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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  about it. Where I am and where I want to be. Sometimes things happen in ... own, I thought this would be it. I’d have my own life, pursue my hobbies ... . I often find myself trying to find an optimal solution, when in fact

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... . In the end, it was an imperfect fit but a fantastic summer. I'm so glad

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  Waterstones and bought I think five more. My favorites would be Lud-in ... writing retreat in Sheepwash, Devonshire where I would be interning. We took ... me to come home. I was in the middle of nowhere, I protested. I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  would come away inspired. I felt like I genuinely learned useful skills in ... based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5 ... first, I was a little surprised that great teaching would outrank

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
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  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  .013 (General Biology), a class with at least 300 people in it, where I would not ... doodled in my journal everyday, and when I came back to our second grade ... in Kaffa. Yet, I never was able to tie it all together. But that was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
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  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  around a frying pan. Can they see the mess in the kitchen? I double ... the audio on and off until I can be heard. I will try plugging in my ... plastic tote in the background of my video feed. I am in the basement

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
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  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  , driven by passion, and a feat made possible by community. In fact, when I ... year was the length of the posts we would raise. In the past we raised ... half actually screwing the sheets in. I expected plywood flooring to take

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  ETH, and all I needed to do was fill out some required forms and I would ... , but do I know anyone still in Boston during Winter Break?   ... . Everything was going to be different, for better or worse. I needed to, in many

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  in the morning, instead of asking math questions, I would say, ‘Look at ... would wander into my room to say hi and I’d jump about three feet in the ... of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  where I thought my life would go, I wasn't even close. I would've guessed that I would attend UW Madison (wrong), triple major (typical MIT frosh ... -10 years (not yet). I had no idea that I would bike halfway across the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  that I would end up buried in my work, and fail to socialize with people ... likely result in bad outcomes. The point here is that [annotation note="I ... a boon—why must I have to make this decision? In another sense, though

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  different translations"]back in Cambridge,[/annotation] I still remember from ... notion, but I think it's useful in interrogating why we do things. Consider ... the end of the semester I found it hard to get myself out of bed in the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  I live in East Campus, on the third floor of the west parallel, which we call floorpi. And on floorpi, I live in room H306, which looks like ... extremely nice room and i’m very glad that i live in it. Not only could I name

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
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  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
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  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  remind me that I'm at the hardest school in the country, the fact that I ... you passed. What I've noticed, both from the comments in the admissions ... more NOT going to lecture than I would have if I attended. I ended up

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and I sit in my dining room and stare at ... as I prepare to be distracted. All the while, I hear the voice in my ... ? the fact that i don’t have enough desk space in my room and need to work

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  Last Saturday night, I was in my kitchen, looking down at two Pyrex ... right was grilled chicken tenderloins. My goal was to decide which I would ... capitalism would treat the symptoms without curing the underlying disease, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  them as well as we can in the moment. He asked me what I would tell an ... wanted parts of both options and all of neither. In the end, I went to talk ... school, I knew what I would get: four more years of living near home, with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  't schedule appointments with me while i was in california. something about ... life story in smooth beats. it felt like i was saying what he wanted to ... some friends in sf, and i couldn't bring myself to enjoy the company. or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
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  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my ... blogs I promised in here will still get written, but I need to finish my ... half - I have never taken just four classes in one semester at MIT. I did

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011