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  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  something like “exhausting and overwhelming, but fun.” I don’t think that’s a ... ? Surrounded by people, yet isolated from them. I know that people aren’t trying ... . We hadn’t talked at all before that; all he knew was that I was a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  counter. I wasn't sure what the company did. Hedge fund? What did hedge ... -year-old me, Deresiewicz offered a terrifying prospect. I didn’t want to be a ... . I didn’t know what to do, so I chose to do nothing: stumbled into a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  ). Sidequest 3: Collect 60 free t-shirts. I have a bare minimum of 10 free t ... . Sidequest 7: Beat Imposter’s Syndrome. While I definitely don’t think I’ve beat it (and to some extent, I don’t think I ever will), I’ve learned

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  hadn't heard from him since Pi Day 2011; he revived the old thread to ... decision from MIT, and I hadn't made it. I am just replying on this old email thread just so you may go through our old discussion. [...]I couldn't

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  . collectively remove grey hairs (disclaimer: I actually didn’t believe the math ... /dance/yoga breaks. Don’t think that you have to be working or occupied all the time ... . I don’t know where they got this information. None of my teachers

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  didn’t manifest any more than just a weird feeling swooshing around, and ... fun and memorable, it wasn’t the source of my intimidation. I think I ... lurch, because you don’t wanna stop. You wanna keep moving. When I came

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  'skills' section of my resume, so it doesn't look so empty?" Other Freshman ... way, you won't have to worry about throwing it together when the time ... scenario: there aren’t, and you look elsewhere. Don’t feel intimidated. TAs

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  make sense that I should be there. That often doesn't happen, as you will ... her article. See! Don't doubt your writers! 8:53pm: I'm finally ... won't take that long. 10:07pm: I'm finally done with looking at the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  that system but I didn’t. I liked physics C for itself but I also liked ... honestly, didn’t sugarcoat my score. Talking to her, I felt totally respected ... .022 is harder. And do I want to learn math? Here’s the thing -- I don’t

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

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  unfortunately won't be using Interstellar, but I look forward to using it next ... Computer Science Honestly, it wasn't that interesting, but here's what I ... [/annotation] wasn't necessarily indicative of how big the group chat would be. Among

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  ="I should note that we don't track demonstrated interest, so whether or not ... traveling is eating alone. Somehow, food doesn’t taste as good when I’m dining ... vibrant. I don’t know – I’m not a scientist! I have, however, taken to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  , there's so many cool -- FROSH: isn't that the ...you know ... clothing ... and i can't believe this roller coaster and wow ME: omg yeah i know right?? FROSH: what hall do you live on? ME: 5th west FROSH: oh i don't

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  bloggers, but I can't link to all the posts here. They're just a quick search ... , Joey V. '17, Diana L. '17, Rachel R. '16, Jamal E. '14. I couldn't have ... you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn't

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  student weekend. This minority student weekend wasn't a very large program ... don't get it."]"Bring more women to MIT".[/annotation] The author muses ... Preview didn't show the fun side of MIT? In 1988, there was then a column

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  AudreyRose, who didn’t come from a Greek-affiliated family but knew people ... considering. In addition, she didn’t think D9 organizations would be available at MIT and was starting to accept that joining one wouldn’t be a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  like some of the things we wanted weren't realizable. Here are some of ... onto a meal plan they don't want and also had to pay significantly more ... documented their murals accordingly. Even so, we won't be able to paint on the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  hopefully isn't terribly confusing), I asked the Random Hall ‘13s what they ... up, is bursting with opportunities—some of which you can’t even imagine ... . This includes making sure that you don’t overcommit and don’t let

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  two hundred puzzles; the number's closer to 170. And our team doesn't ... . I've written not one, but two posts about Mystery Hunt, so I won't belabor the explanation here. A puzzlehunt isn't just about puzzles. For me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  subjects, I would shrug and figure I just wasn't ‘naturally' good at e ... the rest of my ideas. Of course, it doesn't work this way. What did ... had always been naturally ‘bad' at didn't seem categorically different

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  . While I’d like to blog (both on here and not), I haven’t been. Finding ... blogging isn’t my “job” anymore), even harder. Many things in my life are ... while I probably had heard of MIT, I don’t think I knew anything beyond

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023