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  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  ’ve been thinking a lot about how I’ve changed during my time at MIT, and I ... literally 0 times) at 10PM on Thursday. (It's not fun, in case you were ... people who seem to have your best interests at heart really do not, and I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  , experiences, ideas, and people. I found overwhelming amounts of those things at ... dream. Every day made me feel like I was at a college-student summer camp. For this post, I've written up 22 anecdotes from my time at tEp. (Read

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  population because: 1) I've never learned to code* at MIT (requirement for all engineering degrees). 2) I've never built anything at MIT (most engineering ... give me a break before you start berating me D: rawr! A quick look at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  interned at last summer, working to systematize logic about markets to help ... person at the hangout interned at the same company that I did; he turned ... ’ve moved into the sun. But at the same time, the decision that I have coming

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

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  the steps of the traditional planning process—looking at past events ... somewhere at the back of my mind, taking up space. All of our new planning has been thrown out, and it's not at all clear if CPW will even take place

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  money in application fees, counselors get mad at you for making them work ... his own to reach his own conclusions. Just look at the Mona Lisa - did da Vinci write, in golden font at the base of the painting, "Look at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  timely, because as Shuli J. ’22 pointed out, today is International Haiku ... really well angsty haikubot at night is the most beautiful thing i have ... watch them. they're great at haikus We have both moved on, but I still

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  back at these 10 years, several lessons stand out to me. Some of them, I ... campus. I didn’t understand this when I started to look at colleges and to ... through. Then, it’s also important to look closely at the situation, figure

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  in society as an ethically-minded (at least I hope) science advocate ... one of the most difficult things I’ve experienced, and at least giving myself a chance at grad school was bizarrely a part of my grieving process

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  —Ifemelu’s only here for a few more days (246 more pages). Ameer One word. Dance. I will dance anywhere at any time. Whether it’s at a party, a supermarket in line, my room at 3am, or even at work during selection committee

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  noticed three of my fellow passengers staring somewhat obviously at my shirt ... of the shirt looks something like this: Right. I'm not at MIT right ... 1916: at the time, MIT didn't even own the land west of Mass Ave, and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  up to see above crowds at concerts. Everyone laughed when I talked ... floor of Stud, starting at 12 noon and ending around 1am. We did a lot of ... matlab"]course 6[/annotation] classes at MIT. At the next meeting, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  I've talked about Mystery Hunt at length, from the perspective of a ... I go. Overview In Searching for legitimacy, we look at compare the histories of Mystery Hunt and comic books. We then look at the narrative and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  of governments and political behavior, even at an international level ... traditionally stands precariously at the edge of a cliff. We don't really have ... 't try this at home) They are also in approximately the same pose as the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  938,324,129 That Creepy Guy staring at me from across the airport ... straight up told me that I was going to do it. I practiced hard at home and ... , and the system was different. At the beginning of every piece, Mr. L

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  about her depression experience at MIT, and I truly think that she beautifully describes IHTFP at MIT. I hope this post touches you like it did for ... my UROP research at another university’s undergraduate research

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  show, and it blew. my. mind. I was amazed at how a children’s show could ... 't dubbed at all, and I think this had me watching shows that I definitely should not have been watching at 10/11 years old like The Vampire

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  , fails to admit a lot of additional external factors which could be at play ... not a strictly complete description of the philosophy at hand; in fact ... earlier and the days got colder, my motivation drained, bit by bit, until at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  I've been looking at Ben's "50 Things" post recently, since classes ... . 41. Make a complete ass of yourself at least once, preferably more. It ... . Try to remember how lucky you are every day. 7. At least a few times

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  at high school students. Last Splash, we had 2,142 enrolled students ... uncertainty about whether or not to run Summer HSSP at all. We had Splash ... chance to, you know, grow, whatever that means. But at the same time, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020