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• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  , but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story ... the MIT early decision would be released. I ate all of them. They didn’t help. I’d always thought that I was the perfect fit for MIT, being the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  enjoying the writing classes and my job outside of class working with ... ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me quickly. We met and the next thing I know I'm handing in a sheet of paper

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  My favorite room is a well-kept secret. I won't reveal the location, but you can easily deduce longitude, latitude, and altitude from the ... . Something feels different for me—among the usual buzz of activity

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A: If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the October

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  have bridged the transition with a reasonably low rate of psychotic ... the comfort of a thriving campus community, where everyone I know lives no more than half a densely populated mile away -- made me miss the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... . However, over the years, I've heard a lot of advice and have even given some ... the time and see printed in a bunch of books, but there are two bits of

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  because right now I'm a little too tired to do a coherent entry. The end of ... , it's because MIT hates me. II -- Yesterday, while sitting in the ... went down to the Museum of Science, over to Boston, all down the shore of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  worried about it than I am about my first major paper due the day after both the exam and the season premiere of Lost. There's no guarantee that I ... would've read "What's the science olympiad? There are actually schools

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... material unless the application did not sufficiently show who you are. I hope ... music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  content warning: mental health, academic stress, burnout tick The institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... Vegas! (my hometown)']a place that never sleeps.[/annotation] Even in the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  For the past week, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do ... . But surprise, surprise, guess who came crawling back? Me. I did. The truth in the matter was that I didn't really hate compsci, I just found it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  behalf? The interesting thing about this question is that we often get asked more or less the same thing during non-pandemic times. The first two ... the last one: "Who should I ask to write letters on my behalf? And the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... things since coming to MIT, which really makes me wonder what the space ... math problem that I was capable of doing in the tenth grade. These were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  something to strive for) wanted to release this into the world, as it has been ... start right off the bat with ~love~ or whatever 16 year old me thought ... picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  . I got a JOB here, people! In Admissions. Me. An adult thing. Here! The ... . Do you need a tissue to mop up the tears of joy you have shed from ... . Shared. That. Enthusiasm. For. Ina. Garten. It was probably the first time

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... classmates. In fact, the only thing in school I have ever been “naturally” good ... from the situation and moving on. After high school, I felt like I had

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  Things are actually pretty calm here in New England, even with the ... excited, sure, but the third win in four years for the Pats is nothing compared to the Red Sox first World Series win since the Wilson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  I'm doing exactly what the title says: ranking [annotation note ... others liked are at the very bottom. It really depends on the person, but ... 'll explain the reasoning for these rankings below in my four-year class roadmap

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  This year, I’m volunteering with the MIT Educational Council to ... those who are finishing up their applications now, the same advice still ... to get into MIT”; I could tell you the things that I did in high school

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  i’ve been in a perpetual state of writer's block recently (i.e. the ... write for the entire time. every so often i go through a phase where i ... typing class where i first learned the joys of nitrotype and home row

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023