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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter, even with so much time, money, and energy invested in that outcome. Yet ... . Basically, 5.60 was a hedged bet, and as I hedged, time passed, others grew

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  In the time I've been at MIT, we've had some interesting characters ...  have all made appearances during my time at MIT because of some sort of ... his visit, but at the same time it made me soberingly-aware of how much

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  this entry. I've been biding my time, waiting for this day and the ... ('Tell us about an experience which, at the time, really felt like "the end ... must have checked the clock at least fifty times in every class. It wasn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

   Random Hall's 40th Birthday Hack.) Birthdays are special times. Times for cakes ... be a part of. Then, when you apply, let your passion come through so ... to be a part of, and I have never regretted the decision. 2. Freshman

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  means easy. The hard part is over (for now). A lot of adMITs will throw ... at dorms or taking the time to talk to current students about their ... opinion from there. I say this because current students develop over time a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  't have time to interview more people (that could be an entire thesis ... prompts based on the interviews we did. 1. Once upon a time, I thought I ... of self-definition, invisible most of the time behind mundane problems

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  places I want. I still swerve a bit at times (Why aren’t these two parts ... Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my ... times a week, so I always come home ravenous. There’s nothing better than

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  laser cut acrylic parts, high degree of fit and finish, and working ... restart. But there’s no time left – the first round of reviewers ... , and head home. It’s time to sleep.   3 days until final

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  Robotics) I. The Before Times Before you decided to transfer to MIT, who ... India and spent a lot of time preparing for the JEEs, an Indian engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  . The last time I played this was in fifth grade, I remember, because it ... . In case you just tuned in, my job is to turn turkey carcasses into oil ... certain online shopping site named after a tropical river: Of course it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  it on Facebook detailing his route, the times he arrived at each station, and made notes about where he could’ve saved time. It took him 9 ... Kevin’s plan, adding SL3, and talking about the different parts. There

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  yourself, at least part of the time, in small ways and big ones. When life ... sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... --sometimes just because there wasn’t time to write about them. I think being happy

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  grand visions for senioritis in college. i would go out all the time! do ...   helped plan our senior toast as part of class council to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  actually grab the folders to look at the scores, since that wasn't the part ... admissions [I] have seen in [my] time, both as a student and as an admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and ... "things alums do in their free time." In late 2011 I taught myself to cross ... a pretty serious South Park bender at the time and the art in South

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to ... include a train reference every time I write an entry from a train. I will ... hallway. Other times it might be big, like a huge Scrabble board on the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  stinkiest little cat on hall and we love him. Anyways, one time, when I found ... running 3 times as fast as a car on the highway. [caption id ... system The abdomen was the most interesting part for me because it had the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  from time to time about events, dining hall swipes, free covid tests, and ... room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the ... PIECE????????? (i spent a considerable amount of time in my formative

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  , I took part in my first hackathon- The Assistive Technologies ... something for our client. We met with our client a couple times to try and ... device for the first time. We're so thankful to have worked with our

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  mediocre furniture Part I After I built my loft in sophomore fall, I was ... the Before Times. We got a U-haul to get all of our stuff back from EC (a complicated process involving coordinating truck reservation times

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021