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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  was for grad students/postdocs/researchers/profs to nEtwORk, but I was ... a staple for the part of China my dad is from. The food was great, but ... working closely with this past year. We chatted for a bit, also commenting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  of beds dropped on the side of the road, cheap furniture selling fast ... besides, there are so many Zoom gatherings for frosh and upperclassmen to ... four months or maybe twelve, I will call this place home. For now, I am

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  ’s start with high school. For us, MIT was our dream school. We obsessively ... other schools, and for the first time in high school, we did. When we ... to us, and maybe something we’d even want to major in. Fast forward to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  coupons attached to one of our refrigerators and an entire system for ... Beantown outings. So you can imagine how big a deal it was for us when the ... school’s build team for robotics). Her focus in the world of computer

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  the day I finally arrived on Earth, my patience had fast vanished, which ... profile. My parents and siblings know all too well that when waiting for ... important day in your memory, at least for a while. The moment before you see

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  understanding this. Yay brains! Yay neurons! You have them to thank for all those things you take for granted – consciousness, your ability to store memories ... neurons for permitting me to learn about... 8.286: The Early Universe Look

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all ... memory. Set a reference frame there for now. What do you see? In one of my ... , "Well, what good was it for?" If you're on the waitlist, you might not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  tunes a couple years ago. (For fans of alt-rockers like Franz Ferdinand ... ’t becoming paralyzed as fast as he wanted them to. So this happened. This is ... the mechanism. And then you take it for granted. Which is lame. To

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  -mate caught my eye. I nodded. He threw a low, fast forehand, which began curving ... way into the lobby, pausing for a moment to catch my breath, a puddle ... upperclassman at a lunchtime barbecue. I apologized to her for not talking much

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  to use a CNC lathe and a CNC mill. For those of you who are ... /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric features and spins your part really fast, letting you touch it with sharp

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of ... questions you have about why MIT could be a good choice for you. They are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  die for Pool and Pye” (Ithiel de Sola Pool and Lucian Pye were two high-profile scholars at the Institute’s Center for International ... when MIT decided to “divest as appropriate for those portfolios to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... even some wild animals. It all sounds really fantastic to me. But for ... them. [Also, for those of you at MIT, the Muslim Student Association is

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  only has space for 5 activities! This is not a coincidence… I’ve known so ... for up to 15 activities. I get really miffed when I tell an admissions ... what’s *really* important to me. For example, I was invited to join the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  you either have a date for your visa interview soon or have already had ... different requirements for tests and vaccinations for different countries so check those out for your own country and get vaccinated and tested

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  of precession and calculate capacitance for fun, squashing the less ... * There, all clean now, except for that little bit of bitterness that soaked ... greeted by a screen like this: Click It is then up for you, the student

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  For the past six years or so, I've been a desk calendar addict. You ... a time (I think my mom got me Word-A-Day for my senior year as well ... the message. 4. As a last resort, go for the EBE's eyes - you will not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  Rats for ninety years, and they're a hugely important part of MIT ... on it. In April, we all dress up fancy for Ring Delivery and poses with our shiny new rings. The ring buying period has just concluded for the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  Last Tuesday was a big day for MIT's class of 2019. After two years ... enduring symbol of class pride and school spirit. And right now for MIT ... tradition, and enter a mild panic for five minutes. This year's joke ring

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  inviting. For Chipotle lovers and strangers to Mexican food alike, I have but this to say: you have to try a burrito from Anna's. If you're up for it, it's a delicious experience for the mind, the mouth, and the wallet

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011