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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  'll be happy to hear from you. 2) The first people you meet in a new place ... scribble down quotes that inspire you. You're going to change a lot in a very ... . 5) Say yes more. It's healthy to go on an adventure every once in a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  that somewhere in me is the power to analyze these bridges and tell you ... ’m certain doesn’t even have real tea, the in-betweens began to fill out, and I ... to continue holding onto the guardrail and not plunge in as I peer over

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  I wanted to do earlier in college? What if I had taken those harder ... always judge harsher in hindsight, just because it’s easier to; we know how ... guaranteed in life, least of all admission to selective programs. But when I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  how you compare to anyone else directly. I remember in high school ... list in my head of everyone who had done better than me to see how I ... during high school. Competition here is more difficult for me to spot—in

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

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  I want to switch into 8.02, that’s gotta happen today. This blog was not originally intended as a blog; I just wanted to get my thoughts out ... , and on Tuesday the professor emailed me to “check in,” which has never

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  with her face-to-face in her office to get to know her better. Her office ... to immerse herself in completely new cultures and environments. It ... . What do you have to say to people who are reading the blogs and applying

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon ... changed to toothbrush, if you happen upon me anywhere in the greater Boston

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  hanging around quivering in fear and hoping not to be left behind. It was ... visions in my head of what “the return” would be like. A chance to be ... ready to take off. I was keeping everyone waiting. Luckily, I made it in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  student in the class showed, into wavy table legs). we also learned how to ... element of ironwork to iterate 5 times in an exploratory project. I decided ... most new to me in 3.096 were the power hammer, the hydraulic press, oxy

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  arrive early to help Laura set up. We spread out, settle in at different ... can’t imagine me ever being unable to force myself out of bed in the ... find things they have in common, to bond over the places they went and

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grown Up Well, not quite.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  day when I was the free-est to blog was also the second last day of ... 's supposed to start getting actually warm in a few days, which I hope comes ... off. I sit down to start this blog post (and multitask by texting the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  ! If you would like to see our content beyond these blogs, we will be ... P.S. Even though we won't be posting on the MIT blogs anymore (at ... starting out with separate artstagrams but may in the near future make a

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

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  childhood shows like SpongeBob or Dora. A lot of channels I had access to in ... movements are inspired by different martial arts styles. In addition to that ... a conclusion became. In the end, I decided to list all my favorite

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  you don't blog for a long time, you lose your ability to rhyme. Not that ... food that comes in a brown paper bag: Brazilian cheese bread. I'll leave ... to the blogs, so I don't feel bad. Life away from MIT is great; the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  asked him what he’d like to say to students in his situation, undocumented ... ,” he began, “and I’m extraordinarily happy to be in here, considering I ... my power, find my story and be able to tell it in a strong and powerful

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  -depth explorations of the topics of our final presentations. In 18.304, I got to ... much more closely in this blog post. The first two presentations went ... stood in front of the bathroom mirror similing to myself for 20 seconds in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of ... curveball, so to speak. In any case, it may seem like there are only two options in situations like this: first, to drag yourself to the final anyway

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  were waiting to ask if I got in or not, and then they were crying, too ... a lot of fun. In the car on the way home I pulled out my phone to ... reasons similar to M.B. ‘17’s ice cream: if I got in, she'd get hugs. If I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... institution)? If you have, I’d love to hear about it in the comments section

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011