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  finding place

  

  astounded by all these people with whom I had a lot of shared technical ... . Here are some pics, looking back (omitting a lot because I don't want to ... same time, it was a hard semester for me due to all the life changes of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  ? there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for ... 's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on him ... properly later, but here’s a roundabout way of getting there. Dear Seven

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack ... what it's like to be a student here (he got his PhD in Mathematics here ... . I'd be tempted to say I'm a bit biased, as he was my 6.01 professor

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
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  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to throw myself from high places with just a piece of plastic attached to my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , I can't even seem to get through a day on seven and a half. Knowing ... floor, and I've noticed that there's definitely a cycle: from 2ish to 7 pm ... company, it's a good time to eat. Afterwards, people hang around and talk

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... want to be, what experiences you need to have to help you get there, and ... focus of attempting to gain admission to a specific institution or type of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and ... makes a lot of sense because it's far easier to code something interesting ... and Fravic. Carlos: WTF?) So, back to hackathons. A lot of relatively

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... hard to hear, especially when we seem to be coming from a position of ... the waitlist and have a few more months of waiting to go, or feel like a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  ) and swiss army man (also excellent, also emotional) and went to a house ... extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... weeks to happen). my hope is that it can serve as one more resource, a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  after its first classes were held in a storage warehouse. By 1895, 39 from ... tenure at MIT with a vision to build a more diverse and inclusive Institute ... Chris Peterson launched a project to highlight MIT's committment to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  experience and exposes you to a wide range of types of people and cultures (and ... fulfill my wanderlust. While it is great to do MISTI for a summer (they just ... to the GECD. To try and entice you a different way, I will leave you

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  to get a positive response. Each time, I have to bite my tongue to stop ... together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  at the idea of doodling a science-question post. I still plan on getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled ... know you all are all: so I will take you there. I will take you to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
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  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  me a while to get my thoughts down on paper (or motherboard, as the ... them to. Poetry, prose. Prose, poetry. Sometimes I think there's not a ... understand what makes them who they are, and why. Getting to know their

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  In case you haven't been on the Internet recently, a music video called "Gangnam Style" was released over the summer by K-pop rapper PSY ... , as of 8:23am today. 560,719,327 a few minutes later, because a friend

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  yet to re-experience that level of wretchedness since coming here as a ... My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... Beaux-Arts style, characterized by large windows, large staircases, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
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  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  what they've been up to after all this time. One frequent question I get ... 's hard to give a comprehensive answer to that question, but perhaps this ... ), which I compiled and sent out to the class. Realizing what a resource I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT ... artists I like, and hoping for the best. So I might try to include a mini ... It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  were strained to see what was about to happen. In a few moments the ... the previous fall. It was a five-story, 100-foot-wide dorm with two ... about half a decade more, in which time two identical extensions would be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015