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

  

  pernicious myth."]connection between body and mind[/annotation] to keep both in ... in a way that is measurable in a messy world that so often defies that anachronistic conceit. I love that, as Alyssa Keiko once wrote in an influential

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  recruiting events. The latest one, held in early May of this year, was at Abide ... , they really did—wheeled in old-school arcade games, paid for limitless boba, etched the space in muted gold light. A woman in a crisp suit

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  one week and a year since the 2022s got in or didn't; two years and a ... was rejected by every school, but then she got that fateful tube in the ... got into every school ever! or No one believed in her until she got into

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... standing in. Sidequest 2: Get my Pirate Certificate. Technically, this is ... very near by who is extremely good at it and will, in the vast majority

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

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  , one complaint in the comments on those entries was about a lack of data ... personally identifying information and let the community analyze it, because in ... . When it comes to baseball I'm a converted sabremetrician. In the natural

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  I've been doing a lot of thinking about lives lately, in multiple ... "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... person is left. This creates all sorts of interesting mind games in which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  usually go in the back door when I'm late but today, TODAY for reasons still ... is if I'd maybe dropped through a trapdoor in the ceiling onto his head ... -100 like a gazelle in a WWF mask). Fortunately for me, he was already two

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick 2AM lift often turn to their in-building fitness facilities instead ... lifted in (almost) all of them and chronicled/tier-listed them below for

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  particularly tragic because some of the quotes are from that text (quoted in ... different translations"]back in Cambridge,[/annotation] I still remember from ... notion, but I think it's useful in interrogating why we do things. Consider

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  helped, but is not necessary) MIT was the most helpful in figuring out ... , in general. Where you end up for grad school has less to do with the ... . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Grad schools come in a lot of different flavors—med school

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  submission in this blog. [annotation note="well it's actually been two weeks at ... olivia rodrigo"]brutal.[/annotation] Which in part I’ve been expecting. I ... jobs/commitments. In contrast, the main job of PhD students and research

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  in the song that evoke the same emotions. something you did that failed ... find negative emotions during this time in your life. i remember decisions day when i applied early action. i could barely concentrate in class

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  Happy 2016! (By the way: 2016 = 2^5*3^2*7, in case you need the ... live in deep suburbia, the sort of place whose main assets are relative ... rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  , too.” These are the words that echo in my head when I remember last ... it’s called in scary scientific terms), is a rare case in which a ... , really). In layman’s terms, it’s just a really huge moon that gets eclipsed

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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 ... to Science Magazine, who published a study on my expected lifespan in ... older brothers or sisters, with whom I am competing for a space in an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  will be helpful. In anticipation of our 10-year reunion, I emailed all ... responded; I have listed all responses below in the order that the emails show up in my inbox. I think it is very interesting! Check it out...  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• 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, just like I did in high school. That bus will bring me, and a few dozen ... , and they will all look soft and warm and inviting in the same way the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time ... . When I'm on the road, or in an information session, or online in various ... question: What does MIT value more: diversity, or merit? In its uglier

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... something international students have done in the past to make them qualified ... administered in English. There are no minimums, because, ironically, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  to create a helpful tool.* However, this tool is unhelpful. In fact ... college search process, newbies flood the boards with "chance" threads, in ... ? Because the factors of admissions that can be readily apprehended in a forum

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011