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  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  of different exercises, but my main focus is gonna be on SQUATTING ... zero is an awful feeling. On my first few weeks, I couldn’t even squat[annotation note="usually 45 pounds on its own"]just the bar,[/annotation]and my legs

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  head about whether to censor the names on these posters. On one hand, a ... years of work they put in. On the other hand, people on the internet can ... circuit diagram doesn't do much for me. It does have a little color going on

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the ... and artificial intelligence on a broader scale. In the college's FAQ ... that such public relations have on the ethics of the Institute

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  what? I built a loft from scratch!!! Been sleeping on it for two weeks ... the wood up to our room (I am glad, daily, that we live on the second ... #eastcampuslife[/caption] We finished cutting all the wood on the day before

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on ... Burton Conner - rip Senior House) to paint murals on the dormitory walls ... to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  everything that went down since last Monday.  Finals are still looming on the ... other robot, which I worked on, had to help a person open a drawer and ... our robot on Monday night to be ready for the Tuesday night competition

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  tied to any high school. We were the only 2 girls on a 8-person team, and ... February, former Uber employee Susan Fowler posted “Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber” on her personal blog. The post quickly went

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  good post to write on the occasion, or some significant reflection on my ... profound or at least informative on the subject. But the truth is, as a ... ’ve realized in the past semester that I can be really hard on myself. Sometimes

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  introductory philosophy classes).  Note: this post was updated on June 21 in ... increased by 1.1°C (2.0°F), and 16 of the 17 warmest years on record occurred ... deliberation on this issue. Scientists point out that we need to reduce gas

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  what my post-graduation plans were on the student financial aid form. I ... Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and other pahtological diseases' effects on the ... research on reversing a certain brain defect during the first lecture

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  my first trip to the farmer's market in Boston, on a lovely Saturday, at Haymarket :) On Saturday morning, my good friend Mesi K. '18 and I went to go do some yoga at a great (and affordable!) place on Newbury

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  ’t know I live in the #1 dorm on all of MIT campus #BURTONCONNERORDEATH ... episode). It seems very nice being on west campus snugly between Baker and ... potential to take on each of these personalities to get the girl (in this case

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  I raised my young self on a steady diet of self-help literature. I ... . James' books on "Living the Simple Life" by involving your kids in ... before I had such a thing as work clothes, while I was still on the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  , and an 18.02 exam on Friday. In the midst of spending the day studying ... respond, I procrastinate on making a new resume by getting back to psetting ... can use on the test. At around midnight, I realize I need to somehow

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  On Friday, June 5th, the Class of 2015 graduated from the ... ;     On the morning of commencement, I too addressed something to the Class of 2015 as well, with a post on the wall of the class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  , their decisions are real enough to be on your mind, but not all real ... decision”) on your screen. So you wait a bit longer. That’s all you can do. Now, I could go on and on about how “well, you’ll be happy wherever you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  I am only a freshman, I have decided on a thesis which I will defend ... opposite student dozing off or sleeping somewhere on campus.” ....All right ... ) holds true virtually anywhere on campus, but no place portrays this law as

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  ’m on a plane flight home. Dire Straits’ "On Every Street" hums through ... covered. Luckily, life has been entirely on Pass/No Record for the past four ... (#3). On Monday night of finals week, my friends and I spent hours

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  years. Other than that, I've started writing on Yelp, because I consider ... since college, I'll share with you two travel mishaps. On Forgetting the ... Francisco. On the day before my flight back to Asia, I thought to look for my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  "robot" I ever built, on the first day of 2.007: Before I took 2.007, I ... 're not entirely comfortable turning on, part choices, and Arduinos, maybe ... receiver on it.  It's not pretty, but it drives. At the end of lab, my

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014