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  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  . ‘17 You are sitting in the courtyard. You check your email. New email to ... numbers on your pset make no sense. You look at your phone. You have 20 new ... ’t work. You add some print commands to the broken part. Your code works

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
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  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  so… I don’t even know what to say. If you’re reading this, you ... ? Binging Avatar video essays and calling people to rant about Avatar. On one ... picking three things to focus on very difficult. I didn’t want to make

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
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  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  project in Ethiopia. When back on campus, I continued to be involved in many ... contrast to the person that I was projecting on the outside: active in the ... talking to most of the people I once knew. And whenever I meet anyone new, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  , work that had already been pushed back due to the quickly changing ... ,[/annotation] from a bunched up fist against my cheek, to my index brushing the underside of my nose, to grabbing the cup on my desk that’s been empty for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
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  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  Nowhere, New Mexico - out on a Navajo Reservation. Did I mention that I ... 100% Navajo, and about a quarter of its students go on to graduate. Even fewer go on to college. School. Otherwise known as my second home. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  relationships (or lack thereof) to measure your self-worth. Focus on understanding ... than lacing your opinions with apologies. Be open to new experiences, but ... 'm introspective to a fault and end up writing overly pedantic spiels. On my 6-hour

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  . Go to a website like firehose.guide and look at your choices. Schedule ... , but look into classes that aren't on this list too. The best way to ... an opportunity to take something you're interested in just because you're

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
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  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  ready to be sad. It’s like, you know when you’re going up stairs, and you ... know what you’re doing this summer? Do you still plan to live in EC in ... ’s side of the room. Four. MIT was gracious enough to put all of us on a no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  you have explored it’s time to focus in. Master your major, and focus on ... figured out quickly; others were difficult and painful to learn. I ... 'll listen to, but you're also choosing the atmosphere you will live in and the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  many shows to discuss that you kinda have to watch some on your own. That ... the idea at first. When you come to MIT, you will often find your people ... from your freshman year, and the first class on your hall that you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
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  ten reflections on mit

  

  . While I’d like to blog (both on here and not), I haven’t been. Finding ... still the same. I’m still a grad student. Still trying to do research on ...  a new bike (also orange). I’m living on campus again, but this time as

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  consumes your life during your senior fall of high school, applying to ... your resume is time-consuming. You have to make sure that literally every ... paragraphs and sentences depending on what type of company I'm applying to. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
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  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  muttered to myself. Beside me, an elderly woman glared. My bag was on her ... ’t figured out that the best thing to do in a strange new place was to ask for ... -minute walk in the opposite direction. I was just about to collapse on the side

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  dismiss quickly. 5. You have freedom to choose your classes It is so cool ... you’re planning a meeting, but is generally amazing to witness ... a dozen According to the MIT website: “Seventy-one present and former

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
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  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  heading back to MIT (well, South Station in Boston) from my hometown of New ... , but over time that was changed to align with the social cohesion on each ... the hall but is secondary information to saying that you live on, say

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  to go anywhere else. i know its bad to have your heart set on one ... effect of allowing us to reflect on the past—to soak it all in, to remember ... websites over the years, some catering to niche interests and others more

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
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  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  something to have good perspective, rely on your friends to help you. Eat ... drop by the blogs from time to time and say hi). As you begin your ... journal in taking you back to your favorite moments. Take naps in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  accomplishment? Seeing your name on the leaderboard from week to week? There ... build working websites :D And so we moved on to the real thing™. game ... . If you're still hungry for more details on this wacky game, never fear

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
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  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to post it. I fail at life, I know.) I woke up on Wednesday morning at 11 AM with the (vaguely) shocking realization that I had to read and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  -friends muscle, which you'll need to strengthen and rely on throughout your first ... Yellowstone and New Hampshire, have fun :D"][/annotation] And on Saturday ... , could well be applied to life in general): Do it your way, not anyone

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019