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  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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  question. This place certainly has no shortage of learned ... otherwise would have no power to do. That’s what engineers do, right? They fix ... declaring? The answer is that I currently have no idea, and that you should

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  last semester to not be about me, the more i was able to do. so in no

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  I need to be, something I need to be doing, but there's no way to get ... has not been a good week. I’m trash, I’m trash, I’m trash. I have no ... environmentally conscious individual, morally, I have no choice but to pick you up

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone ... ’s no moon!... These are the Death Star and an X Wing, painted by Drew A ... any coherent picture of things yet? No. Never mind, hey, this is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  have about MIT in the comments or by email. No matter what you choose

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013