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  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  inability to do work). It is shown in the following equation that haunts high ... particle is at that exact temperature; instead, as a whole it's that specific ... endless of what you're gonna get. I think that's why Tuesday hit me like a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  see frosh interact, part of me is a little jealous, because how do they ... novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i ... against my will. i keep insisting that i’m in my cool color era, my green

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for ... .094). I took a few years of chemistry in high school, so it seems that the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  . I still do not know Python. I guess I understand how vectors move in ... ; “How are you doing?” I keep trying to think of something to say that ... ; I like how full every day is. I don’t believe in rest. but I wish

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  . And I said that I had a lot of things to do. And then I said, wait, that ... , which was weird in the sense that I had to actually get up from bed to ... couldn't find any motivation. All I want to do right now is lie down. Not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... awesome it is to build a solar car from scratch, and how we should ... sit together in a darkened lounge and watch shadows of Jupiter’s moons

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  /career/lifestyle such that I can decide how I want my life to look in most regards"]That ... represented in our phrases. Because of this, I've been thinking a lot about ... , you do it anyway because a part of you just likes it and it helps you in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  , after a year (even though it's a week 'til finals. When did THAT happen? I ... means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In honor of that anniversary, I'd like to hear your stories. I know you all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  accessorizing? Is soft serve an option, or not? What’s my day been like? Am I in ... not something that can be decided on a whim. So when I tell you ... track of how much butter I used up, but since this blog is supposed to be

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  ." I could get all linguisticy about how meaning is not conveyed just ... some part of that context is not shared etc. etc.… But what I'd rather ... 't notice during the semester is that I no longer, apparently, seem to think

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  feeling like there is a clock ticking down; there is no guilt in our ... remark that I've noticed a lot of my values seem to come directly from my parents, and that I place a lot of value on nurture because of it. Derek

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  it is! I have a number of friends who are enrolled in some aspect of ... than 700 [CDS]. In the end, it is being a good fit & match with MIT that ... one question : Do you know Sharif university in iran? is it good?" I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i am, anything i’m not (rush, part 3) and finding out that i'm both

  

  , that is a seemingly necessary part of this process, I didn’t want to lose ... back at joining a frat, i want to be able to do that knowing that it was ... .  I know life is short, and that the opportunity of a lifetime only

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • July 15, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  puts their faith in you, they do so believing that there is potential in ... get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with ... believed that getting into a dream college was a binary decision. I believed

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  1000's I suppose. However, what I want to ask is that do you want proof ... done there... which is quite a lot.) As I do not intend to write an essay ... , but I am very proud of my 800 in writing. Why is that score 'optional

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  -depth in another entry, but the point is that it was a critical year, because ... with something. How about that. I'll probably major in Urban Planning ... digressions), I spent a year abroad as an exchange student in Taiwan the year

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  , 6, or 18. This is how I imagine the career fair going for my friends ... that want other majors, but 2, 6, and 18 are the big three. This is how ... storytelling - and that my major combination is pretty rare. Explaining how my

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde ... joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow ... overwhelm you with a vignette of my 1000 photos from the trip, I'll say that

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  ’s probably okay. The cool thing is that I had never fenced a day in my life ... status early), which basically means that if I do bad in the class, it won ... definitely sounds like a lot, and it is a lot, but I’m a bit sad that the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  ? how do i deal with the disappointment that comes when a friend makes a choice that i think is obviously wrong?” in other words, most of my ... / responsibility / control / attachment that i think is too difficult to navigate in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022