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  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  contrast to the person that I was projecting on the outside: active in the ... even wanting it to. And maybe occasionally there’s still people on the ... other students? Who can I reach out to? The same communities that I had

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL ... -JAMB). Due to great restriction on the number of Nigerian universities I could ... strange joy of being reached out to and the beauty of the idea that I could

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  . '20 and Nadine E. '22. The goal was to reach n=13! That's 8,192 cookies ... used on Saturday and the rest has since been distributed to other halls ... . We are here to celebrate the ideas that are borne of this insanity

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  supermoon and a lunar eclipse are scheduled to happen on the same day (night ... back to that night, which began on the fourth floor Haus balcony where I ... . Afterwards, a group of us went down to embark on a long and cold journey to the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  , but I was kinda sad the trail ran cold so soon. Then, I reached out to ... live on Fifth West, so never actually lived in the room. The second was ... interviewed to be the GRT on the floor after I had left and asked if I lived on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  wasn't just to congratulate me. She said "... but... aren't people on the ... striking up conversations with people on the subway! She would talk to them ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  someone key me in on a trick to couple hundred haikus per second? i think ... need to do my real analysis homework by mistake The details are rather much the same as last time. I took the model I previously trained on my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  two to find a better guess, converging over time. As I worked on the EKF ... , but I loved the work I was doing, and I decided to keep UROPing on ... ways to maneuver despite the constraints on available torque, by taking

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a ... , on this date in 1936, a similar thought likely went through the minds ... belonged to Ralph J. Slutz '38, was painted with the phrase "TECH IS

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  were on, crossed the tracks, and then got onto a trolley headed back to ... minutes later. Then we transfer to a train headed inbound. We sit on the ... : We are experiencing delays of up to 15 minutes southbound on the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  decided to grab breakfast, and I zoned out while munching on waffles at the ... to my room, where I collapsed on the bed, overwhelmed and very, very ... of the decay than to face them head-on, and I spent every waking moment

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  where to apply Tips on the application components Why I chose MIT ... a foothold on why they wanted to Do The Thing beyond these reasons ... and do just fine. It just depends on when the inspiration happens to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... enough brain power to type in the code on more time. B E M no N O B E R L

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  yourself on occasion to contemplate the truly nutso fact that time is passing ... ~"]prefrosh[/annotation] are moving in! It started on Friday, when the athletes arrived. Today, on Tuesday, the international students and FPOPs will come

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

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so ... thrilling. the boat tilted often, rocking from one angle to another, reaching ... trying to do work on days i don't have the energy to, i could make my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  to the cost of housing on campus. But, if you're smart, you can find ... want to get there by [annotation note="i like to be a little on the ... can cross the street and walk on the opposite side, just to get a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  committed to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with people on campus. We do ... ’m not doing it right, and then push it to the backburner. But now this ... about the Christian groups on campus and churches in the area. I knew next

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

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  -it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... they’re rocks on a riverbed. The memory of my dad teaching me how to ... Minor on the guitar seems to connect every stage of my life, creating a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  get funding to work on it…? Second, you need to understand Oniongate ... move on their own to bring them further up. —TK '23 an X-ray of the soul ... . First is the famous quote widely attribute to former MIT President Jerome

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  never forget the music I listened to on my UROP trip to Washington, DC. I ... , the most-read blog on MIT Admissions. As a member of the Class of 2018, I have often referred to The Blogfather's advice, and some of his

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018