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  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  . No one is obligated to discuss their sexual orientation, gender ... ), because I really had no idea what being gay meant or that it was condemned ... feeling to have. I had no idea how much room my shame was taking up until I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  Boston to take the exam and have no guarantee of admission? The exams ... 2="61026" /] Methods of Instruction. Still no class descriptions, but ... Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but it's otherwise the same. No

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  would be lol. I wove a continuous strand of webbing through the edges of ... webbing into a closed loop with a tensioning hitch. Because the net was

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  and web sites that have been useful to me at MIT: F.lux. If sleep is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  '6' for shorter)) has been appointed as new Chancellor! This is no ordinary changing of the guard though, as Eric Grimson is no ordinary faculty member. He loves MIT, which is no small thing to say considering he knows

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  arrived here: like I had no limit to what I could take on. That if I just ... was horrified to find that time was not the issue – I had no more time ... for me? Short answer: No. Long answer: No. Saying "I'm not smart

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  got into every school ever! or No one believed in her until she got into ... no? Bargaining: Please, God, WHY would you let this happen to me? You ... elementary school, and early childhood, when we hear NO, we can ask WHY and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  heat. Below me my bed had decided to become a rock. I honestly have no ... due to their neutralizing nature I felt no better or worse about my ... had decided it was no longer hungry. As with my bed, I just sort of let

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  ME: no it's fred FROSH: but ME: fred * * * FROSH: so where do you ... : you should come to auditions ME: no experience required ME: we ... : no we skipped it * * * ME: are you going to the activities midway

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  some secret form of Math that no one else knows about. Heck you can even ... buildings for fun, and turn grocery carts into high speed go-karts for no ... as expression. It's no surprise then to see this creativity transfer to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  meant no more having to lug buckets/backpacks/tote bags/suitcases (yes ... straight, with another 7 days of committee ahead (no - no breaks for weekends ... was no relief - I tossed and turned all night, as vivid dreams of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  began with absolutely no swimming at all. Not even floating. Just bobbing ... that no, it couldn't. That was the worst of it. But I wasn't done yet ... , but this isn't even a water bed. This is all water, no bed. No mattress

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  have plenty of hard drive space, so you have no excuse. 22. Take some ... unique opportunities that no one else will ever have - don't waste them

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  hardships. But in times like this when we go through hardships, no matter how ... best of your college years no matter where you go!"   Burton ... about experience, conversation, and connection. No matter what college you

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  don't experience shame have no capacity for human empathy or connection. No one wants to talk about it, and the less you talk about it, the more ... seen, really seen. There is no shame in allowing yourself to be seen, in

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  'm really sorry. Are you okay? HIM: Yeah. Sorry about that. ME: No no, I ... would by no means put myself on the same standards of my brilliant ... : being brilliant in a subject does, by no means, translate to being a good

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  no stress—no exams, no due dates, no daunting expectation of quality ... something with a pile of Legos that seemed to reach my knees. Knowing no one ... , “There’s this feeling that no matter how hard you work, you can always be

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  intriguing email from Ostin ‘17, whose imagination knows no bounds: I couldn ... . Although they usually consume most of my total time, there are no surprises ... my queue equally quickly. No overflow. No stress. But anomalous work

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  't even mandatory for you anymore and I have no idea what's going on with ... : grad schools couldn't care less about your nontechnical GPA. No, really! Not only does no one care, but if half of all your grades are B's, you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011