MIT Admissions Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Guest blogger: Chris Peterson, assistant director of Admissions

In early August, the blogs turned ten. We celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to come back and blog for us. In case you missed it, here's an index of their entries:

• 50 Reflections by Ben Jones
• Right back where we started from by Mollie B. '06
• Cue the montage music by Melis A. '08
• I Remember... by Anthony R. '09
• Reflecting on 10 Years by Kim D. '09
• Fake it 'til you make it by Laura N. '09
• How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay by Keri G. '10
• Thank you for reading by Jess K. '10
• ADMIT ME PLZ? by Chris S. '11
• Life slows down a bit - if you let it by Snively '11
• MIT: Round 2 by Becca H. '12
• Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch by Rachel F. '12
• Do I have a story for you... by Chris M. '12
• The Re-Froshening by Piper '13
• Alum FAQs by Elizabeth C. '13
• Not Farewell After All by Hamsika C. '13
• Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life by Jenny X. '13
• Leaving a Mark by Kate R. '14
• Perspectives from Deutschland by Anna H. '14
• Flux and Flow by Emad T. '14
• Bumps, slumps, trips, and ... by Cam T. '13
• There and Back by Mitra L. '07, Sam M. '07, and Bryan O. '07

These are, in my opinion, some of the best blogs that have ever been written for MIT Admissions. If I could assign reading to prospective students like I can assign it to my students, I would have any serious applicant read all of these. I feel like I have learned so much—about MIT, about myself—by doing so. The whole idea behind the blogs is to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. These blog posts do a spectacular job at telling the many different stories of MIT as experienced by some of its most thoughtful students. I couldn't be prouder.

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