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  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  i. I visited my high school over the winter break. I came back to my hometown in Alabama during the second week. I was staying in Georgia with my ... that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  applications, including your MIT applications. Over the summer, when I was ... and the Internet. One of the things I was doing to fill the time was posting on the College Confidential forums. Some of you have probably

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  the[annotation note="Terrain being a word which here means: the view outside my window."]terrain,[/annotation]like a deer across the savannah ... fact, it has already begun. The [annotation note="Technically, they

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I'll begin focusing on the future class of 2011. I hope that you guys won't be ... drop by the blogs from time to time and say hi). As you begin your

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  Hello guys! Sorry for the super duper long hiatus :( After my final ... started work/research the next day! Sounds exhilarating and somewhat ... my year abroad and now, I can’t take some of the classes I really want

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  MIT students do on Friday nights, The Stuff of MIT Legend, and Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline. If you’d rather not spend hours of your time wading through the endless linkbait that is mitadmissions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ’ve frantically emailed the admissions office after realizing you made a horrible ... offer from Apple and a congratulatory call from the President, with the ... , and the depths of hell open to swallow you whole, rejecting you from all

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent ... 'm here to update you on the breathtaking life of a biology PhD student ... in the lab full-time doing research. Eventually I'll finish the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  Over the years, I have discovered that just about anything can be ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to ... feet. I had never snowboarded before and the last time I skiied was

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  Wallace stood in a gigantic tree. We also built products. The first month or so was an ideation stage. I proposed several things, but the most ... about it, for obvious reasons. This idea made it to the second

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  residents can tap into 24/7. Since the [annotation note='the primary gym for students, affectionately known as the Z']Zesiger Center[/annotation] and ... your convenience :). Kano: Boston is an active city, and the gyms

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  Facilities, the people who keep MIT running. In 2014, Walter Isaacson published a book named "The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution". It's rated 4.6 on Amazon, and it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Even though we’re only two weeks into the start of the Spring semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... hadn’t seen in ages. It’s an interesting combination; the beginning and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  virtually everything, from the buildings to the academic buildings, is numbered? One reason I'm writing this entry is to help bridge the gap ... focus on the aspects of MITese that are (in my opinion) universal across

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  Every time I look at the faces of younger MIT students, especially ... starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... MIT, I've been the treasurer of Chinese Students Club, President of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... )convenient the accommodations are, you will not be happy in a dorm that doesn ... their experience with the dorm during REX and CPW. Watch the dorm i3

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  Now playing: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles It was a ... submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... (except the statistics in there, of course, have gotten even crazier - e.g., the admit rate is now 9.6% instead of 13%). This post will not be as

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same, except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look ... makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  the problem set on my computer screen, neck craning down. The music in ... the endless noise of constant motion that comes with living in a house of seven people. I read over the problems again, eyes moving to and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020