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  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  Caltech to meet me (which blew my mind) and a few didn't get back to me ... graduate school and get my Ph.D. in astronomy. I sent a very happy e-mail to ... I'm sitting on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to Boston

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25, a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts ... of a deadly asteroid. - It is believed dinosaurs are extinct due to a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... how old you are, this can equate to a whole lot of sneezes you have ... . About 20% of people have obtained an injury due to a sneeze. The angle of

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with ... , and second by the distance. We worked ourselves into a frenzy trying to ... car-crash victim, there always seems to be a lower layer to which life

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  . It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that, it was like playing a video game - lots of exploring and getting lost ... journey tends to be a rather monotonous one. Until today. Bryan recently

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  people cheering each other on, competition is as close as you get to a STEM ... . Founded in 1989 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, FRC is an activity where a group of high schoolers have six weeks to create a five foot, 120 pound

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  want to skillet so I can get some searing action on. In a beautiful bit ... 't get to go. While anxiously waiting for their return, I've been pursuing ... -grade oils. Anyway, the problem is that in addition to getting oil from the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  route to a familiar place or stopping by the Maseeh 3 lounge on my way ... a total of 18 open lab hours a week that you can go to if you need any ... lab comes from your checkoff, which you can complete by going to an open

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  project to be whisked away by a full timer the moment I get stuck, that I ... get rid of a stolen bike wouldn’t encourage someone to take their time ... on a gravel footpath between the station and my office. I have to get

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  getting a lot of emails from professors. I was supposed to have a 6.006 exam ... Kidist and I went to a nearby CVS. We walked by a shelf that was supposed ... crisis it is today. I want to preface this post by saying that it is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  , somewhat neurodiverse, and very non-scary; we used to be dominated by math ... Pecker, but if you're willing to lump a bioengineering, bioengineering ... flavor of nerdiness.  If you choose to climb up all three and a half

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  . college firsts: first shower: it'll take a lot of getting used to. first ... good idea to live in a quad because I'd get to meet three other people ... freshmen was also a great way to get to know my fellow classmates. However

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  getting to know each other through some applied meeting of the minds, in a ... relationship. Anthony's take: this looks like a *very* promising way to get well ... department as a whole. 3.091: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry Taught by

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start ... makeup, and then I had to get to school early so I could get in extra math ... + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  quickly 13 weeks go by. And just how little time there seems to be to ... friends and I made our way down to the Revere Beach (a short 15-20 minute ... of the ocean. The wind had a refreshing coolness to it, and as we sat

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  meant, and I have a Monday class at 9:30 in the morning, which is early by ... that we were throwing a party. 2) Brian '08 called me on my phone to ... throwing a party. I was tempted to go back to sleep, but desire not to miss

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  -defined problems fed to you by a benevolent manager, then you’re in luck because the ... said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... closer to finishing than I was a few hours earlier. On his way through the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  that the teams must get to by a certain time. However, other than that ... drive until 6pm, followed by a charging period from 6 pm to 8pm and then ... *written by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20 (members of MIT SEVT) as a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  have done a gazillion APs to get into MIT. Most people who apply to ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... was applying, I realized that talking to another person - whether it's a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  School of Mathematics, which looks to be a rigorous afterschool program ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on ... 'm that kid who stuck his finger in a candle flame to verify that, yes, fire

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011