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  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  As I find myself again, railing against something published in the ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... seem.” Beyond the college admissions process, I would say that this is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  , and because I think those two go hand in hand anyway. I’ll largely put ... since I was nine years old. Back in elementary and middle school it meant ... papers that really disturbed me. This reaction, I would say, was both due

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month ... said. I have a fantastic dean at S^3. Last year, I also came in feeling ... the sting felt tangible in a way I hadn’t felt in a while. “Why don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  I would like to direct you to this blog entry before we begin ... written I moved into the same dorm, the same floor in fact, as Sam - Conner ... at MIT, and in the years since I graduated, I've continued to collect

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
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  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  realized I had just lost my glasses in the fall. It's okay, I found them, and ... , but just in case I run out). HOWEVER, (and this is where my advice goes ... Over the years, I have discovered that just about anything can be

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
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  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  about the Christian groups on campus and churches in the area. I knew next to nothing and would have LOVED a blog about that sort of thing when I was coming in. I knew Cru existed but not much about it, and after

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  of pretty paper art. In fact, I did a UROP on designing this stuff over ... :)   Rose R. ‘17 Mural-ish thing :) In order to brighten up my room a bit, I ... 'm super proud of this mural. Before MIT I would have said I wasn't at all

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  olivia rodrigo"]brutal.[/annotation] Which in part I’ve been expecting. I ... conference due in a month.  I chose… none of them. I chose to withdraw and to ... efforts to try. Isn't it ironic that in my attempt to look after myself, I

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

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  Anyone in the admissions office knows that I have an unhealthy ... would cringe seeing this post), but I find it fun to read an analysis of ... reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless hospital gown thinking, "eh, I'll breathe again in an hour or so. Inhaling is ... would have if I had just done it now. Other times I try scare tactics and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  dedicate to my writing than I really would have liked, which is one of the ... . Because in the end, I truly believe that MIT is what it is today because of ... . Even so, my audience, on this blog, is far larger than I would have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  learned everything I needed to at MIT. But in these moments of reflection ... going to do. I was going to dive in head first, I was going to take the ... that with me into college. I wasn't particularly well liked in high

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
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  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a ... draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and ... very different from high school. In this regard, I am from a very

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
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  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  even in all the dorms at MIT. Yeah, I said it. BURTON 1 FREAKIN' ROCKS ... than just dorms in a hall, and also I totally just ruined the joke by ... freshmen, without whom I would not have passed 18.03. ...at least, I think I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
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  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  hometown in Alabama during the second week. I was staying in Georgia with my ... that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... I were both in town and had nothing to do. Other than that I cut my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  of trust in me. I would get to shape the story, develop key methods and ... a lab in CSAIL. I could say a million great things about my mentors ... hectic, but I had complete faith in the paper getting written in time, as

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester ... . It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The ... about their travels, I thought I would add a few comments from my trip

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
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  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  using his own intelligence and sweat of his brow. I would love for that to ... clueless, and much more interested in the actor making a cameo (I won't ... opening weekend). I must admit, I'm not generally a big comic book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  finished. I remember little of this now except a 12-hour rush in the ground ... CAD. In fact we finished the CAD. I left thinking that while the ... break, Erin and I came in every day and pounded out code until the motors

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket ... , I felt somewhat reassured once more that I was in the right department ... -percent-Asian high school would express a similar sentiment. I know that I have close

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014