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  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  ="aligncenter" width="768"] Figure 1 – Mohs hardness scale for some common materials [2 ... ” opening in July) to measure their Vickers hardnesses. To correct for human error, I took three measurements for each sample using the indenter and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  ="not that there's anything wrong with that; i absolutely live for vincent ... City to stay for the summer about a week prior. Most of my stuff was ... . I sat on the edge of my bed for a while, admiring the midday sunshine

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  destination isn't in downtown someplace, you'd probably have to walk for half an hour. I have a friend who's also living in Mountain View for the summer ... means that things are far from each other. For example, a friend was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  training. For this, you had to do different modules based on which track you chose to learn for the maker space. Just for reference, I was doing the ... campus. I registered for one of the first in-person trainings because I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  happened for sure. Yet, it was mixed with a variety of other complicated and ... for some things to improve and change as time goes on. One of the most ... . For my classes with synchronous lectures, I never missed a single one. I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  this strange semester. So, as I wait for the news, I thought this might ... stare at my phone for an hour to have a conversation with a friend. Beyond ... , make breakout rooms, and it becomes weird. As grateful as I am for the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  field. For so long, I had put off taking any initiative outside of class ... around with it for 10 minutes and finding it horribly disgusting. But with ... of myself for doing these things, and even though it seems kind of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  for their rant.) This is also true of food; I like to eat the same ... loves to cook for myself. As I move through the semesters at MIT, the food I choose to cook has come to be as defining, for me, as the music I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  outlining my goals for this quarantine. i also made a habit tracker for some ... day of the month. but my streak for filling said chart out lasted a ... , i thought i'd have much more time for personal growth. turns out

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  Happy New Year! Even though I'm nearsighted, this is the year for ... out of things to talk about and have to cast about for a forced small ... advocate for more funding and build more community for humanities students. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  Coming back to campus has been unsettling for many reasons. My ... with my sister for the blue[annotation note="This was followed by my ... is for girls and girls are weak and i Am nOt LIkE oThEr Gi

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  9 to 5 gig down to a skill. Wake up, go to work, code, go for lunch ... crippling laziness and go for a run in the woods behind my hotel, but until ... subconscious for months but that I’ve not had the time or emotional capacity to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  was there for. There had been signs up all over campus for a week or two ... review for those seniors who are struggling with the concept in the 7.01x ... for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  had prepared itself for hours of hunching over a computer, debugging ... then for the remainder of the semester, you and your team build a fully ... . [annotation note="I got distracted for a full 20 minutes while trying to find

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to ... for each of the teams, and add a few "insider scoop" comments. Note on ... there was a live band that played a custom song for every. single. team

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

   standing) at the college forum, wearing our high school shirts and MIT caps for ... to-blog list, because it is truly special. But for the purposes of this ... did anything for it to look good on an application (and tried instead to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  bouncing around my head for about a week nonetheless.   In the summer ... school anyway (scholarships, man). For some reason, I went to mitadmissions ... app was a lot friendlier than a lot of what Common App asked for. Then

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  lately (which I found mostly began with ‘F’) (thanks for clicking on my ... bridge, and I’m starting to apply for jobs and work in tech and do those ... convinced myself that putting time or effort into appearance was for people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  built a renewable energy device and an online platform for the monks to ... revolution. There are good reasons for the old system to be overhauled ... possible, allows for a personalized work path, and promotes innovation

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  conferences for young entrepreneurs? Literally the night before Next Gen ... a conference for millennial entrepreneurs. It starts tomorrow and it ... couldn't sleep for more than an hour at a time. But it was all worth it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016