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  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  out of battery. Naturally, I decide to be the hero, and offer to tape my ... the drone's point of view. Which leads us to the last and most ... , debugging a server at my desk outside the office of the graduate student I was

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  , and that problem is this: sometimes, you don't have all of the data ... and the holistic admissions process. And while I hope that these entries have contributed some insight into how and why we do the things we do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  -viable fragments, unable to form a necessary attachment to the tree and incapable of ... reproduce by replicating themselves on the inner lining of their pits and then ... . They rip Disks off of their stacks and toss them like Frisbees around the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  mixed-race. This is one of the first times I've really felt like someone I ... that reflect the poems you choose for your zine, and mine (like all of ... wanted a look into classes, I kind of summarized mine at the beginning of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  and the Internet. One of the things I was doing to fill the time was ... both useful advice and some insight into the values of MIT's academic ... talking to the people who work there, and my observations of the students

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really ... close to that first B and then that first A that it's only a matter of ... Cambridge for the first time and set my sights on being a software engineer

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  India and spent a lot of time preparing for the JEEs, an Indian ... of my first year at Wellesley, COVID, and feeling just a little out of ... the level of dedication and effort. And so I did. Luana: Before

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  .”[annotation note="The only true part of this quote is the first sentence. Winter here ... , sugar, and vanilla extract. About half of the ingredients were actually ... “The winter has come. The days are dark, cold, and dreary. There is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you’re friends with for the first few days of school before you meet an actually ... crying” on the symptom list and the nurse got really confused and told me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
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  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  and the process of making new friends. I hated being confused over ... magnitude of the bars for periods 7 and 8 may be similar, but during period 7 ... questions, making mistakes, and savoring all the different flavors of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  the chance to meet a lot of students and answer their questions about ... Les and Tom Nacinovich, who is the EC assigned to Regis. At most of the ... about colleges and universities. Many of the students I met already knew a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  first day, the two of them were already sitting together, and ... the names and emails of EC's Medlinks (students who are trained to provide first aid and basic medical help). By chance, I recognized the kerb

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting ... tournament for the first time in program history. They were knocked out of the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
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  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  you're walking through campus and you see something a little out of the ... out and the police car was carefully disassembled on top of the dome and ... , but the amount of fun students had and the creativity that blankets the

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

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  removed. The parents of some green card holders and U.S. citizens will be ... lived there, and I had to call my parents to prove it. So the sense of not ... beyond citizenship to the existential question of who belongs, and who

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  early enrollment student, and had the option of staying. I should have ... . I didn't relate to the predominant culture of the university, and I ... maybe the first time in your life, all of your peers will be as smart as

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
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  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  she is no longer the puppy of the house and hisses (like a cat) at Dog 4 ... video feed and go put one of them outside, one in the basement, one in a ... toolbar of my laptop screen. No internet connection. I leave the call and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
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  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and ... I came to MIT, and I know I'm only on the first step of this path. I ... . I spent the first four days of break doing absolutely, very delicious

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life   First ... for the rest of my life? What hopes and lingering doubts do I have about ... and interesting reasons, like wanting to research the physics of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  difference between the lightest and darkest parts of the image."]dynamic range ... complicated to minimize the amount of excess metal, but after some back-and ... cat I found online.)[/caption] The inspiration MIT.nano is MIT’s state-of-the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023