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  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  all kinds of high-tech research, from paper-thin loudspeakers to new ... wanted to take a picture and turn it into a full-on solar cell. Creating ... -and-forth emailing with Jorg, I settled on simple vertical stripes to collect the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  something to define yourself other than your intelligence." This was a worry ... , and that was delicious. It was refreshing to just be normal. On the ... , on a random day during senior week, Shuli and I wandered down to Quincy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  . Something was wrong. The next day Lauren messaged me and asked me to go on a ... to go to a yoga studio on our way back, so we kept walking to Central ... beginning of the semester, I was lucky enough to work on an independent

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  drop the right one. The feeling of failure that comes when you’re used to ... couldn’t just afford to go to bed. Coffee became my new best friend ... -looking fluffy crystals landed on my jumper. I looked up in confusion to see the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  's currently working on a video game. Spring 2009 to Spring 2012: Ben Y. '12 ... Apple. Fall 2000 to Spring 2001: Jeanne S. '01. Jeanne lives in New York ... interviewed to be the GRT on the floor after I had left and asked if I lived on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  add a few years to your lifespan. I remember dedicating quite a few ... Meet-Up. Just this week, I used it to set up a get-together in New York ... Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  self-esteem drops to unprecedented lows. I applied early action, and on ... . You’ve found something you love. You’ve nerded out on it. You want to ... ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  think of not on its own, but in contrast. If you're in your room, that ... sit on your hand for a few minutes and then pull your hand out, you get ... wanting to get up. Of looking at your to-do list, seeing only three items in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  :30 AM. I move on to the next thing on my list: subcloning some pieces of ... tells me to wait a few more minutes, so I play the "what was I doing on ... this semester started at 11 AM every day (and I've been on an extended

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  find and learn about on your own, but this class introduced me to many ... Class Year I forgot to add class year as an option on my form, and by the ... based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... meetings that no longer apply to you. you add your permanent email address to all the mailing lists you want to stay on because you know mit is going

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• 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 ... world, take risks, try new things. I wanted to be at MIT. And so, I ... giddy with elation, having just learned of your acceptance. Some of you

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

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  anything."]advisor[/annotation]—recommended me to be a featured student on ... when I first got on campus. People here were always used to being the top ... ’s interesting to me to reflect back on the things I still do, after three years of

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  is on their way to the World Solar Challenge in Australia! Support them by following the event on their website here! ... On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, when the sun has not yet heated the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so ... your boat too close to the wind. but that was the principle. "i'll show you when we get on the boat," said john. "since this is your first time

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance ... the opportunity, but rather to fully capitalize on it. As much as I ... benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  might want to install Linux on your computer and start using it for ... terminal and the Apple GUI depending on what I need to do. I also like the ... dignity. A waterproof laptop sleeve for your laptop to hide in when you’re

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  something to put on my resume. A: Why do you need something to put on your ... "]reason."[/annotation] Aristotle goes on to argue that that virtue is itself a [annotation note ... "]prodigality[/annotation] and stinginess. Aristotle acknowledges that it is hard to hit on the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to ... away, unwilling to try to understand a dish of something new. Eventually ... somewhere new and starting fresh that enables people to be more open-minded. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023