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  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  understand the irony of that statement, since I am paid to share my life with ... thoughts at the end of each day. It’s gotten to the point where I walk across ... facing the ocean, know that you’ll never be able to look into the eyes of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
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  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  of easily editable cubes[/caption] The same idea can be applied to ... "]basics of cooking,[/annotation] but it's very easy to get caught up in the ... execute any of the formulas going forward, I have to establish some base

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
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  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  end of the ceremony, I got to stand up and take a bow - and was awarded ... In 1965, the U.S. government awarded George (MIT Class of ~1923) and ... birth of a child by centrifugal force." You are familiar with the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
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  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... 'm a blogger, and have gotten to know a little of the administrative side ... UROP and Scholarship brunch. Chancellor Barnhart stands to the right of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  , and the depths of hell open to swallow you whole, rejecting you from all ... end: according to the author, an entire eighty percent of well ... to ride in a chariot, it was priceless to see the reactions of passers

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  wear the same rotation of flannels and sweaters this time of year: to ... decisions to make.” He mentioned research that shows the simple act of making ... because it's initially hard to detect, because, in a corollary of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  give you. Taurus I know you're used to it, but the hallmark sign of a ... would cringe seeing this post), but I find it fun to read an analysis of ... reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  little bit of time every day to have to yourself—the unsatisfying answer is ... into MIT. but i think the trick is to define what the "life" part of ... simply do not have the energy to do so. here is some of what i have

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  exhausted. The days leading up to decisions were sickeningly brutal and ... ," moments. It was difficult to decide whether optimism or pessimism was the ... rational in convincing myself that things would turn out okay, at the end of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... , suitcases) full of paper folders back and forth from the office to read them ... to, because we know the reality that less than 1 out of every 10 will

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  up to orientation and all the Adult things I needed to keep track of ... fail, so scramble to visit the nearest Bank of America to have it done in ... ;t be returning back to Boston until the beginning of fall semester

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
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  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  shower, a drizzle. Ambon is the kind of rain that a light jacket would be ... season ends around May, and the rainy season ranges from maybe June to October. Overnight, the winds would abruptly switch from amihan to habagat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
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  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  surprising amount of momentum behind me, but i don't think i managed to pull off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had ... the cosmic fabric of the universe, you certainly can do positive work

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  , my teeth would chatter, and this dread of just wanting the panic to end ... rectilnear grid is thanks to the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. One quirk of the ... streetcorner, adding a bunch of songs to an iPod playlist called "On the Go 5

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  was everything you’d expect the President of MIT’s office to be – dark ... is one of the greatest issues of our day has led her to pioneer the Climate Project at MIT. The goal of this project is to figure out how to get

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
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  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  our entire family tree. I went home and wanted to write the stories of ... things, but finally, I decided to cut them away, for the sake of telling ... to those who live in villages on the other side of it. They walk or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  to USA, to MIT, have been some of the most monumental years of my life ... clothesline in the backyard to dry in the sun over the course of days. Rainy ... .m., I retired to the basement of Walker Memorial, where a bunch of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  over twenty years now, they've allowed everyone to peer into the lives of ... to blog, I genuinely wasn't sure of the response we'd get. It's a cold ... felt this magical to those of us in the greater blogger community. Maybe

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  in the merits of the first blog in regards to a long college admissions ... out of the prompts for the 15 colleges that I applied to (number one was ... opened my eyes to the untold story of limited-English proficiency patients

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009