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  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  proximity to so many creative and amazing individuals, and right now is one of ... DESCENDED TO EARTH The machine is the brainchild of MIT’s very own startup ... ’s grand opening, my second reaction was, “Wow, a boba machine is literally

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all ... correspond to certain groups. The green area is the blogger fam (the very large green blob is Petey, naturally), the conglomerate of blue, red, and brown

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... career advice I've collected in my work notebook--a lot of it is less ... ." "Mentorship is always the responsibility of the mentee." "Find a job where you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  . Unfortunately, there is none. You can certainly can try to help your chances. You ... why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college admissions (and life) is stupidly simple: work hard and be happy. How you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  who is only here for the summer, who talked about how shocked he was at ... then she said: "our deepest fear is not that we are helpless. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." especially at mit

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof ... --has administered the exam annually since 1938. The exam is notoriously difficult--the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to ... participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led ... . One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  could help let prefrosh know about their efforts. Their guest post is what ... post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our ... their peers, which to me is indicative of a community I have never been a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  if you've chosen a major that fits you? Fit is a fuzzy concept, hard to quantify or plot. But this is what it means to me: Fit is having at least ... because it's required but simply because it's so interesting. Fit is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  collection of source texts. Some of my favorites:   Crying is great ... 'actual' authors never would. The practical result is that you get tweets ... _ebooks is now a thing. Everything it says is randomly generated from a source

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... friends again and thoroughly enjoy IAP. But another part of me is mourning ... ,051 miles away. I think if you were to ask me point blank, "Where is home?" I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... treasure is the pistol classes at MIT. Now you may be saying, Nat, everyone ... .k.a why this blog is suddenly relevant) After Pistol I took Archery, a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  months ago...which is terrible. Senior fall ended up being a little more ...  externship program is a pretty cool opportunity for MIT students to take advantage of ... semester had begun. Soooo....my semester....is.....AWESOME. For How I Met

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  never hope to possess. This is an elaborate introduction to what I really ... , I took 5.111, which is (re)Introduction to Chemistry. The semester ... EVERYTHING IS RAINBOW AND SHINY Meanwhile in18.02 (Multivariable Calculus

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  . Yes, that is my Chrome beanie. I, alas, cannot draw.  Despite living ... , Lightroom. But this post is about a darkroom. Let's be clear: I am a digital photographer, through and through. This is what I do after a day of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  't even allowed to read, which is lame because my little brother is allowed ... against books at the dinner table is the fact that I was so stinkin ... is, as many days as I begrudgingly dragged myself to the dinner table

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  Influenza A, subtype H1N1 is the most famous swine flu virus. It is ... , subtype H3N2 is another swine flu virus. Like H1N1, it is endemic to birds ... ten years. The influenza B virus is less common than influenza A. It

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  avoid flooding in nonapocalyptic scenarios, is almost certain to lose power for some time because it is surrounded by an intricate interweaving ... memory leak (always a possibility) it should remain up. Killian is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when ... beans and tomatillos in there. The reason this is all on my mind is ... stressing out over essay drafts.  As the summer goes on though, the stress is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... is usually a language requirement to the MISTI programs and the two ... ), helping with public facility projects like schools - which is a hugeeeee

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011