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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... of other college students. I also valued the chance to try living off ... housing decision, I purposefully chose to switch things up from my academic

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

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my bike coming home from cheerleading. If you disagree... don't tell me. I ... prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  . Like a lot. Please watch it before reading this. Past this point, I ... points.  ~~~  Tl;dr: I made desserts inspired by my favorite Avatar ... :) ~~~ Table of Contents The Beginnings The Planning Phase What I Made and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  Last Saturday night, I was in my kitchen, looking down at two Pyrex ... right was grilled chicken tenderloins. My goal was to decide which I would have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  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 ... , activities, tests, applications, decisions... If I look back and remember

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  I never really liked 5.60, or thermodynamics. In my senior year, I ... med school ready, the last outstanding class I had to take if I ever ... school was safer, even though I felt I really wanted to go into public

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

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  First, questions answered: 1. Many people wondered aloud how I was capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  When I hit puberty my inability to assess risk thank goodness manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and I didn’t have a rebellious streak beyond my accidental goth

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  gears, motors, and bike chain that could easily tear my scalp off as I debugged robot drivetrains, I was never completely sure what folks of different technical persuasions did for fun, until I came here. Let me

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... first event of the weekend, I went into the wings eating contest with a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  road, but the start of a new journey. I know that those words can be ... ’s not just us who say those words.) I know that many of you might still be hurt to be told ... what.  There’s a lot of things that you might be feeling. And I can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the ... moments at MIT when I’ve felt really awesome and really, really badass (not ... . Just kidding, bacteria don’t have mustaches and hats (or do they). I am

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  I've always been a procrastinator. I've procrastinated on such tasks from toddling around on the carpet and thinking "I suppose I'll try ... ? I have like, four more years before it becomes socially unacceptable

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket ... , I felt somewhat reassured once more that I was in the right department ... fanaticism (for airplanes, or for anything else, really), was something I didn

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  Sooo I wrote about pouring my heart out into a research conference ... the time of publishing this blog since i like to let my writing marinate ... ."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  Hello, everyone! Most especially, hello 2019s everywhere! I ran ... spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi facts. I put together this video, made with love (though with poor video editing skills) and I hope

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I think I've accidentally begun a quest to be involved with ALL THE ... about plant metabolomes. So, as a MIT+K12 Videos Fellow, I've been ... , outreach, and production. We also have a blog, where I'll be writing about my

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

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  Building.  1: I turned 19! My favorite part of birthdays is ... . At 10:30pm, I was psetting in the lounge near my room (yes, on my birthday. I'm lame, I know. The firehose stops for no aging ritual, though

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have given it a second (or first) thought, except for a conversation I had with

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  was also one of the toughest for me to master, when I did improv at summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person, I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011