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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self ... equilibria, I guess? For those unfamiliar with the concept of dynamic ... thermodynamics: everything is in flux, and the forces of progression and regression

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you ... your life, maybe thousands of miles away. You’re about to be responsible

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  Even though we’re only two weeks into the start of the Spring semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for first-days of classes and reading through new syllabi, I also frantically

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  . I have these kinds of conversations all the time, every day. But these ... walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to ... small, compared to the identities of the people around me, once I try to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• 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…

  

  protector, nerdy engineer -- born under the second law of thermodynamics ... first day of class. Sixty-odd students fidget nervous-excitedly in a ... /aerodynamics lecturer, welcomes us all to a year of Unified Engineering, a year-long, four

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  little knowledge of what I'm doing. Mostly going off instinct, referencing ... strip every couple of posts, if I think of a joke or something.

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors ... colleges - not such a good idea. it's tiring, it costs a ridiculous sum of ... with the college essay. Ever walk into a shop with one of those glass

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  came across a collection of things that I had written which can most accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... ago about all of the machine shops on campus? That was done by request

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  website which not only devised a method of quantifying squalor, but strove ... inconvenience you. Things are just starting to get out of hand and become unmanageable. A sign of first degree squalor could be that you might be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  in the case of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II -- wait, are you all too ... beginning of this summer -- and he's been told by one of the professors in the Aero/Astro department that he's one of the best undergrads to come

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  Okay, so I'm in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading ... application, I just glance at the test scores to get a sense of them before moving on to the more important parts of the application -- that is, who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  . For many of you reading this, perhaps resting after submitting your ... past ten years made up the bulk of your adolescence. It’s certainly true ... fondness, as a decade of so many Firsts that made me the person I am today

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  surprising amount of momentum behind me, but i don't think i managed to pull ... idea of positive work—even if you feel like you aren't making a stitch in the cosmic fabric of the universe, you certainly can do positive work

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23 ... the seven of eight floors that have colorful ceilings, separated by ... of person who might love it. Life moves fast here: there are many more

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  fogey of an iPhone that still runs on Edge is faster than Chris's 3G i ... door button was right next to a lot of other important buttons on my i ... the door, especially while I was napping. 4) An earlier version of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... of people: those standing in front, those perching on ladders ... steady myself. We traded off for the better vantage point a couple of times

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think ... decision actually determined some aspect of our futures, which was scary to ... just the start of receiving these types of decisions; after it come

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  MIT students do on Friday nights, The Stuff of MIT Legend, and Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline. If you’d rather not spend hours of your time wading through the endless linkbait that is mitadmissions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class. After exploring the Minuteman trail (including a statue of Uncle Sam; did ... MIT's campus to take some pictures of MIT"s newest sport. I started out

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  of my best friends, Colin, as we chatted about getting into our ... rational in convincing myself that things would turn out okay, at the end of ... and sobbed. They were not tears of joy. Flash forward one year. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006