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  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  Minesweeper by 10 seconds (to 120 seconds)!! we found a supernova in a nice, big ... full week of observations 2) sometimes supernovae get eaten by gigantic ... while. i was working on reducing data to get light curves of Alinda, a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  're applying to, but fortunately, the deadlines and requirements vary by country ... impression I have is that not getting an internship has much more to do with ... UROP" to anyone who asked about summer plans, when truthfully I had no

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  my friends needed to add up six big numbers and divide by four (don ... test. Brief dinner, delivered to my room by my very kind boyfriend. More ... was soothing to get outside - to talk with an old friend, to do things

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  finals and my leaving...) and I haven't been able to resist snapping some ... delightful wander around the city. We got back to MIT just as the sun was ... began an adventure to find the highest spot on campus which was both

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  zones away, I had to throw myself out of bed by 6:45 am. But on the plus ... companies founded by MIT graduates would get together and form a country, it ... proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  opportunity for many of you to attend spring meetings hosted by ECs and alumni ... learned a lot at the spring meeting I attended and had a great chance to get ... Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  brought to you by, well, Harvard. Two days ago I was chatting on the phone with my dad. I was crossing Mass Ave so as to get to Building 7, MIT ... slight rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Whenever I'm talking to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  will be sleepless nights. There will be weeks you have to choose which work to do because you have too much and can't do it all. And there will be weeks where you feel like you're not good enough. Just remember to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  to date by our (again, outstanding) records office staff. So before ... mail day of the early action season, so I encourage you to get your ... that, but you definitely want to put your best foot forward by ensuring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I chose to stay on-campus this summer because I knew that if I went ... Media Lab, (2) Going through MIT OpenCourseWare content to make my fall ... without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  to be applying to MIT, for you will not be judged entirely by the ... a writing class and wanted to share his experiences and insights with ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... . :-) Hmm. In all this talk about dining, I didn't get to the second part of ... to provide her own answer). Sara Campbell asked "It's cool that MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  an ingenious way to get himself, and often times his friends, in trouble. We were variations of a theme, identifiable to one another by the ... classmates, by action, presented to us. And thus we learned a simple lesson

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  took me 700 words to get to the point…). You have a group of people who ... getting to see them almost every day means the world ☺️. Then again ... Alternatively, how to build a cult! Only it’s not a cult, it’s just a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  ankles, and all of us getting oddly competitive, it was time for me to grab ... my pleasure to welcome you to Japan: the country of neon-lit karaoke ... Japan-based company in Tokyo who attempted to be the first private company

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  on the fly. Some get to this break point and realize they can ... not getting where you wanted to go, because you were too afraid to ask ... In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  exotic to a city girl) his aunt took me to a fashion show, organized by one ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents ... and cheered for their friends. My boyfriend's aunt leaned over to fill

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  to get it. My life is getting infinitely more complex. I have to think ... . To anyone reading this, it gets lighter. I will give you a short ... getting rejected by a lot of things. I've been dating the same person for a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... from four to six to a zillion years, depending on how fast you get your ... best part about being a professor is that you get to be last author on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  have been written before by bloggers of yore, and I encourage you to read ... building after this, and listened to "Connection" by OneRepublic on repeat ... it gets better, and allowing yourself to accept that is important as

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020