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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self ... equilibria, I guess? For those unfamiliar with the concept of dynamic ... thermodynamics: everything is in flux, and the forces of progression and regression

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you ... your life, maybe thousands of miles away. You’re about to be responsible

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  free stuff culture. Offices or people who are getting rid of things will ... we all know what happened in March 😬 So all of that beautiful wood sat ... the Before Times. We got a U-haul to get all of our stuff back from EC

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  Even though we’re only two weeks into the start of the Spring semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for first-days of classes and reading through new syllabi, I also frantically

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  . I have these kinds of conversations all the time, every day. But these ... walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to ... small, compared to the identities of the people around me, once I try to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  down” “Pants on fire” There are so many figures of speech involving ... considered using a fire idiom in the title of this post, but decided to go with ... crust.  The two things this semester that I put most of my energy towards

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  little knowledge of what I'm doing. Mostly going off instinct, referencing ... strip every couple of posts, if I think of a joke or something.

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  came across a collection of things that I had written which can most accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... ago about all of the machine shops on campus? That was done by request

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  in the case of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II -- wait, are you all too ... beginning of this summer -- and he's been told by one of the professors in the Aero/Astro department that he's one of the best undergrads to come

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  Okay, so I'm in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading ... application, I just glance at the test scores to get a sense of them before moving on to the more important parts of the application -- that is, who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  surprising amount of momentum behind me, but i don't think i managed to pull ... idea of positive work—even if you feel like you aren't making a stitch in the cosmic fabric of the universe, you certainly can do positive work

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23 ... the seven of eight floors that have colorful ceilings, separated by ... of person who might love it. Life moves fast here: there are many more

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  fogey of an iPhone that still runs on Edge is faster than Chris's 3G i ... door button was right next to a lot of other important buttons on my i ... the door, especially while I was napping. 4) An earlier version of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... of people: those standing in front, those perching on ladders ... steady myself. We traded off for the better vantage point a couple of times

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think ... decision actually determined some aspect of our futures, which was scary to ... just the start of receiving these types of decisions; after it come

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class. After exploring the Minuteman trail (including a statue of Uncle Sam; did ... MIT's campus to take some pictures of MIT"s newest sport. I started out

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  of my best friends, Colin, as we chatted about getting into our ... rational in convincing myself that things would turn out okay, at the end of ... and sobbed. They were not tears of joy. Flash forward one year. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the ... done. I try to work, I really do. I spend time sitting in front of ... days of concentrated effort. Sometimes there are weeks when everything is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question ... bombed a couple of tests, watched a beautiful sunrise on nights when I ... freshman you, preserving five of those lessons in a blog post that the world

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing ... of you who aren't familiar with The Colbert Report, there are some ... Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: You can also listen to a more serious

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008