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  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  out with friends). When mixing and producing albums for my a cappella ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair ... . My legs and back have been supremely thankful for that. On the minus

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  I was reading through my old blog posts and realized that it’s been a while (read: the entire semester) since I’ve blogged about my thoughts and ... because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon ... extra cautious of all Malaysian babies in my way. As this week the spoon

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions ... reflect on and preserve cool recent experiences—makes me realize that my ... clubbing, queer stand-up comedy, and my new hobby. These are the kinds of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  law and policy”. When a friend first told me about this, my initial response was “I wish my head was big enough to do this”. It didn’t take long ... to be painted in detail to fully appreciate its gore.  One of my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  I thought it'd be worth it to add my own thoughts into the mix ... and anti-social, and that I would fail all my classes because they'd be ... spot at Baylor Med School), but my four days at MIT convinced me that MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
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  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  throw myself from high places with just a piece of plastic attached to my ... expectations about snowboarding, and I have the bruises to prove it. My left arm ... from all the times I fell on my poor, poor bottom, and I'm pretty sure

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
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  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , nothing – and on the fifth day, my drive, which had been in sleep mode, woke ... eighth day, my self-reflection woke up. Since then, I've been thinking a ... the next go-around. Here's my list (man do I love lists): I learned

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  I thought, since my last post was actually quite uninformative re:MIT facts and information, and instead I just blogged my feelings (which isn ... semester. 6.832   class. I had the most information about this in my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
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  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  wood, and I woke up every morning to the voices of my family and the ... in hats and my cousins and my brother and my sisters and my best friend Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  depression note: This is a personal account on my experience with anxiety and ... me to talk about and has affected me for a while. My mental health ... of many things. Quarantining for COVID in the safety of my room has

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  my dream job. You learn and write about any area of science that ... perfect to me: my favorite activities are writing and teaching, I love all ... . Most of my classmates seem pretty settled with their major; they know

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... to Science Magazine, who published a study on my expected lifespan in ... represent my decade of twenty-somethings (my least favorite phrase after "meat

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
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  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  bajillion: It's my birthday. Reason 2 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and creativity ... Building.  1: I turned 19! My favorite part of birthdays is ... . At 10:30pm, I was psetting in the lounge near my room (yes, on my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  love having to set my body up precisely to execute a lift safely. I love being able to channel all of my aggression and anger out of my body and ... Stanford gym in my wallet, for whenever I'm in the Bay Area. No one tell

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
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  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  The week after my semester at MIT ended, I was accompanied by this ... with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called Book Expo America (BEA) and we were both attendants. My dad’s steadfast

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
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  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  At the CPW Women's Leadership Lunch, one of the prefrosh at my table ... from Day 1 that most of my professors didn't waltz unobstructed from ... never worried about how I compared to my fellow incoming MIT students. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
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  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and ... stitching, designing patterns, and generally injecting cross stitching into my ... ’s blocky and my brain grasps it. I can also create reasonable pixel art if I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
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  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  Stephanie Lin. Read on! <3, Hamsika --- My name is Stephanie, but mostly I go by stephlin, steph or “yoooo.” I’m currently finishing up my ... .20 (Human Physiology) when my email came, so I had to refrain from making a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  is visible from my awesome double.As much as I would've liked for it to ... minds: OH MY GOD AHHHH ADMISSIONS DECISIONS?! Well, no, not yet ... my own story of how unnecessary all that stress can be. Back when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010