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  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  'll die on that hill if I'm not already dead from one of the trials ... I wanted to go to grad school. The mask was just my way of ... is good. It deserves fuel. It does not deserve the extremes of poor

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  a few other friends, then walked downtown. On the way, we passed a ... continued on our way. I mention all this because we met him again later - stay ... sandwiches (we were unbearably hungry) and stumbled the rest of the way home

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  assembled and ready to take on one of the most notoriously demanding classes ... research projects we would be working on for the rest of the semester. It ... based off of my conclusions, then wrote a final research paper on the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  instead of people. In any case, pursuing hands-on experiences in college ... "we need a way to connect pieces of metal" and the solution they came up ... , there was a lot of melted plastic on my motor by the time I'd finished

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  a lot of things, but don’t follow through. I reflected on myself and ... out on. I was skipping all of the hard work. Yes, it sucks. And it ... ’m cheating myself out of the experience of learning! I need to grow on my own

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  new collaborations will lead to new technologies in the fields of the ... on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The project will involve a lot of ... Jake told me it had been on one of the 5.111 lecture slides and i had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  second degree on time. A pretty good understanding of E&M and cellular ... advice on how to succeed here.” I still feel that way. But I didn’t blog ... more than most people take here. Especially on top of being the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  VHS tape on a high shelf and hoped I wouldn't see it. Jokes on them ... . Almost every summer, my sister and I tackle a new ropes course. Although I have never thought about it before while on a ropes course, I would guess

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on ... Cross-cultural Ally Development Roundtable discussions on topics of choice ... I'm going on a cross-cultural conference/retreat tomorrow. 2006 is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  embarrass ourselves as we teach you about them on the spur of the moment ... least"-->five minutes of improv. The prompts I received were so good ... -roasting fire Unfortunate feats of mankind: When a good tool caused its user pain

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  good with numbers. But hey, I'm surviving! And it's actually kind of a ... computer, not on the runway...), equations, whoa science is actually kind of ... -flow-transport-electrokinetics-booty-kicker. I'm looking forward to it! See? I'm a quarter of the way there

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  rave (it was really loud). On the last day of Orientation, all of the first-year class went to the aquarium. On our way back, past midnight, we ... years of adventures on the T! After all, it’s not about the destination

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  the Hastings Motorsports Park on July 6th. During this section of the ... the way. Nothing says Solar Car like the fire of deadlines. PC Ashisha ... our vehicle to the public and talk to other teams. We made good use of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  provide some snapshots of MIT: 3/26/07: MIT models interdisciplinary supply chain In the near future, the presence of human colonies on the moon will ... After a ridiculously awesome weekend in New York, I’m home for Spring

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  Sadoway’s students working on a new process to make steel with oxygen ... hole); CSAIL presentations on developing new microprocessors and robots ... schedule of events was 87 pages long! The aesthetics of MIT do grow on you

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be ... I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I'd been ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh**, but I wasn't. Instead, I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  trying new things like paragliding or kayaking! What's one of your goals ... sweet. What are you up to for the rest of the summer? I’m working on ... ? Work on my weightlifting and increase all of my personal bests

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want ... Augmented Reality on top of traditional 2D animation. The AR chair at the time ... we hold, we met the new maker in residence, who is dedicating a lot of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  he was in London, he found one of the stickers on a street sign. It's a ... and company that was part of Berlin's "new economy boom." The piece gave ... of a novel culture, history, and politic, based on Sam's previous

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  first Mocha Show performance was on Friday night, so a good portion of my ... , grabbing dinner as a team, and putting egregious amounts of stage makeup on ... casting light on important facets of the feminine experience. i really wish

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020