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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  For those of you curious about life after MIT, I recently wrote this ... moving to a new place, falling in and out of love with SF, trying to stay afloat in the deep end that is my job, and connecting with polar opposites

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  Google in California, and successfully beginning well construction for my ... drop into a room in building 6 during certain times for a small, informal ... , whether you’re at MIT or anywhere, in college or not. I’m grateful for all

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures ... Know I Learned in Kindergarten," which has become a standard for coming ... up with people for no reason other than to derp in the hallways and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  I got in and when I left for MIT. I wish I had. If I were you—which is ... decisions came out absorbed in the application process for other schools ... application in, and how I felt about each activity. For example, I was musical

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  Center for Bits and Atoms. In June, Spencer graduated with a degree in ... . After receiving the Marshall Scholarship to attend postgrad in the UK for ... 'it’s-outside-of-my-control’ separation from the issue, in my mind it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  -- something that we already have more experience and passion for. In summary ... issue probably. We have a lot of ideas for who we want to become. We can ... we should be majoring in. Currently, we are majoring in Course 21E, or

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  better. For many, MIT will be the first time in your life when you really need to study (it was for me). I also don't believe in books that ... what works for you in terms of remembering events/due dates. I've never

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  that I could afford to fuck up in math, I could relax for a whole year of ... , my bandwidth for work, my ability in this moment, I could take 8 ... note="I’ve never turned my rambling not-intended-for-blog into blog

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  the world record for deportations in this country—over 2 million, just ... arrest somebody, hold them in a detention center or a jail for an ... asked him what he’d like to say to students in his situation, undocumented

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  of the struggles I had in leaving home and being on my own for the ... full of ambition and looking to make a name for yourself in the world ... I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  flurry for Humans 4 and 5 in the house unless we have taken antihistamines ... in the living room, but he also doesn't fare well outside where he can ... issues, so you need to make sure she doesn't eat anything too fatty. Dog 1

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
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  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  more expensive than going off campus in exchange for the convenience of ... give you a towel card that you can trade in for a towel whenever you go ... people who have survived for significant periods of time living in Athena

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  -wearing rabbit. For the Technical Review, however, we're in decidedly worse ... ;this made me want to switch majors” aren’t phrases often heard in ... discussing it.  Some people are better at being louder in meetings, at

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  . Breathe in as long as you can, hold your breathe for six seconds, and then ... , because a person in distress can not give you consent for touching their ... Mental Health & Counseling - For help with any mental health issues or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
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  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  difficult for you yourself to be objective in these situations. What next ... ’s different for everyone. But something surprising might be that, in my ... useful for some people. On dating in general Romantic relationships are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
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  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  , actually, here's the backstory, then the story. Back in July 2006 there was an issue with the Doonesbury comic strip. The main character's daughter in the comic strip, Alex, had to decide which college to go to. She was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  question for a few years now, which is essentially other people. I wrote in ... for me are friendships that are inherently virtuous, or, in a less ... Futures To Prepare For? We've spent a lot of time in the world of theory. In

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  am grateful for my legs. I was never been a runner before in my life ... We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a ... from MIT. First things first: I have now actually been out of college for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  grasping. I soaked it all in and confirmed that MIT was for me. I was ... times were probably in their rooms behind closed doors, waiting for the ... —a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  made this video without you all ♥ I included my script below, in case you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn ... luck! Hi guys, Early action decisions are out in less than a week. And

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014