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  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  diploma. This is really the moment I looked forward to. It was like a final ... 's about time to blog about it. Turns out I'm just as bad as blogging things ... realized why no one explained anything to us. It was exactly because we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  survive. Is it my duty to give back in some way? I was big on duty in high ... feeling that my window to figure it out is slipping away. But I think there ... this and helping me think about how to formulate it! I’ve been very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  shining, and a score to settle, it is the perfect day for soccer. We start ... give y’all a little recap.  For starters, it's important to know that ... badly every single one of us wants to win. The Elite Eight is just one

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  'm over the moon right now, this good thing just happened. But it is odd to ... surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing ... midst of everything which is horrible in the world, and it is odd that the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  not disappoint. Its hues of pink and orange merged majestically to yield ... sunset go from its blush glory to a darker one full of city lights. It was ... close my eyes and control my breathing to regain composure. It took me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  question: What is liveblogging? The answer: (according to Wikipedia) a ... 't running due to construction on the line. Instead, there is a shuttle service ... to take the next bus with Gloria who also didn’t make it with the first

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  case is to learn a lot about the design process and what it takes to be a ... .007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and ... competition. Maybe, I'll win this year? So to hear Professor Slocum tell it

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being ... like to explain things. No one likes to accept the "it's just the way it is" comment. We'd all like to explain why things happen. I believe that

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  (Aldous Huxley) -- This is Ruth's favorite book, I think, so she lent it to ... froze exactly as it was, would you be able to roll it like a bowling ball ... Life of Balso Snell (Nathanael West) -- This is total crap. I read it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  your SAT scores. I won’t touch on it again. You shouldn’t need to touch ... have to be academic. It might be more interesting if some of them aren ... . This is the hardest part and the least fun, so do it fast. Last semester

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  almost everyone else is kickin it into full gear to ace their own tests and theses. Below is the link to my final project for 4.502/4.564, an undergraduate/graduate class which uses programming to design stuff. We learned

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  intersection of math and CS, is that we want formal models of computation to ... determine whether it belongs to a language or not. Formally, we will create ... whether or not they belong to the language? And the answer is yes. Things

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  ways to enjoy a New England spring and it does have its' charms, I ... weather; for me, it was either really cold from head to toe or very warm up ... Omega 6". In other words, it's good for you and it's definition is an

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  question its legitimacy later. Don’t ask your professors to proofread your ... ’re paying for your education and it’s your job to make the most of it. Life ... How To Avoid Sounding Stupid* *All advice should be taken with a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  , it was weird enough to draw my attention from the cops and look around ... pronounce it “later,” so I’m going to talk about Delve. As a treasurer of ESP ... to Delve, which means a lot of money comes in, and most of it comes in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  your time, how to study, how many pset classes it's healthy to take, etc. This is my first year doing it - I got to meet my 23 advisees today, and ... is similar to the Associate Advising program, in the sense that it's a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between ... look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  to some speakers, and turned up the volume (I covered my ears) until it ... we struck the glass, it would ring with a frequency identical to that ... is dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, which means that it helps

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  university to attend. If this is you, I hope these words help decide. A couple ... days, and one morning it became clear to me. As I was meditating early ... opportunity to develop skills in the field of electrical engineering and it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , it is theoretically possible to room with a person of the opposite gender, so long as you can convince the RAC to let you do it. (This is ... , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006