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  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  run at the Z center. You'll find you'll be much happier if you take care ... behind. But the important thing to remember is don't be afraid to ask for ... After the chaos and confusion that was associated with MIT FPOPs

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  institutions out there. True, your experience will not be the same everywhere ... . Enjoy the little things in life. Whether that be getting to the T stop ... away from the experience. Be that a degree, a life lesson, a useful skill

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  's me, the reason my friends at MIT will stop being friends with me ... happened in the past and be born again in this new world, shedding away the ... about being abandoned, even if the only one you can really blame is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  "While Mens et Manus may be our decree when heard outside the school ... lying. In the midst of this shitshow, the last thing you need to be doing ... being tested - the classes are hard and suddenly you're getting Bs and Cs

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  house. instead of studying 6.857 notes like i should be or writing up the ... Steve Harvey. We were blessed to be watching a stream in which the ... temporary, something that has the power to be erased. no, what two east lacks

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  ), committed to supporting the academic, financial, and personal goals of ... -achieving academic high school student before entering the service and have not ... transfer admission.
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  prelude. I used to be a (slightly) strange child. I once failed a hearing test because I named the pitch of the note being played instead of ... because I had turned the wrong way, and the humiliation of failing in such

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  the Thistle" and "The Horror and the Wild" by The Amazing Devil. https://youtu.be/zIubvTVsBQo?si=6lNNuGQT7zmHyAzQ Being a part of the fire spinning community has been ... different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  , the food your parents cook, and you will keep wishing to be less—less of ... always seemed to be apologizing.   I like to think  it was the ... static can be so desperate. I suppose the nice thing about getting dumped

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  'll find a group of rock-solid people who will be supporting you always. But ... things to be the same. It's a lesson I'm still learning the hard way, as I ... [To be honest, I've had a little bit of writer's block lately, under

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  his name, since he will be working in admissions next year. The next ... contents to be strewn across the table. (I apologize to all ... . I wanted to explain, "I have two more years to go! I didn't fail the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  , carefully, using our kitchen scale. Over the next few hours, there would be ... 's supposed to be, you know, making the bread rise. Oops. I switched to whole ... will succeed. And then you'll be delicious 😋😉

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians ... QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control" and the second one "Experiment."" -an embarrassed '12 "Can anyone help

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  through speaking the same language, I had actually failed her. A few of ... —for example, the spokes on a bike wheel could be distinguished now, whereas ... good we’ll all have it once this is simulated away. The cafe server will

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  that you have failed a test is the equivalent of eating a burrito ... soothing waves of ambient noise during the night hours. Should anyone be ... this. Be warned: it's liberally salted with formulas and skimps on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  residents will be experiencing the exact same thing soon. i'm grateful to EC ... experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of ... the reputation of being quiet, and since i wanted something more social

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  13, the dancers-to-be had convened from near and far, hailing from MIT ... suspect) a lot like life at MIT. It will be fun, and also equally frustrating. It will take focus and careful teamwork. I will probably fail often

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  before then. The adage about "time flies when you're having fun" could be ... fiftieth anniversary Woodstock ones. They'll be put to good use on the thank ... one might be the result of finally finishing Lizzy Goodman's Meet Me in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  Collier Memorial. I will close with this: when I ran the Boston Marathon ... transfer loads in pure compression from stone to stone. The shallowness of ... Collier Memorial will offer our community the opportunity to remember

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  . Giving the recipe for a single rack of ribs will be difficult, since this I ... favor of time. The sauce will be slightly liquidy, but shouldn’t run off ... slow cook the ribs in the oven, and then transfer them to the barbecue

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011