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  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to ... I don’t have to navigate the crush of people during passing time I also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  and get here, and if you are, you shouldn't waste too much time reading ... you aren't sure what to do yet with your CPW, here are some tips from my ... particular order, Don't spend too much time with your host! CPW is not "meet

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  , though this isn't the first time this year - we've had nice days on and off ... snow tomorrow or something. At least we haven't gotten any earthquakes ... I've never tried in an earthquake) if my bike hadn't gotten stolen

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new ... attainable (it wasn't), then that was the goal. If landing a big-name internship for my first-year summer was attainable (it wasn't), then that was

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  ! He doesn't possess the self-control to write honestly about a sensitive ... freshmen guys are members of fraternities. The statistics don't say that ... . In fact, if you don't do any Rush as a freshman then YOU'RE DOING IT

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  ? also, just out of curiosity, and its totally okay i you don't feel ... 2nd semester, assuming there wasn't pass/no record)? and what was your ... nostalgic because you thought you were so cool now that you weren't at the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  harder than others and omg my friend says this class is impossible and don't ... around, maybe 13 out of 50 for the course 8 folks. I don't have any idea of 8-B. I can't believe you do all of this?!?! How do sleep? Do you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5lHYJJQfw&t=17s

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students ... have complicated feelings that you don’t know what to call; that’s okay

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  sunday. things are going swell, so i can't be depressed, right? my last ... reappearing the next day! and haha things are bad enough i can't even write

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn't accept them all. We have placed a small number of students ... feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, our Early Action application pool is very competitive, and unfortunately, we can’t admit everyone. If your decision was ... that you don't know what to call; all of those feelings are perfectly

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  Our applicant pool for Early Action was really competitive, and unfortunately accepting everyone just isn’t an option. If your decision was ... have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  helped! jUsT kIdDiNG it didn’t lololololololololol XD. And then I hit this point, this glorious point, where I just didn’t care enough to keep going ... Maine and then MIT classes won’t matter. All was well, right? But then

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  the large crowds Stand in long lines for your turn But this ain't Disney ... weekends” Pray they don’t swipe left ⬅️   “Are you a course 6️⃣?  Cause

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  had been hit by a drunk driver. She didn't survive. In Islam, we have a ... time isn't enough. Rather I've found myself making a mental list of ... !)Schedule more dinners with friends, don't just expect to run into people in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  that. “How can I be so stupid?” is common. “Why can’t I get this ... try?”. I wouldn’t consider myself much of a sharer. On the blogs I ... civilized metric units) But let’s say that you didn’t care about how fast you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  the career fair began for me (and everyone else I know who isn't course ... now senior and should Take These Things Seriously, I couldn't get too ... , didn't really want to hang out with me. It doesn't help that I don't want

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  first blog weren't clickable. The upshot is that our CDN was for some ... you've noticed which I haven't, please let me know! Please note that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014