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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 ... listening to opera, on heart transplant patients who are mice." Here's the ... ."  They got a bunch of volunteers to come on stage, and made them cry

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  . It’s very reassuring to know that if you’re grinding on a hard PSET ... hold on tight. I can’t wait to see so many new faces on campus this year ... someone who is looking to join and be a new member of a sorority. I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  your life. So to a lot of people the n word is just another word because ... at MIT. If you want to date someone in your race (or you just like that ... growing it out and find someone to do your line). If you are looking for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• 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 ... community of writers that you have gotten to know through your screens. These

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

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

  

  will be able to handle this much force on it. Go back to your ... took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... the springs: you’re gonna be starving. Good thing Austin knows how to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  , though. (Bonus thought: would you have to report genetic editing on your ... writing phase in middle and high school. I eventually moved on to RPG video ... another HASS class to take and landed on CMS.840, which I initially didn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  becoming the person that I want to be? Is the pain on the way to getting ... coming up, but I did my best to keep them small, and focused on spending a ... memories to be made, new stories to be told, and new friends with whom to

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

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors ... so much =p, and you have to narrow your list down after you get the ... essay - you're trying to convey a slice of your life, and thus you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  tell you what to base your worth in, but try not to center it on grades ... internship the summer after junior year on a chemistry textbook to study for ... opportunities to invest in yourself and grow in your craft happen when you’re

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  different, and that's okay. My goal is to encourage you to reflect on your own experiences, so I'd love to hear your thoughts. 1. The project I hated [caption ... participants. My actual job was to work on the app used to collect data. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few ... was it like to have Junot Diaz as your creative writing professor at MIT ... beliefs about what you will do with your life. It is also okay to not know

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  into the floor on which I'm standing. I love being able to make progress ... ; 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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  on How to Get Around MIT. And now that I’ve cited How to Get Around MIT ... get funding to work on it…? Second, you need to understand Oniongate ... , and posted it on Twitter, and sent it to some other MIT-adjacent groups

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  Circuit, it's basically a loop for you to get the feel of your cart/bike and to size up your competitors. As long as you steer carefully, Pass/No Record is your friend, and you will be able to cruise through the semester

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• 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 ... that scare me, including trying to get to know new people. Marjorie ... was going to be on a panel at SDCC, which she then found) over Tumblr

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  . Congratulations on your graduation, Charles - and thanks for all of the dangerously ... So the other day I was reading an article on slashdot about Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of amateurs trying to launch themselves into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  to take a math assessment. This essentially assess your skills and ... on 18.01 before getting to 18.02."]18.01a/18.02a[/annotation], and ... wanted to switch to 8.01L. On thanksgiving day, I begrudgingly agreed. I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... 'm too tired to dig up the post so I'll give a quick recap. First you apply ... close to you who died. I read about your small towns, your big cities, the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  snap on your way to a party, ending in a hug when heading home, ending in ... . Every time I go home you have some new plan for expanding your lawn mowing ... I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It ... not belong on the MIT admissions website” post. At least, that's what I ... House, New House, MIT Admissions, 24.900, MTG, Course 8, and so on. Some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014