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• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  from a while back) Oy! Welcome to the much-belated “what I’m doing this ... /weekend (maybe both, I’ve got a lot of work to do this weekend). Just kidding ... -country takes the better part of a day out of you. News to me, as this was my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  zombie that wasn’t very good at being a zombie. I needed to make a change ... as powerful as he says, why does he need to rest? Because he was ... [i think i need to drop another class] Hey gang, it’s your favorite

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... winter break and IAP knowing I needed to make a decision about which major ... graduate school and get a PhD. There is simply too much that I want to learn

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  coach, Dave Hunter, attempts to motivate us for the next period using a strong appeal to emotion (pathos). Sometimes he focuses much more heavily ... more aware. Professor Levine has crafted a curriculum to make us more

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  "On taking a 'Gap Year'", I remembered that I've been meaning to write ... to surround a gap year. One of the concepts that I found particularly ... normal routine. And mine definitely has been. To prove it, here's a play

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  created to coordinate and promote water and food research at MIT. MIT’s efforts are aimed at a future in which the world’s water and food needs are ... environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  motivation, a restless energy to put pen to paper (or Apple pencil to Paperlike ... When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is ... true, but that doesn't mean you have to make a hasty one. then again ... i thought mattered to me turned out not to matter as much. there are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  morning to a warm weight on my tummy, the little gremlin dog I called ... meaning of what it was to be a child of divorce. I was fortunate enough ... able to look after her kid. To me, she epitomized everything a strong

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  . It's virtually impossible to summarize yourself in a few paragraphs ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... "Activities" section is to capture a glimpse of you outside of what you look

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  themselves to a differential equations textbook, buy their first starbucks ... Pass/No Record. And then I went to a party at my frat. Hey, want to come ... . To me, succeeding at MIT is just a gradual process of lowering your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  the kitchen to grab some coffee. we all need a little leeway sometimes ... is still wild to me that i'm a grad student at MIT, that i've been ... . but i think in the last year, things have started to take a bit more of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  're working on devising a federal bill to regulate smart city transportation ... ; What a headache Where does the time go?! We're somehow halfway through ... 've been rushing to finish prototypes for a project to be submitted to the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  never be able to do what Eddy said, because there would be a LOT of energy ... 3: (HAYDEN gets beaten to a pulp by SAMUEL L. JACKSON) MALE AND ... GUY: OKAY! Now we're going to have a discussion panel! HC: Oh, uh, okay

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from a cherry pie that someone had brought into the office to share. As one ... response because I was subsequently asked to rate the pie on a scale of 1 to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  , there is the potential to create a community and find a sense of belonging ... much of it or something and they were going to come back. At 4:58am, an ... information" or "box of packing peanuts need good home." I know a lot of people

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... 't have to listen to how embarrassing I sound? Well, I'm trying to make a ... hearkens to the etymology of the word amateur—someone who does something out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... .005 but it's hard to feel like you're learning, you know? You try doing a ... old textbooks they don't want or need anymore for anyone on the floor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  Massachusetts. The journey would be 30 miles. We walked to a trail. We ... the 2 hours of sleep. I had wanted to take a break from work for a while ... of our energy slowly draining. What if I run to catch them? I thought

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning ... a cursed follow up to this post. note that these are based off ... % chance you're a sick person to be around. you're laid back, can handle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023