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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  , fails to admit a lot of additional external factors which could be at play ... to pleasure) because of the definition of happiness used; see below ... to Aristotle and the field of virtue ethics as a whole, and much of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  to nothing and would have LOVED a blog about that sort of thing when I ... committed to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with people on campus. We do tons of events throughout the year to connect students and grow together

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  this way. My son has a pile of graduation thank you notes to write and I ... writing. The process of writing is what creates the ideas. Sure, it’s ok to ... suggestion of setting or theme, but the one rule is to create something with a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  was in desperate need of some de-stressing) then came back to Cambridge ... traveling to all these places though, is the company of all my wonderful ... to the new environment weren’t easy! I also received tons of emails of

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  would also say to me, in Amharic (the national language of Ethiopia), “we are Habesha”. “Habesha” is a term that refers to the ethnic group of ... 在这里可以看中文版。 Note: This is a loose translation. Since of course I am

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but ... draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How ... worth it. There are better and healthier roads to success. Dear Class of ... so far and that all your successes are really nothing to be proud of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get people to ask questions about your silly hats. Take pictures of yourself ... . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  list asking people to send me their projects. Here are some of the ... 'm creating a shattered glass looking thing on all of my walls (1 down, 3 to go ... few hours the four of us went back upstairs and said goodbye to BMF and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... cultural fit to find your best space. PRICING: MIT has three tiers of dorm ... of upperclassmen to help you, but you can also avoid the learning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of ... to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... that got a lot of attention, and I thought it might be a good idea to go ... outside of Native Americans. I want to preface this all by the fact that I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  iterations of committee. We set ground rules that apply equally to our treatment of your application and to our treatment of one another, rooted in ... of us roll in the chairs from our cubicles to maximize our comfort

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go ... wealthier, glitzier, suaver version of himself that he put forth to win over ... to “create myself”, even literally. Since “Jenny” is not on any of my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  to take part. In addition to the confinement of hours like Gloria noted ... region of campus']east campus,[/annotation] attached to Stata, so very ... : If we have to nitpick, the gym doesn’t have mirrors in front of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  surrounded by this deluge of words and stories had something to do with my wanting to create words and stories. So I imagine that for the both of us ... . There were scores and scores of people, moving from booth to booth

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  function of how far you want every dollar that you spend to go. To get my money's worth, I learned to swim, because I wanted to conquer my fear of ... water, with the rational side of me giving way to trepidation. The bad

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

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  manifestation in 1924. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology goes to great lengths to advertise itself as a place not only of rigorous academics, but ... effectively than before. The move to Cambridge allowed for the construction of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  many of my friends to sign up as I could. The pandemic's been rough for ... spot of joy in an otherwise dark winter. As much as I want to, I don ... middle of a semester can be hard, sometimes, due to scheduling and school

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
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  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  to delve into some of the things I've been feeling this year about ... I have five different takes of this video that were scrapped before I finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015