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• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  I felt the sudden urge to write something tonight. I wasn’t sure what ... something along those lines. I can’t remember the exact wording, because I was ... note="I'm old"]selling landline phones to the masses[/annotation]. I wasn’t

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  -wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... Memorial Drive side instead of Amherst Alley because I don't quite grasp the ... 's quiet and it smells a little funny. I don't feel very different. If I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... , acknowledging that I wouldn't be able to attend that morning; Ashley has a rule that if we don't show up for the warm-up, we can't get credit for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  random new city (or country) sometimes alone. This probably won't help much ... connection). Sometimes the last item isn't as readily available (especially if you are in another country or remote area) so don't be disappointed if

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  ’ve ever had… ever. I can’t exactly pinpoint anything in particular (aside ... middle of finals week, so I wasn’t as gung-ho about my classes, but still ... ’ll change our lives (don’t lie, you know you loved Everything Is Illuminated

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  -esque level of social awkwardness isn't - but even some of that praise verges on ... record straight: that hasn't happened. And it wasn't a requirement to get here in the first place. But what about those other qualities that aren't

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  was wrong. Well, not about doing ok, because MIT hasn't completely ... second test wasn't much better (9/20) but was within a point of average ... a standard deviation below. I didn't actually score average on a test

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  straight up bio, and in which I had some preexisting interest. I didn't ... lab that I didn't need to graduate, who TAed a robotics class ... track that I was on when I came in, by default, and it wasn't a lifestyle

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  all levels of preparation. I've known people whose schools didn't offer calculus, people whose schools didn't offer physics...obviously the people ... . From Jinjin: I don't know how much you know about this, but can you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  I didn't even know we had suitcases big enough to pack up my life and ... few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to ... to make sure you don't forget anything. There's just one little detail

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  , another anon, the email address doesn't seem to be the one in our database, so I can't identify you -- can you try again? I should also note that ... admissions at mit dot edu or a fax to 617-258-8304 (don't forget the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just ... newsletter. It doesn’t really feel like it meant for me, though, somehow, it is ... of the cruft (for now 😳), I wasn’t too sure what to write about. I don’t

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  yearlong membership for $45! it's pretty worth it if you don't have your own ... off of Craigslist over ten years ago, and the interface hasn’t changed much since. I don’t know much about bikes, so I judge each listing purely

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  Hi, hello. How are you doing? I haven't been in the writing mood as ... just...gone. And I don't know where it went. And it terrifies me. The ... late. I don't know if it's because of my Fans & Fan Culture class or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  —little, dedicated spaces for my sentences and paragraphs that don’t make the final cut ... darlings, but with a little bit of [annotation note="they don’t call them ... effectively cut things that just aren’t working out without feeling like I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  .  If you don’t read past this paragraph, just remember one thing ... . It doesn't mean you weren’t “good enough” for MIT ... doesn’t guarantee you success, or even lead you to success

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  following and now there isn't.... I remember this feeling very clearly, it ... sophomore fall. I wasn't really certain in what I wanted to do after college ... place. I don't feel nearly as lost anymore. This realization happened over

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  post for a month now, so I didn't want to rewrite, but it felt weird to ... with my friends, but don’t always talk about my trauma. Know when to ... . Tell myself that the solution isn’t apathy. Find a goal. All of these

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  responding. If you go back through my post history, you’ll notice that I don’t ... . But blogs are primarily a [annotation note="they don’t have to be though ... culmination of a thought that I’ve had for a number of months but hadn’t

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

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  rest by finally writing about it. Glass Blowing For those of you who don't ... taking 6.145 at the time and I wasn't sure I could handle the commitment of ... always backed out last minute because I felt I couldn't write about it with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021