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  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  science and anthropology. I have learned new ways to look at the world and ... I have encountered a type of person and a way of learning different ... to the GECD. To try and entice you a different way, I will leave you

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  good along the way.  However, much of the time, students fail to connect ... their experience is a tally of hours, or they have to travel half way ... distributed in such a way that there are individuals in great need, whose very

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  try to snag the one solo seat, all the way in the back and to the left ... , and they will all look soft and warm and inviting in the same way the ... move in corrals — but now it makes sense. The wave describes the way that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  , could well be applied to life in general): Do it your way, not anyone else's way, and don't feel bad about that. If it turns out you don ... significant. (I mean, like, not to freak you out if you don't feel that way

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  think it's important to know that your college's way of doing things isn't the only way of doing things, and that your peers aren't the only ... limiting and destructive way. I wish I acknowledged at an earlier stage of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  discarding and reweaving them until they sparkle and sound just the way I want ... labels you try and put on it, you will only come two-thirds of the way to the truth, in a Zeno's Paradox sort of way. Part of the MIT culture is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  ’s been really helpful but I have a long way to go.  What is something that ... ’ve learned the hard way, that’s not sustainable. We weren’t built to do every ... . In many ways my poor well being at the time made the decision pretty

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  of in the same way we can do for poems and short stories. Hence the ... or fifty weeks. Along the way, I'll talk about my own feelings and ... , and for being the friends I made along the way. I love you all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  us in the heart the way nothing else can. Another HUGE factor is that ... sequence the same way we do, is visual storytelling. So, it seems like the ... things. wow, was this just a long and convoluted way of saying we'll miss

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  thought I would write this blog post about some of the ways my perspective ... . I’m a big fan of the line “if I treated someone else the way I treat ... friend told me they were being treated in x way, I would tell them to get

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better than it would have been otherwise. This is the way I would ... didn’t make it. Holding hands on the way to class. Falling in and out of

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

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  .01 Physics or 18.01 Calculus. Getting at least one technical GIR out of the way ... out of the way. Pick an intro subject in a major you're interested in ... , but look into classes that aren't on this list too. The best way to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  up my heart in ways that I never imagined possible. And now, I don ... there’s no way a few people can do it alone.“   “I’m here because I ... way. Because of my undocumented status and because of the reality and

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

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  Square. My lifestyle has changed in ways subtle and profound. For example ... the way I squeezed in time for amazing people. But it was always a ... and talked my way into a free waltz lesson, and I went to the middle of

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... find out by chance that two of my friends know each other in ways I would ... , their importance in my life, their importance in others' lives in ways I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  emotionally in ways I couldn't have predicted. I spent this past summer ... ways than high school was. There are more chances to make mistakes and ... independence is a gift and a responsibility that I haven't quite found a way to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  find our way home to our clacking radiators and the rain against the ... way better than mine if you care enough to do it properly.   Steak I ... , or if you just like it that way. Throw seasonings on it. Salt and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  responded the same way we responded to all the questions about minimum SAT ... student. Sorry. There is a way to be qualified to come here, and that's by ... admissions officer, but I have faith that there's a way to find that attitude

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... -floor love, too. Since most of us are going our separate ways this Thursday ... was glazed with steak sauce but in a way that spelled out the initials

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  same way. I've written before about how the class is selected, but I ... and I'm smiling the whole time. I talk about your depth, all the ways ... up the mail (for real), so it's on the way. I'll be thinking about all

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006