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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  parts of other people's stories is perhaps the best we can hope to be, as ... that they are doing philosophy, and that this is the way to become ... topic is interesting to me. A: Why does that make you want the UROP? B

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

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  bought the milk carton and made his way to his floor—Bonfire—only to ... to live, and is currently one of the oldest and proudest residents of ... negligence w/r/t basic testing, not to mention the logistical curdles posed by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... "heck, did I at least get the units right?" or use brute force to solve ... " way). MIT is about educating the entire student, not *just* the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  missed. We’re furiously unpacking the dorm and getting excited to see you. One of my best friends Ami G. ‘14 is out to find yellow paint for the ... Your Course We all love our majors. But whose major is truly the best

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  disciplinary or other action that occurs after your admission to MIT. We have the ... integrity on its face. The purpose of this blog post is to communicate that ... responsibility is, like most things at MIT, something you learn best by doing

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  somehow managed not to get them. Recently I took the SATs as well, which I ... to heart, it's some of the best advice concerning MIT you'll find. Editor's note 6/17: "The comment is reproduced here with permission by its

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• 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 ... . But the exciting part is remembering that you have the power to choose where your time goes. -- To return to the question of "“be yourself or

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• 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 ... background science too quickly. Trying to please everyone here. (Here. In

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better than it would have been otherwise. This is the way I would ... didn’t make it. Holding hands on the way to class. Falling in and out of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  . I started having thoughts to the effect of “everyone else is already ... people, and the gist of what I would optimally do is to convert the ... . While I tend to doubt that the process of designing and building is what I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  challenge now, however, is how to condense all the things you want to convey ... ; The word limit is kinda short. Now, a disclaimer: I want to stay that this is not intended to be a "model essay" (I think the ending can use

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  , and really the best I can do is to just take things one by one and not ... is that I expanded my threshold from my room all the way to the ... . Perfectionism + the urge to get everything done right on the first try. I first

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  state of your paper. 3) you get a week to submit a rebuttal to address ... at the expense of your health and wellbeing.”  I have yet to ... the time of publishing this blog since i like to let my writing marinate

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... hugging your laptop, which is still on, so it doesn't get stolen; also, you ... there was no way I'd ever get up again if I went to bed. And yet I was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in ... (scientific ones nonetheless. You know, the ones that are hard to get ... That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  that the deadline for MISTI-France, to give an example, is BEFORE THE END ... think it's important to know that your college's way of doing things isn't the only way of doing things, and that your peers aren't the only

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  wolf tail becoming the Milky Way is an arbitrary choice; similarities to ... Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an ... , and is set apart from the Major Arcana by being unnumbered. A first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  Floor Pi lounge is an adventure. We can take the T to Harvard, and buy ... Crossing and get lost on the way back. We could grab some Nerf guns and have ... a road trip, and I'll try my best not to get motion sick. We can sit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  Gender Studies. How to get access The Cheney Room is open to all women and ... 308. The Cheney Room is a lovely space, and if you want to learn about ... who are registered at MIT. You can gain tap access to the Cheney Room by

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  /mobile UI is triggered by the width of your browser). The annotations are ... to the extent —  and only for the reason —  that it is “narrowly ... context. We believe it is crucial for the successful future of our world to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023