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

  

  lol) as a real-time reflection of four years at MIT.  Today is hectic ... familiar with. Today is hectic in part because my mind is still racing ... , but part of me feels like it’s a cop-out, as I’ve already taken a

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

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  ="the Eastside Party"]a big party[/annotation] on it as part of [annotation note ... completely the correct dimension, but at the time [annotation note="which led ... taking place during the times when the most people were onsite. This meant

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  part of myself," 3) "Having been through so many things and having all of ... -butterscotch-blueberry-oreo-mango-pineapple-waffle? Not cute. Consider the following examples: "At times, it appeared that ... ) or a tie-back to your beginning narrative (the second part of the story

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but ... Killing Time. Sitting by the Charles watching the moon do its thing was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard, thought or uttered some portion of that phrase over the course of the past ... analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  've spent hours at a time like this, discussing topics ranging from Computer ... the more unsung parts of MIT: People here are very clever. You see

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

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  read this. Perhaps you've been having a rough time dealing with the wait. Or perhaps it's passed and now you're having a rough time dealing with ... hardships. But in times like this when we go through hardships, no matter how

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  exclusive to the 2+ people involved. This is not, for the most part ... now need to decide what you want. Obviously, the hard part is only if ... ; it's the in-between, multiple interaction, is-this-dating-or-wut part

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  aiming for here. On the last day before Caltech left, as a parting gift ... and ready to vectorize it. By the time I slid open the door and was ... Caltech student’s suitcase just in time for their (probably agonizing) 8

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me ... good along the way.  However, much of the time, students fail to connect ... because those experiences were a big part of who she had become. The

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  fact, that at times it will irrefutably convince you that it is not ... comprehensive visual guide to your report. This is the fun part, so give yourself ... critical reading skills, it’s time to move on to the artsy design skills you

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  element of ironwork to iterate 5 times in an exploratory project. I decided ... from last year"]more times[/annotation] than I had opened a bottle, it was time to pivot to the final project:   dragon sword!!!! I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  feeling of adrenaline pumping through your body. It can be a part of the ... feelings all the time. Here are a few! 1. Breathing This is the number one ... this as many times as you can until you start to feel better and more in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  you and other runners leaving at your time will sort of swirl, in a ... third time I have tried to write this blog post sharing what MIT taught me ... my thesis. I kept doing that, a few hours at a time, every day that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  our relatives’ home. I only have one, clear memory from that time: once ... to play with. At that time, I felt there were only these two types, and ... childhood trips to China, and the memories I had there. One time, we lived in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  parts of CPW is the massive amounts of delicious free food, but eating at ... the dining halls, now's a good time to check them out :) Especially ... time before graduation when a significant portion of the 2016s are in one

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an ... first time commissioning art from people, and I had the following principles: I wanted to compensate artists for their time. I had no idea

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  cooking, if you just take the time to make your model right. I find recipes too limiting most of the time; they're a good starting point for ... ingredients are the associated acids The flexible part of these formulas is you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  . For this post, I've written up 22 anecdotes from my time at tEp. (Read ... , meal times. Summer residents contributed to a rotating cook ... reminded that it was time to eat. Various other tEp events, like our weekly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in myself. It's not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don ... time; one where you try new things and expand your sense of what is

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024