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  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  take a moment and ask yourself if this is how we fall apart? but it ... [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i ... was so gorgeous it didn't matter that it probably makes little sense to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  occurence that it's not until I'm away from campus that it really sinks in how ... That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It ... between. It's in these aloof conversations that I really appreciate one of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  you, it has been too. The MIT application can be very daunting and, if ... early actioners, whether you get in or not, you did it. You applied, pat ... . Was it really possible that I could go to MIT? Of course not, I was just

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  through to graduate high school. It’s also a book that has left me with a great dilemma: be yourself or create yourself - just which one is it? I ... ” does not succeed in that one goal. For me, MIT was a golden opportunity

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  you don’t realize how refreshing it is to leave until you actually do ... long, and it can be especially difficult for people who live further out ... organization has a rich and unique history, culture, and traditions, and its

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  this year's Hunt logistics, compare it to how a movie is developed and ... how the 2020 Hunt started off with a wedding, when it was about an ... should've won."]Maus,[/annotation] shows how the narrative aspects give it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  hike somewhere new or nature-like. It doesn’t have to be far, as long as ... on long walks. It’s beautiful, refreshing, and, most importantly, gives ... long time, since my obsession with learning how to properly throw cards

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  matters. It’s how you embrace life. It’s how you treat other people. It’s ... formula. It’s like trying to explain poetry using calculus. It would take the human component out of it, which is perhaps the most important part

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  growing up and with the increasing interconnectedness of our world, it’s now ... resources out there. Whether it be costs, school funding, or even awareness of ... start the new year.  But I also want to note that while it might be

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  were there for me. I don’t know how effective it was at the time, but for ... !” the voice had whispered. A long, low whistle followed it. It appeared to ... how Uranus rotates on it's side, rather than vertically like all the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  the fear make it hard to breathe? Why does it feel like someone is ... messed up during a panic attack and how it feels like they last forever ... strategies for how to deal with it. Sometimes I don't know how to use a tool

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  complete a task such as a problem set or a test or a long trip. It can ... walks can really help, but be careful if it is late at night. A long walk ... how it tastes because eating playdough is a little icky. I really like

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  's bound to be overlap."]if I wrote it.[/annotation] [annotation note ... Sciences"]HASS[/annotation] reading. It's good for you. Take a class that ... . Take a class without having the prereqs for it. Drop a class 11 weeks

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  time. (Despite the fact that usually I can barely see the top.) How it looked right after I finished it: How it looks 99% of the time: (But ... all the additional wood I would need in February. Then it was March, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• 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 ... a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  will be pretty long! It'll be an explanation of the class, my experiences ... hadn't figured out how to do it, and I left feeling like a disappointment ... problems regarding Facebook 2-Factor Authentication. It does mean that they

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  so we don’t really know how to do it). In other years at MIT, I would ... decided to throw it up here mostly unedited (meaning, excuse all the typos ... frizzy hair (quite overdue for a wash day by now), giving up on it, rushing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  point now, isn't it? Nobody knows how they got the police car on the dome ... Facilities stared at it in awe, not quite sure what to think. How, erm, how ... ! How do I get into hacking!? Is it a club or something? Well thought out

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as life-changing as ... you resilient; it teaches you how to accurately assess obstacles, and it ... yourself how you spend your time and money. The school you choose in the next

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

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  enrolls next year (and for years to come). How did these changes come about ... : I’ve spent a long time at MIT thinking about education, both through ... Regulations, faculty from across the Institute had to vote on it — and we needed

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021