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  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  baseball players ask for autographs from the people they're playing against ... UROP and would rather build toys than wind farms was not chosen for a ... speak, it was a no go. That is, until I realized I worked for the

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
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  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  could sleep for a much longer time. I roll over to cuddle with them and go ... of bed in 20 minutes is unfortunately pretty good for me these days ... else we still need to do before everyone leaves: pick our songs for next

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
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  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  ’s been my Instagram username for the past 2 years. For the entirety of my ... ,[/annotation] at least from the experiences of others that I've read up on: one ... ’s the only dish that every adult in my immediate family has cooked for me

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  : MIT Gothic. I think it paints a very concrete picture of life at MIT ... .)     ivynewton ‘16: You lay down for a 15-minute nap, and ... says ‘IHTFP.’ You find yourself whispering ‘IHTFP’ at random moments. You

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  lurker at heart and have loved keeping up with the other bloggers' summers ... transcript of the video for those who might want it (I may have changed a word ... 't see you again for some time, but I thought I'd send a note anyway. It

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  I go. Overview In Searching for legitimacy, we look at compare the ... for, and the fact that you end up closer to your goal is, at least for ... I've talked about Mystery Hunt at length, from the perspective of a

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

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

  

  single for at least a period of time in college. Take yourself out. It ... the idea at first. When you come to MIT, you will often find your people ... , some “friend turnover” is unavoidable. We’re all here for a limited

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... 'm talking about an opportunity for personal growth. It's the big selling ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  shedding the old enchantment for the new. Four. We arrive at the Stud and ... Boston. It got delayed, so I had to stay in Boston for another night ... continually shedding the old enchantment for the new. Zero. My flight going from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  one of my hopes for my technical education at MIT: as a 6-7/18 major, I ... building blocks. For example, the house and the square that we looked at ... pearls on the equidecomposable house and square we looked at earlier. For

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  my advisor placement at first, since i had only applied for advising ... at mit known for its many windows and sponge-like appearance ... semester, we chatted about major plans, extracurriculars, life at mit and how

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... away from school, especially at dinners with family friends that ... to the general college applicant. At the same time, though, we aim to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  own, it means four hours. Not the time that I hoped for, not at the ... computer lab I’d sneak glances at neighboring people’s wpm and quietly gloat ... people had wpm’s over 100. Other people started beating me at SET. Other

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
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  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  time. You say, and stare at the ceiling for another ten minutes, singing ... of algorithms (TAs are capped at two classes). TAing is hard ... when I left for college, which had been laying on a shelf since August

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
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  halloween down the infinite

  

  with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is STUPID and BAD AT TIME MANAGEMENT, and no one comment on when this blog was ... finally lift my own luggage when moving out) so i signed up for a weight

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  submission in this blog. [annotation note="well it's actually been two weeks at ... a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
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  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  us for more. reality check–at the moment, i’m 10 hours away from a 2 ... kids. kids who start their own businesses at nineteen, twenty years old ... to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  ="this soap dispenser has been broken for at least two years now and it's a slap ... Classes are happening again and I am not ready. I am looking at the ... she is no longer the puppy of the house and hisses (like a cat) at Dog 4

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
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  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  Financial District, to the right at the Boston end of the bridge. Beacon Hill ... hours just before midnight. Beacon Hill is very quiet for a neighborhood ... cobblestones, and happy laughter flutters down to us at street level from

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011