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• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  to new scenarios — to create. On the other hand, trivia is much more ... does harken back to my science bowl days where I memorized so much random ... -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  campground and therefore don’t need to pay fees.  A thin layer of snow ... , we have a peaceful dawn and an idyllic sundown, yet they seem to mostly ... the tippity top of Vermont and 10 hours back to arrive back home on a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the families since this process is a tough one for them too. I took that to heart

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  out how to create shade so that we could actually see our screens. I got ... thought about taking a shower, but it was like I was glued to my bed. Just ... needed drained every last ounce of energy out of me. At some point, I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  ;   Things to bring Your cell phone. Your cell phone charger. A ... with free food you want to go to in your CPW booklet. A sleeping bag, and a willingness to sleep in things that are not beds. Not homework

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  waiting for Prince Charming's white horse to get in gear) - a witch (even ... have no idea what to dress up as. In fact, I haven't actually dressed up as anything in the past few years, and this is truly sad. So, I need

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  asked them to animate and score a Pi Day video…even though they had almost ... note="and having a few 2026s ask me what this team does"]past two years[/annotation], now seemed like as good a time as any to add to [annotation note

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  bring the same energy to virtual events as they are to live ones! I ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much! These couple of days have been a testament to how amazing the MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  my case, a bedroom closet. Ideas can be proven before they need to be ... incredible young people to realize what they are capable of. This is a place ... . A place where sleep regularly takes a back seat to the intellectual

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  . I picked the UROP because I felt a need to do research, and it was ... I can, and I need to accept that and find a way to make it work long-term. ... desire to stay in academia at least for a while yet. Hearing me talk, he

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  too much in particular, but was helping to create a “31.4 Things to Do at Spark” and a collective mural to help create a sense of community at ... Tuesday, the latest day I can. Need to pack. Need goodbyes. Too much

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  at all happy about my SAT scores and felt a need to take the TOEFL in ... just curious, how much does being a Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist and ... millions of opportunities, while I have to create my own path in a very poor

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... 've got a system. Regardless, this led to me disliking a lot of things as a ... , whereas if I wanted to make something nice, I'd need to tediously plan it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  't like writing all that much. That's even more of a reason to get your ... -unit version of 100A dedicated to people who may need more time to grasp ... . CourseRoad is a tool used to create four year plans at MIT. FireRoad is a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... use this "not and" door to do... well, a lot of things. Like adding ... does this sticking-together force that we can't see come from? To answer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much ... , vernacular magic. Anyway, back to how much my week sucked. Three weeks, 13 ... -owning Canadian grandma I've ever met on this side of the Mississippi), a trip to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  needed a lab class to fulfill a course 6-9 requirement. 6.115 is known as ... this kind of stuff, I wanted to appreciate hardware. It helped that a ... the lines of "a small computer" or "a single chip designed to do things

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  and he worked with them for about 9 hours (!) to create a design that ... to this area, though you can die instantly from such an injury. On a ... ." Professor Blanco is looking for some students to build a full

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  represent like 6 hours of my life. I think I need to find a more efficient way ... blog entries might be a bit sparse over the next three months due to an ... took the train to Koblenz and took a four-hour trip down the Mosel River

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  fully, and much more. This led to a relatively fun creative writing ... to be Paper 2; in a few weeks when I get feedback, I’ll need to revise ... . There are a few issues that I need to work out before I start with this

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020