons. I’ve been ... for me to feel enough alarm to do anything about it. Sitting around all

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... to notice and to contemplate. it's hard for me to really wrap my head ... for so long, and i'm excited and terrified to see where the chips will

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... the same for black people at MIT   It seemed to be something ... ’t due to lack of interaction with actual black people. I know for some

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  “youngest Asian American to run for public office” and “Forbes 30 Under 30 in ... to strive for. And if I’m not going to accomplish anything or be ... responsibility to succeed academically to pay back my parents for all the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  -buzz my hair and set me on a path of never having to pay for a haircut ever ... is necessary for self-sustainability) to be kind to myself Xiaolu, my ... , selectively forgetting what it was like to struggle for long days and nights at

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  people you'll be friends with. Look for communities that you're excited to ... and cheaply – look for your chances to volunteer, study, or intern ... Deutsches Muesum with friends. Keep an eye out for opportunities to travel

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  is also a good time to explore who you really are. For several weeks ... , I chose to maximize bonding activities especially helpful for me ... So drastic and inevitable, the leap from high school to college seems

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  or for worse, no one seems to know. 32 years after Mr. and Mrs ... to applaud in public" and the Belarus State Police for "arresting a one ... a struggle: their patent was for an "Apparatus for facilitating the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  asexual people describe. For example, not really wanting to have sex, aside ... anosmia, up until they were asked to describe the scent of a peach for ... visas, even. Pretty much everything was set for us to go. One Sunday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  to regurgitate anything that you crammed for the test the night before ... . Don't get addicted to coffee; don't drink Monsters. Apply for a College Card and head on over to Symphony Hall for free BSO concerts; find the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  LOVE to take but won't have room for. Entire departments I won't ever ... I knew that my dorm was supposed to be my home-away-from-home for four ... that the deadline for MISTI-France, to give an example, is BEFORE THE END

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

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  to take the class. You can submit as many classes as you want for ... mentally equipped for about 4.5 classes a semester so I've been sticking to ... considered majoring in (sorry courses 15 and 22). Congrats for making it to the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• 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…

  

  of your essays to do this for you, but it doesn’t hurt to do it ... vouch for you, but your application is your only real chance to speak to ... , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  document, and I tried for several hours to determine which variables could best predict my chances for March. I’m going to tell you now what I wish ... keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share ... us in for tea while we waited for a tow truck to come! Anecdote 6: One ... been, coming to Boston for the first time? How are people different here

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  Jeff ‘18: you're great roommates. To be fair, I’ve had this coming for a ... limbo for an eternity before inevitably executed. Or you’re not accepted, and the depths of hell open to swallow you whole, rejecting you from all

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014