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  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  pride: just like solving a puzzle is a way to show off your cleverness ... things like “Best Wrong Answer” — I found myself choking up. Getting to be ... Conditions: Play with this for a bit, until you get the idea. Then try to win

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  while, and then her condition continued to get worse. My aunt called me a ... have a video of her I took on my phone trying to get her to say “Abush ... , below: It took me years to get out of bed today. Or more precisely

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  for anything again — you can just trot quickly to your destination ... I didn't know what to write this week, so I made GPT-3 do it for me ... learning to make human-like text, based on whatever prompt and parameters you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle ... but can't because I'm home reading your applications. (It's okay, you

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  right there with year-ago-me. Yay, you now know where you're going to college (MIT, clearly), your teachers have given up on trying to make you ... can just add their answers to the game you're working on. So have at it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  parts to get assembled. On the day of our assembly, we slugged boxes of ... your materials lie on"]Laser Bed,[/annotation] in order to minimize ... ="going to therapy"]soul searching.[/annotation] I ate toast with peanut butter

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  ). Happy because I finally get to eat, and because it's my favorite class. It ... front desk of dorm. People hardly come by during this time, so get to get some work done. Desk is such a great job--basically getting paid to do

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  cleaning was going, but we weren't sure how to get inside MacGregor to check ... this step."]earliest and latest confessions I pulled.[/annotation] To get ... used it mainly to get a second machine opinion on the sentiment of each

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  . Concord ate carefully, but not carefully enough to avoid getting grease on ... risen from their beds when the indoor humidity had dropped to forty ... ’t get in trouble.” “No Mom, we did not get in trouble.” There was the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  't that great". I said sure to my friend because doing stuff with your ... it's also cool because there's so much more time to do the kinds of things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  write a really great paper. We're hoping to get it published somewhere if ... afford to get better at it, and I know this class will be good for me. It ... we get to build our own storyworlds and creatively write! It's been so

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  getting to know Bawston.  FRESHMAN SPRING Introduction to CS and Programming ... spent 40 hours per week in Pappalardo, but get this: I wanted to be there ... was refreshing to get to speak freely, especially about cultural things

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  worked it out such that I'll get a new hard drive mailed to me, completely ... computer. I'll have to get Microsoft Office and Mathematica shipped to me ... and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the ... now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... these TVs all around the room so you know what part of the lift you’re on

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  my scores for your consideration? No: in fairness to all applicants ... MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests ... testing requirements here. I’m happy to announce our decision to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  community. We say great! What do your teachers and school counselors have to ... limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional opportunities that await. Since our desire is to make the best possible admission

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... intense fear of missing out, I've definitely made an effort to get out and ... trying to take (but know I could never get into due to its popularity) is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since ... , Burchard Scholars Program Coordinator. I've been meaning to write about ... think it's about time. I've alluded to the Burchards program on and off

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  Now that I am soon to be an old, decrepit senior, I thought it might be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  's “How to Get Enough Rest” brochures. Note that I mention this right ... responsibilities. You'll get to work with awesome cooks like Natania and Spang, both ... (that is to say, pretty much incoherent but inexplicably awesome anyway

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009