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  bye (for now)

  

  extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... angry, and they will be right to be angry, because you got it wrong, and ... along the way. and i read zoe todd's note to the exhausted anthropology

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  those will continue to be gatekept by the student body :)) I tried to find ... 'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I ... display to play with if you so desire Cons  it's kind of creepy to be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... things that way. It takes a whole new dimension of gut, though, to hold

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  than that it’s great. I like being able to switch between the Unix ... be even more useful to become familiar with Python and Unix/Linux. You ... The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  , diffuse, waiting to be molded into reality. ... shame over a failure that feels misunderstood by others, and an emergence

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  you to possibly understand the molecular mechanism by which it resects ... mindset. Previously, it has not been difficult to “get by”, as in to pass ... hereeeeee). The main skills I've been developing is being able to grind work

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to ... ? There surely has to be some foil to show how deeply enamored we are with ... some design inspiration from that. Since I didn’t want Harvard to be the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  parking lot. Since it was said to be too much of an eyesore, however, the ... If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  right place would be the one with the right "fit". I know by September ... you, it's much easier to be happy. In terms of colleges, I had no idea ... Nearly nine months after getting into MIT, one question I continue to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  happen to be amazing). Monday and Wednesday nights are usually dedicated 5 ... ... I just don't happen to be close to a lot of guys in frats, plus some ... to be with school. I've heard some consternation recently about my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  getting back into bed to watch actors in their mid-twenties pretend to be ... in ten-minute-long songs by Opeth to annoy me sometimes, which I ... 's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  'll be sad.) Since the stated purpose of the blogs is to introduce ... smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... to do this by the end of sophomore year. I'm running a little behind. 1

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  designs. The original plan was for students to submit pictures to be etched ... silicon as possible to the sunlight (so the solar cell would be decently ... dirt, and sunbathing. Sadly, he passed away shortly after I moved to MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  students than we would be able to by ourselves."]Other Universities ... happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... Court... (4) ...or take a walk by the boathouse: (5) I'd show you sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  . Without further ado, prepare to be rendered speechless: ... called "Gangnam Style" was released over the summer by K-pop rapper PSY ... came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  names nontrivially affect the names they'll be known by. Many interns end ... like idiots at Beast's persistent attempts to break the codebase by ... last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  founders posted on some forums I frequented - and being amazed by people who ... Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of amateurs trying to launch themselves into ... students here who could build a giant flamethrowing exoskeleton to invade

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  Monday, simply because I knew I wouldn't be able to focus in any of my ... , surprise and inspire each other. I wanted to be a part of this mountain ... world, take risks, try new things. I wanted to be at MIT. And so, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009