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  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  MIT, you get to make the choice not only where you live but who you live ... individuals to belong to. They're the kind of awesome people who'll be up with ... 'd be Sylar without all the evilness and serial killer tendencies. Now

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  were not granted exceptions to stay on campus during the first round, the ... . Thank you for being selfless, resilient and kind. To the graduating ... this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  reaction, though it may not necessarily be strong enough to prevent the ... difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being ... wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
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  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  , the blogs were not nearly the beast you see them to be now. I was ... appreciated the most about being a blogger was the ability to be open about ... be brave/bored enough to go back and read the whole mess. Being a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  absolutely no desire to be a lawyer, but the people on the team really are the ... to go to college?” There it was again, the dreaded question high-school-senior-me didn’t know how to answer. So I gave the only response I knew for sure

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
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  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  my basement! AdMITs attending the virtual CPW this year will be the ... needle and different colors of thread. I took an instant fancy to it. Why ... listening to books. People seem to enjoy what I make and the joy of others

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  not asking for extensions or going to Medical. Don’t be like me! It ... of time alone to be at my best. It’s not like I was insanely social ... pressure on myself to do self-care activities that the effect ends up being

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  for something to be different? train stopped. The reason I moved to the ... going. This summer, I've been reflecting upon the fact that soon I will be ... know what? I'm ready for something to be different. I think, for the

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

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  get to the lightbulb moment, week after week. Being surrounded by other ... obligation to educate ourselves on global issues and take a stand to be the ... to be and identifying where we are now relative to that goal. The

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  of cases, be willing to help you learn. Sidequest 8: Survive the ... , though, I generally know the number of the building that I happen to be ... . (Warning: I’m about to wax philosophical for what will probably be several

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  the Internet. Applying to MIT has a parallel in science: not all ... and the people you are with. Take chances; be bold enough to put your ... that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
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  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  with the “big lighter” and the sushi knife). Looks pro but to be honest ... . You don’t even have to physically be there (during the cooking process ... [annotation note="Defined by being able to elicit the strongest preference under

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  'll meet up again in whichever city we happen to be in at the same time and ... knowing when "one day" will be. I don't want to say goodbye, unwilling to ... and shelves traced out the silhouettes of what used to live on them

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
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  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  person I want to be and the people I've been over the past two years; I ... dangling in the air, wondering what it’d be like to walk on the ceiling ... eventually, eventually, we will sleep. I think the semester can be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
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  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  communities they work with. This is not to say that the individuals recognized ... all of SHASS together. -the hackers The hack is to be preserved in the ... and the end result is beautiful. I will let it speak for itself, with a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
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  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  the two sides of a heart to be even is about as easy as herding cats ... and swords than to make the hilt be a dragon?   [caption id ... too loud to be turned on during the work day, so I mostly used a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
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  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  conversation with a stranger, but they will talk to you if you initiate the ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
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  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  --look not much different from a green apple to those who live in the grayscale ... --assuming that they have the same potential to do and be anything they want, and the same capability to be amazing. From that, I learned that if you ask

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  . The requirement now is not only functioning results, but the ability to ... hereeeeee). The main skills I've been developing is being able to grind work ... . _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Optimal Procrastination Technique:  How to trick yourself into

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  shots), not by proximity to the bull’s eye. Usually I aimed at the bull ... at hand, not the pressure of the tasks coming up. I try to do my best ...        “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015