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  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  Abrahams' eyes settled on me, and I got to take a seat on stage. Next, he ... ."  They got a bunch of volunteers to come on stage, and made them cry ... Charlotte Blonsky a patent: In case reading the crumbly Times New Roman is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more ... -shirts, and that’s only counting the ones that I wear on a semi-frequent basis

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  needed to get serious about applications very, very soon, so I hopped on ... was a competition, in which the applicants strove to cast themselves in ... getting admitted, then to actually dream of getting admitted. Like a cheesy

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  absolutely no desire to be a lawyer, but the people on the team really are the ... it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it ... was going to be on a panel at SDCC, which she then found) over Tumblr ... the semester and plan on doing a reflection sometime before finals

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... ). Briana B. ‘17 (right) and I on the steps to Lobby 10 The current ... been able to take a photo with truly everyone in it ^^; And of course, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  set or to work on a group project. Such experience at MIT gave me a ... to pack my whole life there into 4 suitcases, attend a May ball and say farewell to all my friends. I then flew back to Boston on 20th June and

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  ; sometimes, on the road [annotation note="I keep a stack of guest passes to the ... orient myself to a new reality. I probably needed a break from lifting ... year, and my new plans are sketching how I'm going to build a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... marketable skills you acquire from college to land a job constitutes a good ... . Money can't buy a pivotal moment to crush to smithereens your bad habits

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  Yellowstone and New Hampshire, have fun :D"][/annotation] And on Saturday ... like a freshman, i.e., to be naïve and excitable. And there ain't nuthin ... , everyone is assigned a dorm based on their personal preference ranking, but

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  . But it’s more than just famous. To MIT students, it’s a symbol that we ... ’s ring that they had been working tirelessly to create. It’s a time to get ... half full! We ran down, up and across the isles to find a row that had

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  you updated on that hair care, and giving black women a place to be ... little time and talk to people, a lot of students will quickly realize ... So quite recently I made a post on Facebook about a few things I had

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  exceedingly real to me, despite the fact that I haven't had a panic attack on ... displays everywhere I looked. As a New Yorker, I have some desire to avoid ... you back to your favorite moments. I gave it a shot, standing on a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  to and influence on campus life allowed a critical mass of students to ... together on a democratic plan.” Finally, as plans solidified to relocate ... worked well to alleviate the housing pressures; however, a new campus meant

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  suspicion that Lisa and I actually share a consciousness. Anyway, I wanted to write a blog post, but was struggling with writer's block (it's easier to ... ." There are a bunch of different things I could (should) touch on. Why

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... of a road to learning something new is always bumpy. Learning Solid ... up the slopes to read a [annotation note="some favorites I read this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  ’t have to tell me about that. I knew it. Hours spent fixated on a problem ... to grab on. But now, I had taken a bet on myself, pushed myself into ... too busy trying not to drink too much chlorine. Ultimately, on a purely

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... a creative writing class before have quickly transformed the twice-a-week, hour-and-a-half sessions into something I eagerly look forward to. We

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  it means to be gay. I changed my Twitter handle to have a rainbow on it ... weekends ago, I went on a retreat with other people from my floor. I remember walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  coming up, but I did my best to keep them small, and focused on spending a ... contracted, collapsing from a community to a few lonely souls haunting a space ... becoming the person that I want to be? Is the pain on the way to getting

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022