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  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did ... -to-dorm, but I'm quite satisfied with water pressure in my shower. Any other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  at seemingly random moments. Yet still, I’m faced with the dread of ... Everybody, its me [USERNAME] I'm just introducin' myself here! I am a thirteen ... decide."]and I'm in a dilemma.[/annotation] Should I go for the school that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  of you who were will know what I’m talking about. The universes within ... I ran out of time to read at all, let alone in Japanese. I’m ... around to reading this series as a kid. I’m actually really glad about that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Gryffindor INFJ O: 93%; C: 75%; E: 58%; A: 68%; N: 43% Type 1 wing 5 "I'm too ... same personality type as Iron Man. I'm ok with this.” Joel G. ‘18 ... %), neuroticism - high (58%) Type 4 wing 5 On being INFJ: “i'm no mother teresa or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  becoming less and less invested in classes during her time at MIT. I'm not ... 't anticipated her interest in economics. I'm the same--I did not take a single ... on coursework, but I have since backed out a little. I think I'm no

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be ... I'm really not that intelligent, and that there are many others who are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , and I'm extremely envious of the level of her self-discipline. As for my ... to graduate from MIT if you never had liquid nitrogen ice cream. I'm ... Dim Sum in Chinatown - YES. dude, I'm Asian! Advice: skip the overrated

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  still the same. I’m still a grad student. Still trying to do research on ... questions in education are to me. I’m still in a cappella. I still really like ...  a new bike (also orange). I’m living on campus again, but this time as

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  intelligence. Example of a mental rotation test. I’m guessing that you ... ?). If you’re now wondering whether I’m about to throw some kind of ... only got X score,” and “I’m never going to college, I’m so stupid.” It

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  "] west campus is not included because i'm gonna be real, i think i only ... used to be beyond my wildest dreams, and I'm glad that I got the ... laughing uncontrollably with pset buddies at 4 am because I'm too wired on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  name. Malingap is talking about what I’m interested in and feeling ... , or I revise for an ASE, or I’m walking over to the other side of campus to meet with my friends, or I’m playing board games in the lounge, or I’m

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  been able to take a photo with truly everyone in it ^^; And of course, I'm ... (and no, I'm not at all Latina lol) by cooking with Spanish House which ... well I know them, actually, and that they might think I'm weird

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  , completing your degree, landing a great job, etc. Now that I’m out on my own ... , I have no idea. It’s an uncomfortable feeling, and I’m still searching for a direction. For now, I’m just trying to embrace the unknown and let

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  I’m spending this IAP doing, among other things, five shifts a week ... finally got someone to answer, it was an older man with a bone to pick. “I’m not interested in giving to MIT,” he told me. “I’m sorry to hear that

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  a tear that I’m no longer young.) In 2004, the MIT admissions blogs ... ice cream maker. As for what I’m up to right now: I am packing up that ... for my day job, I’m trying to combine my experience in biological

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person, I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the ... stupid the whole scene is. I'm also someone who naturally likes to have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  made of glass this term. I'm leaving MIT! It's totally sad. I just walk around and I'm like, "Oh no! It's the last time ever I'm going to forget to ... my model. I will indeed be taking zero units at MIT next term, since I'm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the ... me to the Grace Hopper Celebration in October, which I’m incredibly excited for—and I’m giving a talk on plane crashes to one of our internal

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  more than enough to be overwhelming and make me double-guess whatever I'm ... a devastating mistake, and I'm not satisfied with how I'm doing now ... healing from my depression to accept that I’m mentally ill again, but

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  ago; I don’t think I’ll ever feel like I’m learning fast enough anymore ... mind around in circles. (Because! I'm! actually! just! screaming

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016