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  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  . Because I’m a stubborn pedestrian, and because [annotation note ... own feelings. Before I begin, I think I have to provide some context: I’m ... structures is farther up my alley than telling you what’s in them. I’m sure

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need ... you missed it, which I'm pretty sure you didn't, MIT EA comes out this ... heroes of any story I'm in"]My mom helped,[/annotation]the blankets helped

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  when I'm still constructing my immediate future -- which has, at the ... reaction. I'm quintessentially neither any set of failures nor any set of successes, and I'm hardly any more or less deserving of praise or respect even

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  I've picked out the five clubs and three varsity sports I'm going to ... a class to get a taste of a certain major, but I'm not sure if I'm

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  about in the college process, but leave in the theoretical domain. I'm ... . I'm talking about serious life lessons. Not all of them translate well ... . Personally speaking, maybe it's because I'm used to getting stuff immediately

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  confuses me because I'm actually Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering). After ... to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... you can read up on at the MIT Hack Gallery but I'm going to skip to the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  before it's due. I'm well aware that this is one of my greatest flaws, and will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless ... by Lauren: "I'm pregnant." 9:20 PM: Lauren immediately turns to parents

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  to do this by the end of sophomore year. I'm running a little behind. 1 ... .260 Professor James head-on because I'm busy scrutinizing the 5.60 pset ... she'll be right down to class. (I think perhaps she thinks I'm a little

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  my offer of admission. It's been too long ago that I know I'm inventing ... . If I had a plan, it ate the plan. …But I'm still me. So I can come up ... sad as he is now. Five All this to say: I'm now twenty-two. I'm now a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  into the floor on which I'm standing. I love being able to make progress ... Stanford gym in my wallet, for whenever I'm in the Bay Area. No one tell ... -raising to help you out in a time of need. I'm endlessly grateful to them for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  ."]Acceptance:[/annotation] It doesn't really matter WHY. This is reality now. Okay.   I'm ... me if I'm ranked 2nd in my class at the number 3 school in the country ... reads applications and stuff) covers it beautifully here. Of course, I'm

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  curiosity, mentorship, gratitude, and living a good life. A lot of lessons I’m

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  understand that yes I do in fact have ADHD, and no I'm not taking advantage of ... at the top of this summit is breathtaking and I'm taking a moment to ... Senior Week events, I can tell I'm getting high off low-oxygen altitude

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  , so i'm doing things a little out of order. instead of walking last ... , how i'm glad it's done, but, god, how i wish i had more time. when i was ... scariest. statements i wrote down, which i think i stand behind, but i'm not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  be exhausting. I’m used to different college ways and interactions, a ... Harvard, I’m learning to approach philosophy texts with high rigor and ... “double agent” is energizing. I’m the older, “more powerful” outsider. I get

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  on my plate. today, i don't even remember what else i had to do. i'm

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  photos of a Malaysian baby with the words "I'M WATCHING YOU" scrawled ... or Cambridge area you should know it's not because I'm just that vigilant about dental hygeine. In another sense, I'm taking a fiction

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  David and Ali, but I’m especially grateful to them for taking me under ... [annotation note="endearing term for alumni and garbage. but in this case i'm ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] (basically me saying, uwu I’m baby so forgive me for not

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  food – I was surprised with free candy before two of my exams! I'm ... beverages. I’m taking this class as part Media Arts and Sciences (MAS), which

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from ... most important point. While we’re going with a Revolutionary theme, I’m

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016