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  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  As we say goodbye to the decade, it’s hard not to get sentimental ... past ten years made up the bulk of your adolescence. It’s certainly true ... . It’s moments like this, looking back at the years I left behind, where

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  it was David’s and another co-author Alex’s responsibility ... . One idea extending from Ali’s previous work worked surprisingly well. So ... publicly talking about the contents of the paper for a while. It’s kind of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  that an international student "did not understand U.S. dating culture ... , I find, many people from the U.S., also don't understand what this ... level, and while I think it’s rude to just “ghost”, I must admit that it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  . There’s a lot of work. There are times when you are happy, and then there ... forever. You know that it’s awesome, and you know that together, it and you ... back together again. It’s an opportunity that you can use to learn, grow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  baby brother’s first girlfriend or something you might need to clarify a ... the admissions officers and tell them who you are, what’s important to ... anywhere because you have a 2400. It doesn’t work like that. … And that’s

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  admission. From my perspective, checking the box, or boxes to indicate one’s race should be as automatic as providing one’s name. As Chris Peterson ... attending an affluent suburban high school. Regardless of one’s background

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  like a whale lunge feeding']missed them,[/annotation] here’s an index of their entries from most to least crufty: It’s been a long road… by ... Cristen C. '10 what i talk about when i talk about running by Chris S. '11

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  school best friend’s hair and hold his hand. Innocent thoughts turned to ... , most of all, a LOT of unshaming. I don’t know if that’s a real word but it’s the most important one of my whole paragraph. Well, I’ll define it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  your wits, and in place of the solution’s space will be a black hole ... , when I had to spend the first night reading twenty dense pages of Plato’s ... Swimming. * Story time. And if you know me at all, you know it’s gonna be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  student chose to become part of MIT’s class of 2018. While I have nothing ... applying to MIT. It’s so easy to become overwhelmed by hearing about the ever ... wasn’t my thing, and I really, really want to stress that it’s okay

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  the Olympic Games and earn medals, or to serve the nation in the U.S ... ="Transfers who entered MIT in the 2022–2023 school year"]last year’s transfer ... well). Subin: During my enlisted time in the U.S Army, I had a clear

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  .org (although that is highly recommended!) here’s a quick recap: I studied Course ... the story, I need you to go watch Amy Cuddy’s TED talk about body language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better ... are for getting to where you are now. MIT is a pretty cool sword, but it’s ... deferred. When I saw how many people were deferred, I figured it was MIT’s

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

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  Claire S. '25 is a Computation & Cognition (6-9) major from ... a sort of home, too. For me that’s the Mock Trial Team. I have ... make my own opportunities, and that’s especially useful in a big city

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  'd know that MIT had more than 21 numbered courses as recently as the 1990s ... on Instagram. The magician; blowing a witch’s ball out of glass. Using ... swirls. This card’s content is based off the MIT glass lab and the forge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  , tiny doors, and secret gardens we aren’t allowed into. It is my and Cory’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  my room, and saw a collection of books outside my dorm and…well, let’s ... : California! How do you like it here? Me: It’s awesome. What course are you ... cluelessness at a paper filled with q’s, w’s and asterisks, a sheet strewn with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  you got in, it’s because you can handle it, and because you’re the kind

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  , a department under MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social ... Puzzle Hunt CMU has its roots in the mid-2000s, before becoming its own ... it now. Comic book history This IAP I took a class called CMS.S60

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023