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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  , please?” “Would you like one shot or two?” “No, no just a regular coffee ... origin based on this linguistic tic, but I do not ask. “No, no just a ... ’s because not many people can do it!” “No, it’s not that hard. It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  . I love MIT, but but there was no good reason for me to want to be anywhere ... conquered that one. No one, not even MIT, can take away the accomplishments ... you keep busy the time will go by much faster. And no matter what, you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  's fine. Do you ever see such and such? No not really. I really like Yan ... lecture I had a one hour break with no classes. One hour is not a lot of ... the lecture were always posted online. There, honestly, was no need for

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  . I looked at the team names and I felt nothing. No spark of excitement, no glimmer or sheen of opportunity; just words on a screen. I couldn ... , you told me." "No, what if the computer science bit becomes a minor and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  [annotation note="Calculus 2 on steroids. More work for no extra credit, but you ... Black Screen of Death. My cursor was visible and could move, but no button ... read "There are no traffic jams along the extra mile." This was true for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  unrelatable. It's certainly no 50 Things, which you should definitely read if ... say no. There are hundreds of activities, hundreds of friend groups that ... collaborative pset party late into the night. No strategy is objectively better

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  lying at you, and no - there is no conspiracy either). Therefore, you will ... kind of neglect is no longer acceptable. Many patients suffer extended ... revitalization of this system. It is no longer sufficient for us to stand on the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  coast for my freshman fall, I was terrified. I had no clue how things worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a ... feel that way at MIT-- when I don't know what to do-- I no longer feel

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  difficult schools to get into and you have achieved something that is by no ... acquainted with all we have to offer."]CPW.[/annotation] There is no rush at ... the best dorm is..." when in reality there really is no best or worst

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  so drunk that no hotel in New York would accept him, and he ended up in ... the end, I was going to be dissatisfied no matter which option I pick ... identify with. No one at U recognized the Homestuck jacket that I wore

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  I’m surprised that no one’s written a blog post about this before ... makes no sense to me why it’s called the Infinite. Again, look at that ... , 51, and 57, and in practice you can ignore 51 and 57 because no one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  is absorbed. No guarantees. It cooks rather slowly, and may need extra ... commercial spice mixes because we have no space for a real spice rack and don ... . Broth I think I learned from this. There is no firm recipe. You save

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  that with the incoming class of 2019, most of you have no idea who I am ... something no one else can hear so everyone is uncomfortable. 3DS - The ... them with alarming speed. Then you have a pencil with no eraser and what

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  students who are not prepared to attend MIT. Period. No one benefits. Not MIT ... as to be effectively indistinguishable. There is no easy way into MIT. There is no backdoor or bootstrap. You are admitted to MIT because you are

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

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... course - there is no substitute to visiting MIT and checking out the ... ? Really, there's no use in me talking about how great these people are - you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  , either you're accepted or you're not. There is no grey area... so they ... correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no one ... . But insincere? No. Not that. Just got confirmation that the USPS picked

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  when, last saturday, i found no fun working on huntinality's puzzles ... boat was no longer head-on with the wind, yet still pointing close ... that. there was a region called the no-sail zone, so you couldn't point

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  want to explicitly recognize why these decisions are difficult. No one ... office supplies. There is no intrinsic basis for comparison ... inherent uncertainty as to how the future will play out. No matter how much

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  exactly what you want. October? I have no idea what happened in October ... . The sun now set at half past four. The world as I knew it was no longer ... really well. Does it matter that I didn’t do that class this semester? No

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  college—every connection you make, no matter how brief, will leave a mark ... no, those are not just hook-up apps (Bumble especially is pretty classy ... your family and friends back home, for no specific reason. I promise it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018