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  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  godsend for those who might want to get a sense of what life was like at ... come back and blog for us—just like we did for the tenth blogiversary. In case you [annotation note='or you want to consume all the content at once

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  was at the ART (shoutout to CAMIT for giving us tickets!) The second ... emails for more pretty graphs"]Waly![/annotation]  Top X Classes by ... . For the rest, I included the class/classes with the highest frequency

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... nice height Cons creepy lighting on higher floors at night second ... ="87065" /] Pros booths are great for solo/partner work comfortable seating

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  his postdoctoral fellowship at MIT, and now works for the UN Nile Basin ... teacher asked me to keep a journal as my assignment for missing school for ... when I was seven, and at the time that I would one day be determined to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland ... . I wish smelting or wind tunnels were still a big thing, at least for ... Contents 1. Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Women at MIT (1994) 2. MIT: The

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while ... white striped button down. I waited in line at Cava next to the white, brown and East Asian Google and Microsoft employees while across the chasm

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  an irate parent. Me: "MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN WAITING AT LOGAN FOR 40 ... offer you 50 Reflections. Here goes... The years I spent at MIT were among the best -- and, at the same time, the hardest -- years of my life

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  really excited about this, as it’s been a dream of mine for at least…the last twelve to fourteen months. Even at the start of my junior year of ... want to work on satellite and spacecraft controls for NASA, and I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  certain college has no room for you at this point in time, then I’ll tell ... For most of high school, the US was just a vague blip on the radar of ... ” or “running for president”. I had read one of the MIT blogs once

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  As a news editor for The Tech, every couple weeks, I have the ... guide you through the laborious process: 6:19pm: I arrive at the Tech office twenty minutes late; articles are nominally due at 6pm, so it would

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... for MIT?" My mind went blank. Qualified? What a strange word. I thought of job applications. "Explain how you are qualified for this position

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  for my plans. Do as much as I can and learn as much as I can at Akamai ... at Lincoln, while fun, has convinced me that research is indeed not for ... solutions for enterprises, and expect to become a stay-at-home dad within the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  nervousness, looking for distractions, forcing yourself to pretend like there ... here is my deep life advice, for application day and forevermore ... , and I hope to see you at CPW or around campus sometime. Please say hi

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• 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"

  

  lots of other people! For me, this sounds like: My Worst Nightmare! A ... ! I took improvised solos for seven years. I joined the middle school ... 938,324,129 That Creepy Guy staring at me from across the airport

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

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  experienced at all. I am very grateful for the blogs, the wonderful people I ... We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a ... from MIT. First things first: I have now actually been out of college for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  ungestalt, like looking at all the pieces and not seeing how they fit together, like missing the forest for the trees, like looking at the sky and seeing ... measurement. How many frosh stopped by your booth? How many frosh signed up for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  So you might be looking at the CPW schedule and thinking...   ... are, so we drew something for you!         ... parts of CPW is the massive amounts of delicious free food, but eating at

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  Boston T. For my first two years at MIT, this bridge had been partially ... waiting at the MGH station around 5:00 PM, waiting for the train to come in ... , I have had to cross the Charles at some point. Each of them are so

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  beautifully describes IHTFP at MIT. I hope this post touches you like it did for ... later, I woke up at 3 pm after sleeping for 14 hours. With my eyes wide ... filter for the past few days. After staring at the ceiling for half an

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

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  -minute preparations for my classes. I end up in my room at around eleven, but I was so ... ] The dinner lasted for about two hours, ending at roughly 9 PM, and we ... , the legend, has taught for Splash. And this will be yet another post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019