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  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  out to be woefully short on substance.  I want to revisit and elaborate on that notion because it remains apropos today as students continue to ... humankind, working with others to bring knowledge to bear on the world’s great

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  : Professors' names will go to websites about them, not their email addresses ... decide to form a Canadian coalition and insist on either both performing or ... probability that the person you kiss has an index equal to 1? Oh, those dirty

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  , on the blogs. I am not used to being open about this kind of ... , but it really depends on who you're speaking with). Second, the ... casual relationships still want to have conversations or go on dates, but

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  little boxes on Zoom and everyone seems so calm and ready to start back up ... turn my audio on to say something, a red exclamation point pops up and ... . I am on the couch in the living room right next to the wi-fi router

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  not know her. The man on the stage insists that he is not here to ... man, later that night. We rush too quickly from Jesus' death to Jesus ... closer. A man stands on the stage, a banner fluttering behind him. The

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... connected them. On the door to the basement stairs I saw a poster advertising ... into a blog. Thoughts like: I staff 6.031 office hours from 7 to 8 pm on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  exposure to American food has mostly been limited to what I can acquire ... [annotation note="I won’t specify which, and I hope that you will never need to ... . At best. I tried to believe that it was a personal problem, but other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  point, and these organizations began to evaluate their own on ... for presenting recommendations to MIT administration on the needs of ... color? Perhaps you still have the ability to see color, but let’s pretend

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  or Drawphone or Skribbl. We could hop on a call and sing off-sync to ... could go to a party and dance until two in the morning. Or we could go on ... could go to 66-110, my favorite lecture hall on campus, even if I've never

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  . On Tetazoo, we had a small streak where someone’s room seemed to become ... I stopped though. I went on to pry the compound eyes off the head ... creatures. They’ve nearly perfectly adapted to an urban environment, with a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  to scribble here and there on my tumblr blog. But again, it was only ... to those who live in villages on the other side of it. They walk or ... housing there during the week and return to their homes only on the weekends

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  to yours; your research is standing on the backs of giants ... : you end on why your work is important, and what you're going to be doing ... 'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. I ... different voices in your application and try to immerse ourselves in your ... a yoga ball chair to reduce back pain. I read on an external monitor

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... a page and seeing cold numbers on a screen to getting attached to you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  your journey. To all of you, thank you for trusting us with your ... self to be seen, knowing that someone on the other side might embrace you ... I have a lot of feelings. It doesn’t take much to make me cry

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  ’d like to take some time to shed a different light on the situation. That ... feeling to know that you’re not alone and that there are so many people ... crises, an easy option is to focus solely on yourself. You could very

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  on MIT and I was fortunate enough to apply and get in early action. I ... last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to ... can repeatedly land on a perch, the way birds do, and he is fascinated

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  the very same Colin who was accepted to MIT on the day I was deferred ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place ... okay. It's going to be better than okay. However, if you're anything

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  'm creating a shattered glass looking thing on all of my walls (1 down, 3 to go ... when I wanted to feel more like an adult. It got new shelves, then other ... list asking people to send me their projects. Here are some of the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  . Do the things that matter to you, not just things to tick off on your ... ?" YOU: "Uh...go to med school...." HIM: "Oh, you're a premed?" YOU ... 's not worth your time or energy." I came to MIT wanting to be a chemical

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011