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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  decisions can be made. They can answer basic questions about “how do I choose ... question of what makes life meaningful] which I fundamentally don’t buy is ... many [annotation note="not me though, I am not sage"]sage upperclassmen

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  "Why did you come back?" "Well, I'm—I'm a queer Asian...person, so..." "You felt seen." "Yeah." Imagine a fish out of water. When I was growing up, I was always the odd one out. Growing up in South Dakota, I was

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  Me: "Can I please list 'can raise each eyebrow independently' in the ... far as I can tell, UROPing follows a basic rule of thumb: if you want ... can knock on... 4. Department doors I was at a Physics faculty dinner

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  scripts] Now. . . here's the amazing part. I can't access VSPink ... over to their website and vote for us! We can do it! ... and, well -- I read this before I came to MIT and thought it was one

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  you can read up on at the MIT Hack Gallery but I'm going to skip to the ... class syllabus, just because I can. Required Reading: 1) MIT Hack Gallery ... should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . Can you tell that I didn’t sleep much? I had already learned Freshman ... Happy 10th birthday, blogs!!! I made you a cake! (With help from ... anniversay of my MIT journey. 10 years ago today, I was just about to start my

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  are. I did everything from: Buying lunch for the talent and crew ... classes where I can’t actually apply the material or don’t feel motivated ... I think I've accidentally begun a quest to be involved with ALL THE

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  pick the optimal set of juices to buy. He can't buy pomegranate juice ... knowledge of knots is not for naught. I can knot understand how anyone could ... Three years ago I was in the room I’m still in now, and just like

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  here. N: I can't tell you how many parents were on dorm tours and at ...   N = Nat, K = Kirsten 1. Don't buy ANY food! N: One of the best ... friends that they met over CPW!! I wish I met more people over cpw :( N

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  I can really say is that 22 is a recurring theme at tEp. For example ... miss not having to worry much about buying groceries. I did buy some ... I don't have a video of the pianola at tEp but you can watch a nearly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  resume? B: So I can get a well-paying job when I graduate. A: Why do you need a well-paying job when you graduate? B: So I can live well. A: Why ... classes as I can to see where the limits of my workload lie. I'm taking hard

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

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  forums, which I’m nervously excited for! I can imagine being here for a ... for my plans. Do as much as I can and learn as much as I can at Akamai ... out I don’t think I can talk about it anyway. (I’m transitioning to a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
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  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  meetings with the faculty. Now, I know how easily gossip can get amplified ... like to live in the week everything was canceled. I can imagine that if I ... ," especially within the unique living communities, Chilton said. I really can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  . Instead, I can be happy and content and find meaning and value even in slowing down. I can approach MIT differently. It doesn't have to ... of a firehose, but can't I step slightly away from the nozzle? I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  Stud together so he can pick up some food and I can meet up with Jason ... I can’t even count the friends I have there with my fingers and toes ... can’t pinpoint what exactly I want out of my college experience, but the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  street — can have the largest impact, should I be hit by a bus, or meet the ... them as well as we can in the moment. He asked me what I would tell an ... lens of these books, I can almost feel these other worlds vibrating

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know. I added some of my own advice. Then I organized everything into the ... people you do see every day too. So I guess just make friends

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  not belong on the MIT admissions website” post. At least, that's what I ... out, realized “wait no! I can’t live without that!” and brought it back ... This isn’t really a “last blog post,” since I’m sure that every now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim almost four years ago, and interestingly enough, I am the last guy that ... fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  Squarepants alongside ADPhi brother Ryan Shepard. I can’t sing for squat (and I ... for one of my early blogs: I was a freshman then, and you can totally ... kids yet, but at some point, I will, and I don’t think I can get over

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017