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  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  it) and evenings (lots) go into an article, or how much work goes into ... , setting the flat panel of the track, and a fifth, with dyed red hair ... to track, and a racing car seat and harness attach rider to car

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  knowing everything. In movies and television, intelligence or capability is ... are in any way spectacular or a "genius" of some sort, and aren't sure ... or learning, and that, when I looked around or thought about it, many

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  exercise. I've written about grad school and/as the Boston marathon, the challenges of balancing growth and recovery, and the isomorphic relationship between yoga and powerlifting. For me, [annotation note="But not injurious

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  Rebecca Black. And yes, that is our former Communications Director Ben Jones ... shape our world" and were associated with MIT. Gillette Co. & ... the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
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  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  rubbish or that an entire block was blown up and we don’t know why. I miss ... time I went home. Put the quality on 1080 and see the color green unlike ... evenly between my childhood companions and my closest friends at MIT. The

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  the quantum level, whether they'll kill you or not and WHY WHY WHY WHY ... chemistry, one or two each in inorganic, biological, and quantum chemistry ... recommendation would be to get a UROP or two and see what you're more interested in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  perspective on the reading, go on over and visit Ben. Shahab commented with ... , research etc) ?? I am an international applicant, and I will definitly be ... "diverse" or "confused about goals"?   In the past week, I have read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  you as a person are smart enough or useful enough--and now i find that i ... different type of work this semester--the work of being present and focused, of using my body and my voice, of taking care of myself--things i am

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  . And finally, when we were called to go on our boat (Thanks to our sailor ... while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but ... the Earth’s shadow on the moon, and we’re all here, casting this shadow

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  days, you need two or three or five blankets and to lie on the couch for ... fine. Take time for yourself and the people you love, and for blankets or cocoa or whatever makes you feel warm inside. You've made it this far, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
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  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned getting my ketchup taken away and them dragging me kicking and screaming ... chemistry and 7 meant biology; I didn't know where building 4 was and that you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  can revolve around a few buildings, and maybe a grassy area or two ... . False. I found my limits - pushed them, broke them, flailed about, and ... would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  . Or perhaps it's passed and now you're having a rough time dealing with a rejection. Or perhaps you were accepted and are worried of the ... little more empowerment or you're feeling empowered and want to know what

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  between my study habits then and now: I didn’t study on my bed or got ... semester's courseload. And still, none of that sacrifice or effort feels ... , or the world any more than the next person. And these things are what

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
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  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  I'm chugging into my 3rd year here at MIT blogging, studying, and being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into my seat and begrudgingly turn off wifi on all my TSA

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  from a situation and not look back or apologize. This is number 2 ... writing, or I won’t feel like writing at all, and then I’ll get so stressed ... and would probably benefit more from sleep, or it just undoes the stress

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
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  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  will be helpful. In anticipation of our 10-year reunion, I emailed all the members of our class (about 1000 people) and asked for "10-year ... -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  try to explain: Pre-registration opens very early, and regular ... different from most other universities where you register several weeks or ... to take and helping the administrators figure out how popular classes

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  minutes. For protein, you can use any or multiple as you please. Any and all ... : designing based on a set of parameters and functions, rather than by just modeling ... , where you'll click and drag to make a planar [annotation note="hold shift

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
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  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  the amount of text, or the quality of photos and the color coordination ... together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020