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  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  ’t make it on the first Wednesday, but… -- ONE WEEK AGO -- A week later I ... always count on the fire hose to spray those out with constant velocity ... -state. Two exams per week - on top of psets and labs - is now just average. And

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  equilibria: even though something, on the microscopic level, may be in constant ... experiences you'll end up missing out on - will taunt you until you turn around ... to wear yourself out. After that post, I've gone on to disregard each

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... group, we pulled week-long mixing sessions where I rotated on 4-5 hours of ... somehow transmogrified into electronic PDF format. On the plus side, this

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  suggestions are biased?More to the point of that pressing topic on some of your ... at work on that. Nevertheless, and quite understandably, you want to ... ), because from then on, something grew in my stomach and tied it up in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• 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 ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands ... return on your investment. That's great. But money can't just buy integrity

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  to Science Magazine, who published a study on my expected lifespan in ... food that has fallen on the floor. I am probably the age of some of your ... , because the last entry I wrote as a blogger my senior year ended on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  on a farm/retreat in Santa Cruz, and backpacking around Europe. Part ... soften on the asphalt if you stand around. You’re three hours past a ... shifts, and one day a jar of alfredo sauce cracked on the assembly line and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. I ... and open. And we are definitely cheesy. Based on those descriptors, we ... and January. My desk is actually less than a foot from my bed. I sit on

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  'm sitting on a train that took me from Washington D.C. where I had just met ... :24pm. I sluggishly made my way upstairs to my PC and log on to my ... - my best friend told me that some kids were betting on how long I would

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  tongue momentarily went into shock, because after that my mouth was on fire ... finished the first layer of wings on my plate. I gave up then... I do want to ... Challenge. The Green Building is the tallest building on campus (and the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... 's about all I remember. Battle on, Mandelbrot. My friend and labmate Steph '07 spoke at the Class of 2010 choice of major fair on Monday. I wanted

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  hanging on anymore. I also realized that it was REALLY COLD. Like, -5°C cold ... -looking fluffy crystals landed on my jumper. I looked up in confusion to see the ... 18[/caption] If I could write a book on Freshman Fall, it would

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... within the sorority--the founder class. We decided on an aspirational name ... ). Briana B. ‘17 (right) and I on the steps to Lobby 10 The current

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  , 2013, I was sitting in the Margaret Cheney Room Women’s lounge on the 3rd ... was love. It was kindness Classes began on Wednesday with everyone ... delicious meal every major holiday/celebration. People smiled at me on the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  out to be woefully short on substance.  I want to revisit and elaborate on that notion because it remains apropos today as students continue to ... .  On the surface, they have done everything “right,” but the “how” and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  meant to represent the opinion of the Committee on the Undergraduate ... to 7–10). on average, mit students take 54 units each semester."]60 ... students and will keep them on track for graduation.” After the first year

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim ... still seems to be around from the batch that got selected with me on that ... be working on my thesis instead, so I stop blogging and revert to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how ... couldn't figure things out on their own. By second semester freshman year I ... . The only class to which I dragged myself on a semi-regular basis was my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  at MIT. Why was he responding to this email thread? And why was he on ... be in this position a year later. Like many people, I’ve been riding on ... call them regularly. I am working on making it a weekly practice to have

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in ... conference tournament champion.  To get our hands on that trophy, we had to ... and checked off a huge goal on our season bucket list! It really doesn

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024