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  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  'm starting to be recognized linguistically and culturally by the Chinese ... me to enter saying "I know you'll at least get 3rd place" and I ... native speaker to get any questions I had out of the way. I definitely owe

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  must be dying to hear what I've been up to. I expect the barrage of questions and interrogations to start pouring in any day now. Just kidding. However, lucky you, I'm going to tell you what I've been doing anyway. I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  Ana V. '15 May 2015 A Hard MIT Class by Vincent A. '17 How to ... want you to know by Allan K. '17 The 'How to College' Masterpost by ... [Not] by Phoebe C. '18 I never want to finish my P.E. requirement by

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  the sun getting eaten by the moon like a cookie through eclipse glasses ... of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  to get (along with my math degree). I was and am grateful that so many ... On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... memorable than usual, because it’s the day my first novel went to auction. It

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in becoming an MIT student???" I'd be happy to answer your questions (or direct you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... ). International student status is solely determined by citizenship and not by geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  industry, a large of the final decisions get to be made by businessmen who ... purpose of making a profit and getting drugs that will make it to patients ... , and you get to decide what that lab works on. However, in order to do

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  to get the right answer by random chance. As it turns out, I did get ... ) explained to me how to get the answer. He started by drawing an integral ... 't need to get ready tomorrow morning. So what final details of my freshman

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  felt like this was enough of an issue that I wanted to get my thoughts ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to finish or post any of them :( (Interruption: Ahmed '12 is sitting next to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  't get me wrong: I'm fascinated by aspects of all of the sciences with ... , 24.900 will allow me to get some provisional answers as to why, even as ... parents speak fluently, I am able to get the gist of their conversation

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  already a given. I clung to every point, fueled by my ever-brewing anger at ... , to satisfy him. So I let him do what he wanted; when he held me down by ... piece is just a series of things loosely held together by a vague relation

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  that I get all the captains on board with what they need to do, schedule ... get answers to their fabulous questions (ex. why are wood fires red and ... topics, or digitize all of them and get people to respond online. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  several of my MIT friends were incredulous when I explained it to them. By ... . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first ... at least 2-3 times a week (by now, of course, I have a group of people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , very loosely stitched together because I gave up on trying to have a thesis. also the writing is not very snappy oops the soundtrack to this blog is the album Blue Moon Safari by Air and Vegyn :-) Last fall, I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  ’s journey with Henk Rogers to get the game out of Soviet Russia. One of the ... would’ve been like 7 or 8 back then. But then we get to classic Tetris ... I could never get anywhere close to his scores. He eventually quit the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  arranged by Professor Lindgren of the Music Faculty for us to all attend a Yo ... 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

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

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  perfectionism by now. MIT has forced me to become much more comfortable with ... delightful experience. I decided a good first step to get back into actually ... the right amount of torque to get the satellite in the right orientation

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  -related topics to write about. Today's entry was requested by Anonymous (come on ... discovered a post by an incoming frosh who was temped on my hall and wanted to ... then... Anyway, by now you get my point, and hopefully enjoyed those

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... prodding my siblings ever-so-often to end their summer vacation and return to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013