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• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  So it's hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea ... meet everyone who got in and hear about their stories about how they ... in the classroom, that's not true. I think probably one of the biggest

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  -consuming -- I can’t actually think about nothing when i’m trying out specific techniques to make what I see in my head manifest on paper. It’s emotions ... going to the darkroom because it’s “therapeutic”. I can’t exactly disagree

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  the person you were, or who you think you were. You can admire things that your past self did, without having to do them again. You can admire ... chances, in the long run, that you’ll write something good. (As a corollary

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  place where I'm comfortable. And now that I'm here, I can really feel how ... hobbies. I feel like I can grow more as a person." In an effort to make this ... welcoming place to work out what I was comfortable with and how I wanted to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  in their freshman year and goes on to graduate. You can do it. And how ... as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you ... your lingering concerns? Etc. Anonymous asked, "How do I go about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the ... broken, but in the other direction, oops global warming. (And if you're

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit ... -- can you explain how The Mystery Spot works?! ... family attraction in the country. The MB aquarium reminded me of the New

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  any questions (I can explain things further or in far less technical ... -- you can do so by going to these links, in this order: http ... solutions out there. You can get instructions on how to set one up at http

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  . Growth is slow. I can’t say I was always proud of how I handled things, but ... where I can predict what they’ll say next because we talk literally ... , as i have done, as i can, as i shouldn't, etc."]“as you should

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  sent in my scores awhile ago, but I still don't see them on My ... , if I were in charge of mail I would probably not process anything just to see how high I could get the stack. I also have sensitive hands - I

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... 's people who've been in the industry for decades now. I can't imagine that ... is a respectable want. CJ: But isn't it true that I can find that in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  time. The best way I can describe it is like speed-walking when you ... somewhat similar to junior year of high school, in that I feel I’ve somewhat established myself somewhat now. In my UROP, which I’ve had for 5 semesters now

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Rachel, and I love course 3 (materials science).  I love looking at how materials are made and how they work and I love blending plastics for hours and hours.  I've mostly focused my research in the past on biodegradable

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  ’s curiosity. When I ask Chris how he got into chemistry, he tells me about ... say I can’t help but be myself. “You wear your heart on your sleeve ... that’s what I find so compelling in other people, too. Reckless curiosity

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  The weather in the area has been simply glorious over the past week, so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston. Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  I'll be gone from MIT forever (?) in five months ... have been floating around in my head for several months while I stressed ... only way I can experience catharsis is by putting my whole self out there

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  familiar with Redux Toolkit, I can now think in the level of "do some action ... into smaller parts, like how I'd schedule tasks and run them in parallel ... I'm working on is too large, I find that I can't get in the zone. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  Hello friends, As you can guess from the title of this post I am ... exactly sure what I had, but I was basically either in bed or at MIT Medical ... ). I’ve only really caught up in 6.042 (Math for Computer Science), I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the ... shoot me an email, and I can forward it on to her. Watch the videos! You

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading ... working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that ... .  Instead of having to ship my laptop off to some Dell warehouse in Texas, I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013