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  bye (for now)

  

  spring, i finished my last semester of undergrad in the dead of winter. i ... my thesis. content warning for the following paragraph, for mentions of ... media studies, at just about 50 pages of double-spaced garamond, was the

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

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  The Flight of the Iguana and First Light, respectively; reading those ... areas of science and deeply resent the idea of having to specialize, and ... MIT. Literally. At the beginning of the semester, when I finally stopped

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  our entire family tree. I went home and wanted to write the stories of ... collection of ramblings and loose ends that don’t deserve the term “novel”, don ... ” means. The other three iterations of this draft touched on all those

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  like. I cried. I ate an entire box of mandarin oranges. I arranged the ... succeeding, since the positive impact of your successes will eventually far ... of your childhood before you have to buy your own groceries (the rest

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really ... that I had an extra import statement at the top of my main file which ... not too long after a member of our family died of cancer. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  that yesterday I permanently restructured the shape of my skull when the back of my head slammed on the ground. The ski patroller asked me if I ... farther (further? does anyone really know the difference?...Of course, now I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  wanted a look into classes, I kind of summarized mine at the beginning of ... into them in the hallways. Most of the time it's because I genuinely don't know what questions I would ask them, or the omnipresent fear of not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  behind in in 6.854 in the first week of the semester and never caught up ... start of the semester was a long string of all-nighters. I came close, I ... two hours on the first problem of the now three accumulated p-sets I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• 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…

  

  to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... the beginning of this semester feels like a blurry, faded memory from years ago, I remember the week of[annotation note="Note: it wasn't MIT I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
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  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  walked down the halls, there was a good chunk of name tags next to the ... has a giant banner in the lobby with a collection of trophies on a table ... subset of those were a miscellaneous mix of talking about the sanctity of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  . If the amusing rivalry of Harvard and MIT was ever unclear, it makes sense when you get stuck between the two. Neither college is, of course ... . And just look at the two campus maps. MIT is a school of numbers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  . Thus is the beauty of the UROP program. UROP, noun or verb ("to UROP ... this earlier in the year, and a grad student friend of mine said ... know people who know people. Friends: remember that the vast majority of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
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  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  given me a glimpse into the life of a liberal arts student, a life very different from those we live at MIT. Without the constant stream of problem ... quite the same number of skits, they do encompass many of the same

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  equilibria, I guess? For those unfamiliar with the concept of dynamic ... thermodynamics: everything is in flux, and the forces of progression and regression ... to the pool's edge, but the inviting depth of the water - the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• 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
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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... food that has fallen on the floor. I am probably the age of some of your ... undergrad [Janet] if she had seen Silence of the Lambs, which came out in 1991

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  listened to a small playlist of songs I had thrown together for the ride. As ... continue giving my best every second of my life. And each day for the next ... deal. What would the rest of your life look like if you chose to never

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... '07 spoke at the Class of 2010 choice of major fair on Monday. I wanted to go myself to reveal the wonders of Chemical Engineering to excited

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  the sidequests I planned at the beginning of the year. Sidequest 1 ... , though, I generally know the number of the building that I happen to be ... of cases, be willing to help you learn. Sidequest 8: Survive the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  rational in convincing myself that things would turn out okay, at the end of ... that seemed perfect at the age of 18, that I actually feel as though my ... This post is written by the beautiful and talented Christina '10

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