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  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  's okay, you have a 50/50 chance. It's either a yes or a no." Oversimplified

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  little. No biggie. Maybe I'll post about that some other time"]the class

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  college, I had no idea what I wanted to do after graduation, but I wasn ... , through no fault of their own, are archetypal excellent sheep; they are ... released by an external force, with no self-knowledge or desires of their own

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  , Aristotle argues that no ethical theory can provide a rule-based decision ... depends on no external goods, and serves no end other than goodness itself ... and two minors and no decisions made. Our discussion in Act II tells me

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

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  I designed and made. Here we are! No, I didn’t apply the blur, I blame

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  to that question is “something that is no longer worth my time,” a fuel ... than the SAT), and an essay-writing section No one gives a rat’s ass ... . It also depends on the department: I knew multiple friends who had um—no

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

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out Guide to MIT: Academics here. GOOD REASONS TO CHOOSE A DORM CULTURAL FIT: I cannot emphasize this point enough. No matter how (in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Boston, or have no choice but to eat my screen.   5. First time ... , no, I actually cannot sing one tiny bit), but I let that voice rip, and ... was situated within a minority. For the most part, it made no difference

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  drone had no idea what happened to the one before him. Remember Lesson

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  more value for your Pass/No Record, your tuition, and your dreams.   I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  get what you want. And to deal with whatever life throws at you, no

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  point, and— No, hold up. That's a lie. I was kind of a lot fixated. And I

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  made no effort to absorb it. I didn’t make many new friends, and the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  your local grocery store checkout aisle. Function (noun): No list of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  About a month ago, a parent asked me: "What do all these majors switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  are "There are no activities or combinations of activities which by

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  direct result of no fewer than four dorm parties (and, in case you didn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  we were forced out by the pandemic. This year wasn't real, because no ... again, to go places and talk to people and be bold. There's no shortage of ... no one's perfect. We know that everyone's fighting battles. And yet, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  I stop liking math because I was no longer the best, because it ... -- like, zero words, no documents opened -- and it fucking sucks, and I ... were all racing and I was keeping afloat. Like no matter what, I in fact

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  industry, and people in academia. But no matter who I interviewed, there was ... , at the sort of point-of-no-return of the program, without a single ... started ended, seemingly for no reason. Messages popped up when we tried to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020