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  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  the big interests of the lab is to figure out which genes cause neural ... research and development office in Cambridge. Adam is the go-to guy for ... (although I'm preparing at the moment to defend my qualifying exam, which is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  are for getting to where you are now. MIT is a pretty cool sword, but it’s ... is my friend David K. ‘16. He brought a giant teddy bear friend to all ... than it would have been otherwise. This is the way I would

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is ... actually make it. Some are more free form and allow teams to create a ... . It's a unique opportunity to put our engineering skills to the test and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  will need to hear it more than others. My name is Chel. I left MIT ... is my eighth Reg Day, although I only count seven of them. It’s also ... only way to describe us is “formerly returned students.” This year, there

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It ... is the best Camille that she can be and I am proud to be Camille's mom ... it to [annotation note="My mother and I have an inside

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  of power at the intersection of fields. It is valuable to be able to be ... polygon is incident to exactly one other polygon. It is possible to travel ... others without leaving the interior of the polyhedron. It is possible to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of ... start the new year.  But I also want to note that while it might be ... the best course of action, especially if your goal in doing so is to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  struggles, academically and professionally, and many know what it's like to ... . I held back because I was nervous, and thought it would be better to "make sure I had a solid foundation" before moving on. It's obvious to me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  -year student to take five 12-unit classes in the spring; however, there is also ... Regulations, faculty from across the Institute had to vote on it — and we needed ... them. It’s impossible to create policies that are perfect for everyone

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  . It reflects something I consider to be an important component of MIT ... it does. For some people, this is old hat. For me, it's really ... As some of you probably know, MIT's motto is "Mens et manus", which

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  some extent, to my parents, it's like I'm talking a foreign language ... virtually everything, from the buildings to the academic buildings, is numbered? One reason I'm writing this entry is to help bridge the gap

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... entrance to Killian Court is visible to the left of the Green Building. The ... , with its huge glass atrium, and the famous contemporary Simmons Hall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  CPW Problem: What Can People Wear? CJ pragmatically writes concerning poor weather

  

  . Come prance within convenient, prizewinning walkways. (Concurrently

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  victim to the clutches of notion.so. It's just a really convenient website ... stay focused on what I want to accomplish, and it's convenient since it ... , but that's not what this is about. I typically use my FitBit to check

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  .   This is nothing but reassuring to me. When I was considering going ... great to be able to rely on someone on campus, but it’s also great that I ... it:   I thought OP probably was a reader of the blogs, because

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like ... my own meta-survey asking people to take surveys, is scientific either ... results. It turned out, there was a lot people had to say--about their

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  I watched the more I felt my desire to recreate it grow. It came to ... tools to make my vision a reality.  It wasn’t until this past January when ... going to happen as surely as I was going to graduate. Now, graduation is

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  thought, maybe it’s missing something. What happened to the other colleges ... rendering of the lineart. I sent it to Winnie, who was already at Metropolis and ready to vectorize it. By the time I slid open the door and was

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  'd leave it up to a vote to decide where she went. He put up an online poll and, well -- I read this before I came to MIT and thought it was one ... HTML file attached to it. An html file that, when opened in a browser

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008