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  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  ” applications that could often be appealing at first glance, but ultimately turn ... is numbers, or at least that is what people think. There are actually

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  Sooo I wrote about pouring my heart out into a research conference submission in this blog. [annotation note="well it's actually been two weeks at ... at the expense of your health and wellbeing.”  I have yet to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel. Learn where all the ramps and elevators are. Grumble when there's no ... forward again to see that you didn't. Laugh at how silly it all was. Wonder

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the ... 't feel pleasant. Not at all. But negative *college* decisions were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  I ran out of time to read at all, let alone in Japanese. I ... . They are about the many worlds which at once overlap with and stand apart ... ’t stop - I spent a long time lying awake at night thinking about many of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  at MIT, and in the years since I graduated, I've continued to collect ... due to the double factorial) Eran Ergozy = "How fun it is to work at a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  21 years ago today a very special carton of milk was brought home from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since ... , someone took notice of Milk and stared at his expiration date—October 20

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  kids. kids who start their own businesses at nineteen, twenty years old ... us for more. reality check–at the moment, i’m 10 hours away from a 2

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  Charles River at sunset this past summer. Another sunset over the Charles ... on the right. Boston and the Charles River at night.

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT ... any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a ... . Without a doubt, 6.2600 is the most magical and exciting class I’ve taken at

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  ? I suck at actual art. You know, the kind with shading, swoopy stuff ... work hard enough at it. I love crafts and making things. See MIT Mech ... 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

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  'm currently doing a 30-day photo challenge where I take at least one good photo

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  an MIT Gangnam Style. At the beginning of October, I started seeing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  jumping from Biology at MIT to Physiology in medical school (I eventually ... interviewees back at the site to wait. This was actually really cool because we ... . Nothing I’ve done at MIT has been done alone, and I’m unbelievably grateful

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  didn't go well at all. On Thursday night, after my last exam was over, I ... double back, at around 4pm on Friday, and make the trek to the third floor ... -by by bursting into song; Davie said that he used to do the same. At 4

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  to be able to take pretty much any class, in any department, at any ... wine tasting class, worked out at the gym, and saw several movies. My ... about their graduate students than the undergrads. At MIT, I would

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  Stata Center has three towers. Some of the windows look out at other walls of the Stata Center. Others look out at a desert under unfamiliar stars ... , but you know they are your friends. You buy potato chips at Verde’s and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  At the start of each semester, I typically join Facebook Messenger ... , I like the name "Interstellar" a lot. So many of the things we use at ... ? Harvard and MIT students can cross-register for classes at the other school

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  Before I started working at MIT, I had never driven on the ... . ----- After 5+ years at MIT Admissions, I’ve accumulated quite a lot of mileage ... you are able to meet an MIT admissions officer at your high school, in

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  look of sadness when it came. I figured, MIT is for those other kids at ... convinced I wouldn't get in because I wasn't even in the top 10% at my school ... the couch at home and hoping I'd be able to load the website before

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018