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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  student, you’re driven by the mentality of getting into a good school ... worked. But that’s a bad way to live life. The best experiences, I’ve had ... get to touch the skills and knowledge that I spent 4 years cultivating

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• 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.

  

  still pretty psyched to get these. This is the moon: And lastly, the ... .409 (which I highly recommend by the way). Another piece of universal advice ... day is filled. Where is the time to catch up on material that you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
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  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  the best man, and Carl '07, who introduced us to each other, was another ... the big interests of the lab is to figure out which genes cause neural ... research and development office in Cambridge. Adam is the go-to guy for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
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  halloween down the infinite

  

  with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is ... get to classes and things happen along the corridor! which is why i ... note="we're supposed to take 4 PE classes by the end of sophomore year. i

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  Campus (it was love at first sight, and the EC community is by far the best ... very near by who is extremely good at it and will, in the vast majority ... -digit weather in just a sweatshirt and a hat is probably not the best idea

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• 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 ... ), that PDF application gets seen by many, many eyes, from the time it gets ... .g., the admit rate is now 9.6% instead of 13%). This post will not be as

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  of the best things I’ve participated in since coming to MIT.    ... you can really go to any group you want. It’s a great way to get ... on Wednesdays to get to know one another (led by someone you might know

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  out into the world and get lost someplace new, and it’s just as nice to find our way home to our clacking radiators and the rain against the ... means it is customary to make wishes and toasts. I toast the adventures

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
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  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  , but where I come from, the closest you get to snow is shredded ice in ... , to ‘hit the ground running.’ The painful struggle to get through the ... drop the right one. The feeling of failure that comes when you’re used to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
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  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  -English guide are inspired by How To Get Around MIT, the student-produced handbook ... virtually everything, from the buildings to the academic buildings, is numbered? One reason I'm writing this entry is to help bridge the gap

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  I need to be, something I need to be doing, but there's no way to get ... to my room. For several weeks I kept getting emails about the leaky ... using the other bathroom closest to my room, which is an entirely normal

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  and shelves traced out the silhouettes of what used to live on them ... also hate the way it shoves into my face, "you'll never live here again ... conversation, but a badly lit selfie and a quick hug would have to do. One day we

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
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  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  answer, because MIT is the community you will spend most of your time in ... a few anecdotes to give you a picture of what the city is like. And ... rule exists is so that during 'rush hour' the subway doesn't get

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
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  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  cooker, in all the best and worst ways simultaneously. But after escaping ... is a beautiful film, even if the physics does get artistically bent on ... I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  getting in, reducing getting into MIT to a coin flip. On the ride home, I ... Day. The Pretender is a song about making a resolve to go out there and ... deal. What would the rest of your life look like if you chose to never

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ’s been really helpful but I have a long way to go.  What is something that ... what the ethical and right thing to do is.  What is one of the hardest ... ’ve learned the hard way, that’s not sustainable. We weren’t built to do every

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
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  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  of the term. It was doubled by the work I had to make up from the ... health to the extent that it helps you be a good biologist. You’re willing ... around me reflect my own anxiety. IHTFP is studying my butt off to hit the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
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  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  . According to the Wikipedia bio, this is Stark's background:   ... 2003's The Recruit, Colin Farell's character was said to have ... of being on MTV." (Thanks!) The film, contrary to the web bios I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  acceptances (which is comparable to the average 3.5 acceptances by MIT ... else that is strong to back up your application, because the logical ... scale to 4 point...the 5 point scale is rather silly because as long as

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  not know her. The man on the stage insists that he is not here to perform--he is simply here to be himself. The musicians behind him slow jam ... Gesthemane until the tomb is sealed by Joseph of Arimathea. He wheezes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015