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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  choiceworthy is that which is chosen for its own sake. This may seem kind of notion, but I think it's useful in interrogating why we do things. Consider ... : Why do you want to be happy? B: Because I want to be happy. Contrast it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  few months since I started blogging. I thought I'd record how it ... graduate. September 2019 What does it take to get to know someone? I could ... 2020 What does it take to get to know someone? I could tell you that I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
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  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  've forgotten how bad it feels). —TK '23 being thrown in the deep end without ... in the foot and complaining loudly to everybody how much it hurts but ... firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  't a wrong way to do it, just as long as you submit something. Incoming ... Synaptic Neurophysiology [annotation note="it's amazing how I am vehemently ... it less"]24.9000: How Language Works[/annotation] 24.901: Language

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  branch is too long. CJ: It is way too long. Alan: But you will hear ... , who was also a floorpi resident, and how he did a speedrun through all ... it on Facebook detailing his route, the times he arrived at each

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  impossible to describe how quickly they pass. ...I'd say it's worked ... reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  ) made coming out videos. And I didn’t know how I felt about it, because I ... MIT social life exists as much in cyberspace as it does in meatspace ... that queer content has never been featured on the blogs; it frequently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  nurture,” it does add a tremendous structural asset to the growing mountain ... ’s performance in activities from chess to negotiation to driving. Nor does it ... performance does ameliorate a portion of its effects. A group of researchers

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  students how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their ... selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... College Applicants What Their Chances Are. It's created quite a buzz on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  criticism from others without letting it affect how you feel. it presents the ... somebody else’s standards. it was hell, for both my self-esteem and how i ... dimensional scale. so i’ll think about it in terms of growth. a year does not

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  note="Does it make it sound better if I say drizzled? I think it does ... . How does this battery cover stay locked in without screws? Aha! Because ... Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  help. It’s amazing how many resources are available for MIT students. Use ... this tree. How interesting are its patterns.’” After all, mathematicians ... backgrounds as well as atheists. It’s cool to learn how people think about their

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  . Just to give a sense of how crazy and loud it was, here is a video of the ... Bezel is a tradition (I'm not sure for how long, but at least since the ... . Like you know something’s legitimately famous when it has it’s own wiki

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

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  become the norm for me). It's 24.910, aka Morphology, aka how parts of ... of questions I want to ask them about how to do it. Over the course of ... analysis plan when the full explanation of how I pursued it is due tomorrow

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  to spare. I’m not sure how much the reviewers will like it (I’ll find ... built into it — research is truly a collaborative endeavor in how ideas ... a long string. The meme set was low pressure in that it was supposed

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  how to do it, you've waited too long. You'll raise expectations by ... wasn't THAT long ago....was it? So imagine my surprise when I convince ... hometown city appears on road signs after a long drive – so close, but so far

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  along with how working together in groups (along with its frustrations ... exciting. It's also just a great way to learn how to work on a large team and ... really think it changed the way I solve problems. It taught me how to break

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  *any* IP address, so long as it wasn’t 192.168.10.100. That’s right. I ... for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a ... —and it’s the perfect excuse for a reunion with friends from summer camp

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  long as it's sustainable. Otherwise, on days when I just have half an ... thing to do, or it gets really cold out, as it does in Boston. Then what ... ways I can get there, how long each would take, and when I would need to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  everyone is still for too long for it to be a natural pause. I watch as a ... soft as it does now I told my friend I was going to write a blog post ... note="It's one of those fox, chicken, bag of corn problems. Dog 1 is old

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020