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  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  money in application fees, counselors get mad at you for making them work ... essay for the differing prompts that each college required (there were some exceptions - I submitted my MIT essay for Columbia; I still applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  in. But part of being human means acknowledging some limitations. For ... is visible from my awesome double.As much as I would've liked for it to ... know whether you're in. Right now. But that's not good for you, let

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again, unable to pick, unable to think about picking, for about ten minutes ... off several local options. I paused for a beat, then a few more. "Uhh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  and advocate for students. We might be crusty, but I’d say we are warm ... process for me. In addition, as a slightly extroverted person, reading applications all day, everyday in physical isolation for weeks on end can be

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  limbo for an eternity before inevitably executed. Or you’re not accepted ... your dreams for dear life, meet your decision head-on, and emerge with them still intact. Sorry for the “Admittedly” pun back there. I just can

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  really as difficult as it felt? I found a deep appreciation for how my many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of ... 50 revisions" means. I know I spent some time using the agenda for its

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  was going, how I was playing in the band for the school play, and how I ... . I love MIT, but but there was no good reason for me to want to be anywhere ... I got in and when I left for MIT. I wish I had. If I were you—which is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  You Do For Pleasure ("pleasure" - 100 words), Department at MIT ... admission officers ("adcoms") are not looking for "standard" answers, and you ... you if they do happen to be things that you do for fun). Just be honest

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018 ... all of the spotlight for this blogpost."]Maybe, but true ... up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... Pressure." You should take the time to check out all the results, but for ... for 3.5 years and from looking through the results of this survey - that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  finding place

  

  same time, it was a hard semester for me due to all the life changes of ... of how things were playing out. I remember, during IAP (Independent ... you came into some people's lives for a quick burst and then flaked out

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  2 and just before Hayden Library for those familiar), a hack was put ... "] SHASS.[/annotation] I, for one, think this hack was extremely well done and the end result is beautiful. I will let it speak for itself, with a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  )—on Tuesday night, I went to see Vince Staples for the second time, which was ... ’s like to start studying for a Friday 8AM exam (for a class you’ve attended ... understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  intense because we talked for hours straight, but I met some people during ... home for my 4 years at MIT. It was a cool experience starting classes the very [annotation note="First years are already on campus for orientation

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  . Sure, I can tell you his favorite video game, or what student groups he ... impoverished. It bothers me because, for the longest time, I defined myself using ... math books for fun. I remember owning this one book about mathematical

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  ” party, people from MIT went to Yale for the Harvard-Yale football game. I ... , because you would never use that ability; there would not even be words for ... in Plato’s cave for a bit). Yet, in matters of race, I think there are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  opposite me, resting on his elbow and playing Words With Friends. He ... blog for MIT admissions while actually at MIT...) I write much more ... New Mexico at a six-week astrophysics program for High School students

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  lists. The app asks students for their basic information: test scores ... volunteer or play sports. It then uses an algorithm to give users a ... customized equations for about 1,500 schools that it developed using the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  , I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the ... was also one of the toughest for me to master, when I did improv at ... orientation for the class of 2015, in late August. You can see why these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach ... a roach spawn point for about a week. Most of them however, were ... usual. But to my surprise, because he tends to play with his food before

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023