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  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note ... line of progress from point A to B. In some angles, it looks like an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... , so I asked [our group director] to get a couple.” And thus I learned ... . Another seemingly spontaneous addition to our lab’s gadget arsenal was a 3

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  , and Fridays are a lot less crazy. This is by design -- I like smushing a ... , thanks to Vassko, has a more complicated answer. For those of you just ... , although party themes often run to the creative -- at some parties, you get a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another ... was finished I realized that it was also a nice nod to Course 6. Tiffany ... 's President. After the speech by our Class President, we got to turn our "Brass

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for ... kindly tolerated my expletives. “Maybe I’ll have a six-pack by the end ... vibrant. I don’t know – I’m not a scientist! I have, however, taken to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  ask, does a fluorescent light need to be controlled? You have likely seen a demonstration of how easy it is to wire up an incandescent bulb; you basically just connect it to a battery. In these more traditional

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  assigned to them by another member of Conner 2. I can't remember all of the ... to conversation. A Graybill is a unit of harem. The Itani is a unit of negative tact.  A Snively is equal to 1 byte wasted on the internet. Friends

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  — making a difference. I’m starting to doubt that it’s possible. You would ... future. I am still determined to make a difference. I am bright and angry ... 's nice enough to make a man weep, but I don't weep, do you? Charles

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  ) and swiss army man (also excellent, also emotional) and went to a house ... extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... weeks to happen). my hope is that it can serve as one more resource, a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find ... . Needless to say, the car is now a total wreck. ...Oh. Well then

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  gosh darn it I was going to make that a damn good mid year report. So I ... took a few days/weeks to settle in. I got some congratulations at school ... , which is sad because there are a lot of really cool people who apply to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  Nearly nine months after getting into MIT, one question I continue to ... there? Exactly a year ago from today, teachers and classmates insisted the right place would be the one with the right "fit". I know by September

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  year's Championship team to find out more about playing a varsity sport ... every day and travel to games on the weekends. As a reminder, this is MIT. Many students struggle to find time to sleep without playing a varsity

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  yet to re-experience that level of wretchedness since coming here as a ... My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... Beaux-Arts style, characterized by large windows, large staircases, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... page and this paragraph: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very interesting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my ... to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack ... website or talk to friends and neighbors to find the name of specific

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT ... artists I like, and hoping for the best. So I might try to include a mini ... It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  were strained to see what was about to happen. In a few moments the ... the previous fall. It was a five-story, 100-foot-wide dorm with two ... about half a decade more, in which time two identical extensions would be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  'm here to update you on the breathtaking life of a biology PhD student, which is breathtaking enough to divide into a very small number of ... professors from my program -- it's considered rude to ask a graduate student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008