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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to ... ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If ... survival, whatever you’re trying to survive against. If you don’t hit that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  responded, "Hard to say because I have so many flaws." That's a self-deprecating way to put it, but I do think it's difficult to pare down all the ways I want to improve into a few goals. Like, I haven't been eating well and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  As CPW comes to a close and I watch eager beaver high schoolers drag ... regret wash over me. New waves of kiddos are coming in to make MIT their own and their home and I continue to trek along my MIT path, closer to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  When I was applying to MIT, I thought that was the single application ... collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions ... fun and exciting event where all admitted students who come to campus ... practicing their choreography on-stage when I responded to my friend: Me

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it would be better for other people to just write a blog for me (although

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  list have lots of questions, so hopefully you find an answer to yours ... admitted 1467 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend this year. To help with the uncertainties, we

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  waitlist have lots of questions, so hopefully you find an answer to yours ... admitted 1419 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend this year. To help with the uncertainties, we

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  am, I have Astrophysics lecture, so I scurry from the Z-Center to the third floor of Building 36. To allow for these kinds of circumstances, MIT ... before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  , you have to prioritize which input is the most important in your final ... covered that. Let me explain to you my life in the context of those ELLs in ... power plant to build in a town while taking into account how the residents

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  "gerrymandering" means*. (okay, I also wanted to live in the most Democratic Congressional district in the nation according to the Cook PVI index, which is NY ... . next to Central Park? That's where my medical school (and the medical

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

    To continue on my series of Weekend Adventures, this blog ... #springbreak2011 Adventures to keep your taste buds tingling with excitement ... , January 21, 2011 was definitely a GREAT day to start a weekend adventure. I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  Snively! So, you want a fun activity to blog about (since we all know a good blog is the only reason to even wake up in the morning ;) ), go to the ... these things happened together?" I wandered over to the Facebook group to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  Valley save file with my partner and am trying to squeeze in some night gardening when I can to stay cool during extreme heat waves I'm fleeing to ... for a couple weeks it’s time for anyone who wants to blog to let us

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  pretty much the same: after all, flowers were finally starting to bloom en ... it was hard not to forget that I had psets for a couple of days. Here’s some of what I got up to!   Name [latex]2^n[/latex] Women: Dorm

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... product design, so thank you DPD for exposing me to my future career⚙️! I have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  creds to Allison for the post title <3  welcome to today ... 200+ clubs that exist at mit need to have people running them or ... ’re not used to not seeing the sun every day (yes looking at you tropical

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  the cool kids, and it's great because I get to customize my planner the ... Jebby's so productive"[/caption] Anyway, I'm not going to do a full tour of my Notion because I'm not writing this post to show off how

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy ... Olympiad the summer after ninth grade. It’s easy to forget how smart he is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023