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

  

  a new sort of dilemma. You'll find a balance (and maybe stop lurking ... exactly the way you imagined, but getting that seemingly-perfect idea out of ... a cupcake shop, buy a new pair of boots, or preorder that book

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  surface of a pond -- if those people and that pond were on the moon."  3 ... ."  They got a bunch of volunteers to come on stage, and made them cry ... 's photos of the event are here, on flickr.)

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  had fun writing these! Short pieces fast and easy and a great way to ... clubbing, queer stand-up comedy, and my new hobby. These are the kinds of ... more “photo dump” albums in the works. It’s a good type of post for days

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  totally lost on me, until I read this book, and began getting an idea of ... down the stages of his illness and speculating on what triggered his ... ’s theories on the vanity of wealth, and the relevance of the influence of older

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  good for you? It really depends on what you're looking for out of school ... Side of campus now, but Building 5 is all the way by Lobby 7, on Mass Ave ... . According to MIT, about 73 percent of undergraduates live in a dorm on campus

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... way. Honestly, it’s only after the whirlwind of finals died down and I ... classes, new friends, and new paths to explore. If there are any of you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  enjoy can be a good way to force yourself out of bed to go do a thing ... chances of remembering them later. Take selfies with people as a way to get ... people are often really scary, but important. I kept a list of new

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on ... , and yes, on many highways. My favorite part of traveling is visiting ... meeting with lots of students and families on these trips!"]High Schools

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  following quote:   One of the most important things about college is its ... sorts of people from all sorts of backgrounds and you learn from each ... socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  . I’ve kept on working on the new book I’ve been thinking of, and I ... , the city never sleeps. Yes, it throbs with life. Yes, a good number of New Yorkers are…well, probably deserving of an occasional punch or two

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  yet. Oh sweet summer child of 2013, you have a lot on the way.   ... I’m excited to spend a good chunk of this month working on it, before ... , sweet-smelling clothes out of the dryer. It was mindblowing. Fast forward

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

   Massachusetts Avenue is on west campus, everything to the east of Ames Street is on east ... ; the closest thing is this paragraph on Wikipedia. This was originally ... like. It’s mostly a long strip: There’s west campus on the west, which

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

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’t feel good when I am spending all of my time on just “work”. Instead, I ...  a new bike (also orange). I’m living on campus again, but this time as ... fair kid. I’d been doing a long series of projects on the effect of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  others, about this one super-easy GIR they got out of the way. It was easy ... nine, one of my high school teachers took a couple of us on an out-of ... field was grass instead of an expanse of sand that only turned green on

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  lights and light a couple of candles. Either way, it's a good time and ... There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how ... of self respect. At least that's the way it was with me. Something that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  getting it on. So fast forward a bit: I'm there again at the end of August ... internet this fast again. And you will cry yourself to sleep because of that ... that's out of the way, it's worth mentioning that they are an incredible

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  this morning about the history of the blogs and their influence on the ... on about, say, a sandwich I ate at the student center, or a new haircut ... trio known as Mitra, Sam, and Bryan… We did not go the way of N

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  ='See this Tech issue; on the bottom of the second column in the top article.']on ... prospective freshmen" message on top of its issues during Campus Preview from ... receptions, tours of athletic facilities and UROP labs, and a discussion on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  A good friend of mine, Angelina G., wanted to write a guest blog post ... beautiful Thursday in the New England fall. I walked out of the Convention ... to go to a yoga studio on our way back, so we kept walking to Central

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  students hail from every corner of the globe: New Zealand to New York City ... students, and all of them are exceptional. As a way to share a glimpse into ... Program at the University of Auckland halfway across the world in New

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024