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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  were (i.e. yourself any time in the past), but you aren’t yet who you ... for nothing because it didn't pay off in the way I had wanted it to. And ... application, one that was fragile and vulnerable. So when I wasn't accepted, I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  professor. “But,” you might ask, “aren't bloggers supposed to love MIT?” I guess sometimes they don't. I couldn’t go through with the transfer ... murals on our. Because I couldn’t imagine classes I loved at MIT anywhere

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the ... didn't want to be the guy who inquired about GPAs, or put my resume or ... last place" kind of deal didn't jibe with me. And I guess it didn't jibe

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  Mitra did. I think Mitra definitely did. :) Adam and I actually didn't go ... at each other, and both of us were like "You know, I really don't like ... every day. I actually do cook for myself almost every night, but I haven't

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  doesn't love me back. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to get a ... checked the protein after the transfer, it wasn't there. Probably it ran away in the other direction shouting "Freeeedommmmm". I don't know. It

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  angry or sad. A bunch of the parents were very skeptical that you don't ... demonstrate your desire to challenge yourself and take risks, you don't "need" a bunch of APs. Which doesn't mean that you shouldn't take them, just that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  don’t even need to beat this dungeon to finish the game. I could skip ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can’t ... ’ve written a blog for MIT, and I really don’t have much to contribute.  But I

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  I stay, will you go? And if I go, will you stay? I don't know If I can ... , said I wasn't ready Didn't think it'd be this heavy, let me Explain ... tell I listened but my pessimistic brain don't help, ooh If I could put

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  plates is rarely an issue, and you don’t have to wait for various machines ... ; I enjoyed the lesson but didn’t see a kettle bell again for months ... lot of stepping on and off of chairs. I didn’t really know how to set

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  really stupid" or "Yeah, I don't understand anything at all" as crutches ... reality, it's just that I don't know how to learn. I've realized that my ... difficult problem, they don't ask for help after ten minutes of trying or even

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  I usually don't write "DECISIONS ARE DRAWING NEAR!" posts, because ... you are not all identical to me and what works for me won't necessarily ... of action, I don't really have the self-discipline for it. When I try

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  as me, and she has the same last name too, so that wouldn't even help. Isn't that weird? Anyway, I guess I'm supposed to tell ... about throwing myself into a waterfall, but decided MIT didn't need to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT ... exciting picture of what you're doing this summer! You don't have to be in it, although it would definitely be preferred. :) (ie. don't be like me and send

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  might want to be thinking about: If you haven't yet done so, set up a My ... MIT website. [If your interview has been waived, don't worry about it, we understand that we can't be everywhere!] Even if you are applying elsewhere via

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  hasn't even arrived yet. Please do not harass your teachers or counselors if you don't yet see a recommendation on the application ... 't push it. Don't worry if your essay doesn't format as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  expectation — remember that most students don't have resumes or other things ... extremely diverse interests — and we don't value one type of activity over another. You don't need to have pulled a child from a burning building or

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  aren't all nice) - Parts can be a nuisance to replace Now to my own ... like me, you really don't need a computer. Athena has got most of the ... my number of distractions. The bad: I wasn't distracted. (Sometimes

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a hermit." Me: "I won't." Gramps: "I don't want any great ... students, it's not hard to meet new people. With dating and the like, I don't

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  about life here: Hard work pays off. It really does. Things don't just fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you ... experience here, we students don't like that attitude. One way or another you

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  past Monday morning much to my delight. Originally, I kinda didn't take ... , and needless to sasy the project wasn't all about typesetting some ... mass of the frustum, etc. I can't even begin to describe what joy it

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005