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  Paths there are so many

  

  now. What used to be a maintained sting like an open wound, now merely ... who was able to get through the door you wanted to, or through a ... do great things, because if you had the guts to apply to a place like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  can to celebrate being done, even if it’s a Monday. As much of a ... , actually look forward to a respectable 9-5 job, so they can finally live on a ... faculty advisor. If anything, you’ll need a recommendation letter at some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  's hard to give a comprehensive answer to that question, but perhaps this ... ), which I compiled and sent out to the class. Realizing what a resource I ... -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , I can't even seem to get through a day on seven and a half. Knowing ... floor, and I've noticed that there's definitely a cycle: from 2ish to 7 pm ... company, it's a good time to eat. Afterwards, people hang around and talk

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... students. We have a position called historian whose job it is to do research ... the oldest floorpi graduate I knew, Charles T. '10. This lead to a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  /aerodynamics lecturer, welcomes us all to a year of Unified Engineering, a year-long, four ... and have been able to rattle off a list of their five favorite airplanes ... pointed out to me, while many students develop a tangible interest in math

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  of bed simply to switch out of a class that was too early before promptly going back to sleep. I had never met Regina Spektor, been on a road trip to Cape Cod with a few of my close friends or walked home when it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note ... line of progress from point A to B. In some angles, it looks like an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  received a notification. We sprinted together down the hallway to 10 ... , I was lucky – if I hadn’t happened to stay late in a classroom near 10 ... using cool tools given to us in weekly goodie bags, such as a spectrometer

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  much to people who've never been exposed to MIT. To MIT students, those ... some extent, to my parents, it's like I'm talking a foreign language ... from putting a firetruck on the Great Dome to subtly sabotaging the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  's like to be here (as a sidenote, I recently learned that going for 35 ... with a severe mental disorder in an MRI. This makes me want to wear a ... trivial things, like "Does orange plaid match with a floral green print?" or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  does anyone else remember when the internet looked like this? sorry can’t come out tonight i gotta sit alone in front of a muted tv opening ... decent person the last time i went to urgent care i checked off “excessive

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  relate to a different thing from college admissions. but there are points ... would be, i felt sick to my stomach. a college's admission decision, for ... these little things seem to matter so much that they confuse you in the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  -to-in-ages-because-you've-both-been-super-busy give you a call, or send ... two of you set up a time to Skype. Mushiness also comes in cake form ... oscillators that it seemed only right to become one. For a driving force, we

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of ... . Try to remember how lucky you are every day. 7. At least a few times

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
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  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  excellent barrier to emailing it: it is tradition, a very important rule, and a sign of respect to sign emails to the Burton-Conner dormwide social ... , invitations to test food experiments, and a memo to the person who left their

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  orient myself to a new reality. I probably needed a break from lifting ... -raising to help you out in a time of need. I'm endlessly grateful to them for ... to continuously register the [annotation note="Cartesian dualism is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
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  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  dry, but not quite rain. Tagalog does not have a word for this kind of ... you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you ... the hurricane will herald a turbulent fall semester to come. https

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... order.) 1. The students This one is a no-brainer. Thanks to the ... you’re planning a meeting, but is generally amazing to witness

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
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  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... while at MIT If and when you are accepted to MIT there may be a day when ... mile! (while hard to see, there's a banner that says "Go Sox" suspended

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008