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  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  knowledge of bay area geography was made flimsier by the fact that we were on water. i made out bridges, but i didn't know which they were. we kept our ... straight line. If your dreams are apparent to you, pursue them. Creating

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  speeches word for word and designs are on our beautiful website (made ... made it halfway through MIT, which is no small feat! Ring Premiere is ... ) wearing row-boats made of cardboard and carrying actual oars, one person

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  Some people may remember the sporadic posts that I made in this ... people who read them. That's where this post differs. It is probably not ... ...[/caption] From left to right, top to bottom, here they all are. Pink Circles

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  talk about the “culture”, how academically intense people are, where and ... DAVE: there are a lot of times where i dont feel like im at all living up ... . I’m eighteen now, the age where people are typically considered adults

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  another. Eraser - Clearly mechanical pencils are made for people who ... . There are tons of new professors. New shops in the student center. Online portions to some classes. Old buildings are gone, new ones have popped up

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  that what you choose is a lot less important than that you are confident ... where you end up is less important than that you choose it for yourself ... are professors) whenever I wanted. I hitched a ride with my parents or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  , however, has required venturing far beyond where the Massachusetts Bay ... you are able to meet an MIT admissions officer at your high school, in ... with company aerates my food such that the flavors are fuller and more

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it. (250 words maximum)[/intro]   If you are familiar with ... Officers of MIT™ who are responsible for reading your applications. We get to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  I have finally made it home for the holidays. Let me tell you, there ... topic of current student life, mainly my grades. Grades are especially ... they are supportive and tell me to keep doing what I can. They constantly

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  people vary in how vivid their visual imaginations are, with some seeing it ... are around three percent of people who are completely unable to ... metaphorically, not as if they could actually see it, not to the point where it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  "New Techs". A lot of these sentiments are reflected in the interns in ... backgrounds and we have plenty of international students who are participating ... into three main phases: Introductory phase > Here, we are given the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  don't get cellphone signal here? GPS doesn't know where it is, and ... making said visual aids. Teaching is a subtle art. Human beings are ... single individual’s ability to succeed – and students are unable to believe

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  know where the building numbers are, you can navigate your way around MIT ... where the rest of the buildings are. Buildings that have the same tens ... campus. These parts are defined by roads. Everything to the west of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  Happy 10th birthday, blogs!!! I made you a cake! (With help from Random Hall's 40th Birthday Hack.) Birthdays are special times. Times for cakes, celebrations, and sometimes songs. They are also a natural point to look back and

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  -astronomer quarters (which are called “The Monastery,” named back in the day when the ... sense that he set me onto an area of research, made it clear he had high ... . That made for a tough first couple of years. Coming out of it, though

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  somewhat lightened up as I witnessed how many people stopped by to ask where ... those little things that a freshman would possibly need and made a ... throughout the night to make sure that everything was fine. There are emergency

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  MIT. New buildings are always being made. There’s a new president. There ... nice. Unfortunately, these are not recent photos. No snow lies on this ... two photos are from Valentine's Day 2013, during my first time on MIT

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  're definitely not a cult * * * ME: so where are you from FROSH: minnesota ... FRIEND FROM MINNESOTA: where in minnesota are you from FRIEND FROM ... : so where are you temped FROSH: one of the frats ME: oh cool FROSH

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Kiyoe."]where I can find a gym.[/annotation] In March, when everything ... they involved lots of triangles made by pressure-treated lumber. I didn ... things outside of me that affect me, because these too are part of what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  least partly captured in our ceiling tiles. Below are the ceiling tiles in ... of person who might love it. Life moves fast here: there are many more ... because other people say you should. Feel free to ask me any questions you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013