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  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 / 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

  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

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  getting in, reducing getting into MIT to a coin flip. On the ride home, I ... finding your inner strength to move onwards. Move onwards from failing, from ... deal. What would the rest of your life look like if you chose to never

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• 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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... Life steps on the brakes, and the car screeches and you just have to ... restructured itself on a fast, personal and somewhat upsetting level. I had to go

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  a Wonder Woman power pose. On the way from the bathroom to the ... been scared were going to judge me. (If you’re reading this, thank you so ... : Equidecomposable The ability to chop up one figure and build a new one out of its

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  pressure on their children to succeed and to get A's. While it's wonderful to want your child to succeed and to encourage them to do well, threatening ... think) lectures are actually detrimental to your learning. Sometimes it

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  ; That evening: At half past eleven several autos drove up to the new ... people were unwilling to climb onto the rooftops. On October 6, 1916, MIT ... Watch '93 at 11:30 was the message. '93 was the new

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  . Remembering that parents are watching, the focus changes to a short segment on ... interests I have tended to focus on MIT's leadership in artificial ... , and how exactly this relates to the emphasis on science here I wouldn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020