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  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  ." Every time I saw a prefrosh ask about queer dorms on campus, either online ... of a nerd. I spent a good amount of time feeling sorry for myself in ... you're different." The truth is that, for the most part, this strategy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  P.S. Even though we won't be posting on the MIT blogs anymore (at least, not regularly or consistently), we will still have online presences! If you would like to see our content beyond these blogs, we will be

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  parts of the process - because it forced me to think critically about my ... the previous Scholars online are absolutely amazing and intimidating ... choice was a hard one – the entire time I was thinking, “what if they call

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  only printed and not uploaded anywhere online because the file size was ... -lived time capsule, which was actually pretty fun to delve into for a couple

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  wonderfully exhilarating all at the same time. There would be hopeful, "I ... get in. Period. I checked the decision online, put my head in my hands

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to ... , over bridges, above swamps, past mesas, across time zones, under rainbows, and yes, on many highways. My favorite part of traveling is visiting

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  the past 4 days studying as much as I could, yet by the time I tallied ... and lecture notes. This time I marked them all up with short summaries ... alive and like a human being part of society to try and pass this last

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  . Yeah. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a college application or a job ... into the goblet of fire and hope that you’re chosen to be a part of the ... . I’ll try and make time to respond as much as possible, because

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  NASA. At the same time, my life ambitions have shifted dramatically over ... ’ll be a few years from now. At this time a year ago, I thought I might ... Excellent Sheep in high school, and revisited it in college; parts of it ring

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time ... . When I'm on the road, or in an information session, or online in various ... , less delicate version, especially online, the premise underlying the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  whole thing has a couple of parts: a class component the summer before ... like competition isn’t a part of MIT, but it’s different to how it was ... ’t doing all that much. I was tired, all the time, but wasn’t sure why or how

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  Missouri. She's one of MIT's small-town and rural student ambassadors – part ... had grown up in bigger areas was obvious. Most times when introductions ... ’t have done coming from a small town. It took me time to realize this wasn

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  shallow. I would look at the time on my phone, then on my laptop, then on my ... starving. The last time I tasted anything besides water had been two days ... over my shoulder at the computer screen. The sun was having a joyous time

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  for quite some time, so people know when to show up in the office, no ... about the ETA of Rebecca's article. I mention the 8:30pm time agreed by ... little bit of face, part of the reason it took so long to edit it – aside

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  my own experiences with rejection, waitlists, and more, as a part of ... could have been. I’ve found myself unable to sleep until 3 AM many times ... could have made given what he knew at the time. I can’t fault past-me for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  answer is this blog post. Here's six projects I worked on some time during ... participants. My actual job was to work on the app used to collect data. It ... -end. Front-end focuses on the parts of the website that you see, and back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  'steps' don't just come out of thin air most of the time. More often than ...  the next step. The same thing is true in college... for the most part. -- My freshman spring was the first time I ever came to campus, and the adults who

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  two photos are from Valentine's Day 2013, during my first time on MIT ... time to sit back and reflect and then put it all into words in a way that reflects what I think is difficult. And finding that time (especially when

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

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  . Home is still wonderful. Being home is a great time for deep ... becomes serious. I spend a lot of time at MIT very stressed, this semester ... conversations many times) when they hear any of the following: a) I skipped

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  the time ticks away and you lie in your bed, your TA or Professor will ... you can confirm that they don’t actively want you to fail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time ... personal life, I spent a lot of time running back and forth from meetings

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020