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  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  own colonies, and becoming the iconic first president and, in many ways ... command was something he had long envisioned for himself and driven towards, and something that stung deeply when it was denied him. It was also

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  ) spending three hours with a bunch of other nerds and a stack of pizza boxes ... elbow grease, carcinogenic automotive lubricant, and a home-brewed mesh of gears, motors, and bike chain that could easily tear my scalp off as I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting ... , Smith, Wellesley, Wheaton, Mount Holyoke, WPI, and of course MIT. After

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  “The winter has come. The days are dark, cold, and dreary. There is little happiness, and little to look forward to; no hope remains. In this climate of despair and misery, we finally go crazy. All rationality is lost

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  from toddling around on the carpet and thinking "I suppose I'll try ... before it's due. I'm well aware that this is one of my greatest flaws, and ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  different social network sites, and been syndicated to CNN among a bunch of ... , address, and other factors that affect admissions, like whether they ... , it is much worse than unhelpful. It, and tools like it, actively harm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally finish and post it. I also gave up scripting this one, so my initial monologue was incredibly long and circuitous. Cutting it down to 7 minutes was

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and ... , and not fairness. Think about it. When is the last time you heard an ... fairness was the priority, what would it look like and how would you define

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how ...  having gone through the college application process, and two years (going on ... go down this route! We've been there (way too many times), and it just

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  , and now has the third most views on all of Youtube.  560,719,326 views ... came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For ... and co-chair of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  . This is a nuance that I don’t think that many students, parents and ... regard, and I acknowledge how radical my thinking might seem. Recently, I ... a distinction between submitting an application and trying to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have spoken to about this (both current students and friends who were rejected ... to my success. Comments like “don’t worry, you’ll still succeed” and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  window, ampiyas, and the action is umaanggi. Where I'm from, the dry season ends around May, and the rainy season ranges from maybe June to ... weather, and frequent rainfall. The coming of the rains also signal the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  Instruments Company and diagonally across from the "old dormitories ... built onto its north and south walls, and a matching parallel would be ... christened together, and the '93 Dormitory would henceforth be known as

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  I read a recent NY Times piece, dealing with multiracial students and ... have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to complete the race and ethnicity section of the MIT admission application

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

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  . Students can use it to share the classes they're taking and see the classes ... , share resources, ask questions (and post memes) in a forum, and keep track ... : Daniel S., Akshaj K., Vivek B., and Guang C. I'm guessing the name is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... 's kind of a big deal. To illustrate that, I invite you to go to Google and ... ...there's a panel of hard-working, air-breathing, and food-eating humans still

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you ... crying” on the symptom list and the nurse got really confused and told me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  me getting into MIT and why it meant so much to me. Enjoy!!!! Finally. I sat on my bed silently. My fingers were numb and my breaths were ... mind had exceeded capacity, and there wasn’t enough oxygen for each

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016