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  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  themselves. As I was getting my food to leave the man in front of me reached ... whether to share it with the rest of you guys, but I thought that this ... stark contrast to the brown almost reflective leather shoes, crisply

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  . These were the things accomplished on the second day of Beginner Swimming ... —I took a deep breath, tried to fall back onto the water. A second later, I ... from one end of the pool to the other on fins, I was still struggling to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  to navigate the world on his own before. It scared him too: And then ... like I need to figure things out on my own. Most of the time in ... applying to graduate school. I've been looking back on the past three years

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  of this blogpost. I reached out to some SHASS faculty and some of the ... recreating it to better reflect the diverse departments and people of SHASS ... centering the Department of Economics, this display chooses to center one of

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  flew to California. The actual interviews take place on Saturday, but all Finalists attend the cocktail party on Friday night in order to meet each ... went to the nearby CVS and bought one of the DVD’s that was on sale. The

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  was on the waitlist.” He smiled, and the room—full to capacity ... receptive. Sofia’s answer was spot on. I don’t want to string any more of the ... , optimistically, and devastatingly. Yuliya blogged about it. I scrawled words on the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more ... downstream. But I had a map in hand, and I was determined to reach the X I had ... feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  , simultaneously, this-broadcast-is-live. I live at EC, on the second floor of the east parallel. In a window on the second floor, behind the man standing ... not know her. The man on the stage insists that he is not here to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  McGann. You know, the admissions officer who made the second post on ... ='See this Tech issue; on the bottom of the second column in the top article.']on ... to be hosted, and 80% wanted to live in a dormitory. On the other hand

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for ... Before I started working at MIT, I had never driven on the ... driving on the highway while I was in high school. Living in the Boston area

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  happened. it’s as if the entire month has just been in my head. to be fair ... avoiding talking about it on the blogs all summer long, in perhaps a stalwart refusal to reflect on what is happening in my life, but it is impossible to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... builds character. 37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn

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

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  to the distress usually caused by on-site interviews because I've only ... thought the process of applying to semi-elite institutions ended after ... disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  . Finally, I'd like to credit my friend Lucas Ospina '26 on the card as he ... Engineering The Hermit gives up outside distractions to focus on their work ... deadlines while their friends try to reach them. The equally scribbled papers

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

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  , Fear Level is inversely proportional to The Number Of Seconds I Think I ... section. All eyes are on you, as you lift your instrument to your mouth ... myself on autopilot, and shot my hand in the air. On the occasions that I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  the Peano axioms. Someone wants to know if this will be on the test. The ... should listen to the Nintendo a la Cziffra verson on youtube. Danny B ... look down. Herbert M. ‘15 You wake up at 8:15 to the sound of trucks on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• 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 ... Pressure." You should take the time to check out all the results, but for ... Tech article came out hot on the heels of Lydia's blog post, Meltdown. In

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

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  on desktop (or tap, on mobile) to see a related annotation on the right ... .']recently affirmed precedent;[/annotation] if so, we will continue to rely on the ... particular focus on STEM fields; (2) the importance of diversity to our nation

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  discussed the importance of reaching out to other people when the semester ... self got on the shuttle to go to class, half-unpeeled banana in one hand ... —a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  stood in front of the bathroom mirror similing to myself for 20 seconds in a Wonder Woman power pose. On the way from the bathroom to the ... same pieces to the house H to create a second supershape N. M = S ∪ Y

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015