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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  moving out related errands. I wish I could sit down and have a real ... everyone else"]pods[/annotation] were a thing. My podmates and I cried in ... pushed back a year, letting me enjoy two and a half years at East Campus

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  dominating College Confidential and the blog comments makes me sad. I understand that people want answers and explanations, but… alas. Trying to ... . It makes me think of the guy who fell in love with trains as a kid and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  started out taking 7.06, cell biology, and 6.854, advanced algorithms, the sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis ... , emotionally, and it's hard to balance with classes. I've gotten used to having

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  could talk for hours about Homestuck and grilled tomatoes and calligraphy ... Splendor or Carcassonne, and if we get enough people we could play Modern Art. We could listen to music all afternoon, and I’ll tell you all about my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  STUPID and BAD AT TIME MANAGEMENT, and no one comment on when this blog was published please and thank you"] (slightly belated) [/annotation] Halloween! I woke up today and ran into so many amazing costumes that I couldn't NOT

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  : "Funny how Harvard and MIT kids always tell people that 'they go to school ... II and III. Part of the reason why I'm reluctant to say I'm premed sometimes is really because premeds get a bad rep as people with no life and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  "]viral[/annotation] and some remained fairly unread, but I *think* that most of them ended ... it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and ... "] west campus is not included because i'm gonna be real, i think i only

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire ... to talk or donate but are polite about it, and others—a very, very

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  , and I imagine a lot of our applicants share these sentiments. A million ... the committee. Then a second reader (and sometimes a third) will read and write their own summaries. Then it will go to selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  self arrives to campus, you’re given a booklet with pages and pages of ... pre-frosh and MIT students alike were sprawled on the floor building ... hat. Others took turns playing Mozart’s Turkish March and the Mario

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  feel like looking at the actual thing. And like many things, different ... visualized a banana, and I probably never will. I made the connection between this and asexuality a few months ago. I've known for a while now that I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
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  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  vision when it was so long ago and all the real, daily struggle has been ... ="though i have some ideas"]what to do,[/annotation] and how to do it as graduation ticks closer and closer. Right now, I’ve decided to dip my toes into

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
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  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  five videos (in reverse chronological order) and written some notes and thoughts about them. I also pulled some pictures and gifs of the most ... worthwhile watch and can be helpful if you're missing MIT like I am. Some

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  shapes and colors and shadows, and I get to see, in real-time, what the ... Script really doesn’t vibe with me, and thinking about asynchronicity and promises is kind of annoying, and I enjoyed programming more when I’m not doing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
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  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  on since my sophomore year. I worked to design and build a longer ... , where he went to middle school and where some of my relatives still live today. I've written two blogs about it already, “A Story About Muti” and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  make sure they were real. Then I screamed, my mom screamed, and somehow ... Note: all stories below are unedited accounts of current and former ... .  We had a snow day and when I called my grandmother to tell her, she

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  choosing between 8.022 and 8.02. so maybe i should drop 8.022 and work on blogs instead  # I took this class called 8.022, which is electricity and magnetism with vector calculus and things. I really like it. I am drowning

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  from Stoneman Douglas have spoken out loudly, often, and in public ... have formed an organization, Never Again MSD, and led peaceful demonstrations at the Florida Capitol and the White House, as well as meetings with

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in my practice gear and taking down the decorations in my locker. So, how ... our post-season went.  Winning our regular season conference title and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  blog to share some of my thoughts. I've gotten lots of love and feedback ... truely is a special place- alive at all hours with people tinkering and ... moving to a new place, falling in and out of love with SF, trying to stay

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016