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• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  paper to fold with. Also four story tall Muji's. And in a way, it does ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... room with shoes on. So I try to adjust. I remember to not walk and eat

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  droplets rapidly to create a thin film, and then boiling away the solvent ... the energy diagrams for the components of solar cells and LEDs and saw that they were the exact same: i’m not going to talk much about the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  to decrease significantly, creating a consistent rise-and-fall pattern ... , and snacks available to competitors before taking the elevator back down ... got tired and decided to take two breaks each climb – first on the 7th

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  years ago, but it's super awesome and while it's hard to exactly explain ... create classes in everything from "Alebgra 1" to "The Atomic Science of ... had no problem crafting myself, and Introduction to Electricity and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  taking my beloved 5.12 make me want to crawl in bed and hide? Why does ... good at learning it - it takes forever and a day to understand everything, but once you do get it, you can fly through the problems with ease and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  difficult because I spend too much time trying to make it perfect and that ... offers one. Secondary applications are unique to each school and generally ... might need. Senior fall and winter: spend large sums of money to fly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  choice doesn't exist, and you will have to decide eventually. the things i thought mattered to me turned out not to matter as much. there are ... say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is

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

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  on the bus, and then I called Mitra to settle things from an economic ... hamburger, because they were going to throw it out anyway, so what does it ... letter to Wendy herself asking for an apology. Then, and only then, will I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  come to campus and learn a variety of topics from MIT students. Hope you ... go all out and don’t sleep or work as much as I probably should ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i ... . i tend to end my posts with a vague statement of hope, and this one is ... time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember. there are days i do

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  and i thought about how absurd it was that i was even allowed to be ... leaving school, to stay in the world of academia with masters degrees and ... once told me that the reason some new grads party so much is because they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  . And for confidentiality reasons, I think that’s pretty much all I should ... decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying ... between to “miss home” and remember where i came from. Don't know if that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  system, you should future proof it and buy as much RAM as you can ... bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I ... computer, I enjoyed fixing it and continued to mess around with it. I went

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to take a cab, and a jar of vaseline to prevent chafing. That seems like ... pretty much wishes me all the luck I'm going to need: Spammie, (and Mitra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  laptops it are me and three other Americans I know. Does that say something ... and maps that we sketched out in Mr. Chicken. On Saturday, we went to ... took the train to Koblenz and took a four-hour trip down the Mosel River

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

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  've been having a crisis over whether to go to grad school or not. And as ... I am very tired. And I don't think that I'm ready to go quite yet ... learned enough to create a cool final project, but it's hard to actually

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  energy and trying to stay critical of my expectations and conscious that ... , and can easily spend an hour watching videos about how not to ... hours ahead and it is not fun, ESPECIALLY since I’ve been trying to sleep

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  like a little wind and rain is going to stop them from running it ... love the MIT energy initiative or whatever just as much as President ... 've been much more of lame-o about running outside since I got a MacBook and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  current social structure places so much emphasis on adhering to norms and ... , and passions of the student body. I once heard someone refer to MIT as a ... listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  cook myself and I’ve survived this much, but props to the people who can ... a book (Step 1a would be to buy a book if you do not own one). These ... ).) Laundry As much as I know you want to live your whole life never having to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016