Although of course you end up becoming yourself | MIT Admissions
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on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures
Although of course you end up becoming yourself by Chris Peterson SM '13 on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures April 29, 2016 in About Decisions , Admissions , Advice , Best of the Blogs , Challenges , MIT Life , People & Identities View all Not long ago, I met with an admitted MIT student, whom I will call Sam, because that is not his name. As we sat on a bench in Lobby 7, Sam told me that he had a problem. On Pi Day, he had been admitted to MIT, which he considered his dream school. A few weeks later, however, he was unexpectedly admitted to another program, which
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