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  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  , a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts ... of a deadly asteroid. - It is believed dinosaurs are extinct due to a giant meteor. That's true if you want to call Chuck Norris a giant meteor

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... personal lives. It’s hard to express in words, but there is also a certain ... saying anything, they see you as a peer, view as more junior, look up to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  friendships for a degree, but I think you have to understand there's much more ... , in fact, qualified and smart enough to get through it. I don't have a ... " because I have never known a school to go as hard as MIT does. East Campus

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  'd compromise my morals for a job because frankly, I needed to take what I can get ... as smart as you choose to be. I then take a deep breath and close my ... of a school is cuts deep and runs strong. I want to be smart. I want to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  to communicate back and forth. The A/V setup worked surprisingly well ... transportation technology. Our bill, the TransporTech Act, aims to offer states a ... surveil individuals without having to lift a finger, and can mine that data

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  -changing innovation to take place, you need the right ecosystem. You need a culture ... message you want to get across in a strong and memorable way. And that’s why ... nanotechnology to target a drug right to the cancer cell, and Kim Gordon, student

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  stomping ground. There is a beauty to the desert that you cannot see unless you grew up here, a hardness and a hardiness to everything that lives ... at my mom,  sitting across from me in a coffee shop that caters to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and ... , Design Squad cast members learn to think smart, build fast, and contend ... had the opportunity to work for him for a while, since we are both in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... reading applications as surely as I would anticipate needing a coat and ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  made online as a prefrosh even before CPW, thanks to the new admissions site that Ben Jones created, where we could all check in and get to know ... didn't need to be "sold" on MIT any longer. Compared to the penetration

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  needed. In rehearsals, I create the skeleton of a set and movement to ... What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... you care so much and work so hard to make a piece the best that it can

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  first to create a portrait of a person or a place. Abby showscases this ... the blogs. The second assignment was then to create a 3-5 minute video ... assignment. The third assignment was to create a 5-7 minute documentary that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be ... way that I related to quite a bit: she personified imposter syndrome as a Part of Her. She (roughly) said: “I don’t want this Part of Me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  it's also cool because there's so much more time to do the kinds of things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no plans except to have as much fun as possible. Having an empty calendar

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  ’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in ... It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... thing I’m a blogger) and I can take hours to write a paragraph (<

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  A few weekends back, I went to EnergyHack, ran a half-marathon, and ... hours? We listened to the keynotes — one by a startup making smart ... .  Washed with so much new information, it was difficult at first to find a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  , but i think it does need to be specific enough to inform you in making ... those books you've been meaning to. When you ask what message a city ... then you should move to a city whose message aligns with that ambition

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to come to campus and learn a variety of topics from MIT students. Hope you ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  generation to begin a process of making this system a system that does what it ... a mix of anxious premeds and kids trying to convince their parents ... have a lot of persuading to do), I love biology and I spend a lot of my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  the needed direction at the same time. We got to see a small demo ... , much like ripping off human skin to toss into a laundry machine, but ... but with… …a rendition of What Does the Fox Say by a live band

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013