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  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  a temple of science.” Ending of First Light by Richard Preston My ... surprised by the fractal nature of life -- there’s the world in all its ... worked out the physics of shockwaves and high-energy collisions on a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  week, we (belatedly) celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to ... Anthony R. '09 A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel ... patterns from the pattern language of my life by Natasha B. '16 Repilot by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  bucketloads of faith in tow. Time to begin your search! Resources to take ... the two post docs by the end of the week. A heads up about the UROP ... 'skills' section of my resume, so it doesn't look so empty?" Other Freshman

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  , a class inspired by Charles and Ray Eames's short film "Powers of Ten" which features [annotation note="Last week we heard from Skylar Tibbits of ... reproduce by replicating themselves on the inner lining of their pits and then

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  anniversay of my MIT journey. 10 years ago today, I was just about to start my senior year of high school, and everything that came with it - classes ... back at these 10 years, several lessons stand out to me. Some of them, I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  felt utterly unmotivated. It was as if all of my energy and motivation ... depression experience—how she crawled out of the cave little by little over the ... pattern with four hours of sleep every day; instead, I was so exhilarated by

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  with all of the different student groups and resources available to put ... this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to ... came out, I was sitting in the McCormick lobby, with our Head of House

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  all a part of the MIT process. Additionally, some things may come ... off, congratulations to the admitted class of 2026. You have taken ... . There may be an onslaught of information bursting toward you like an

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

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

  

  resources out there. Whether it be costs, school funding, or even awareness of ... tempting, trying to overload yourself by doing ALL of these things may not be ... .mit.edu Description: A public library of courses offered by MIT with publicly available

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

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  how children can fall or be pulled into shallow wells by the weight of ... If some of you have been reading the blogs for a while, then you may ... , where he went to middle school and where some of my relatives still live

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  question. This place certainly has no shortage of learned-calculus-by ... . While I tend to doubt that the process of designing and building is what I ... A lot of different people have been asking me about my prospective

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  magazines. But by recognizing that introversion is an irremovable part of me ... . That hope was certainly true of me, and from chatting with friends ... Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have ... work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;Top left photo by John Chow.   End-of-the-semester class ... actually good. But this process of structured ideation is incredibly ... process of generating and mocking up ideas, with only the last month

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  ’ve taken before. The workload for all of my classes has been reduced by a ... from lectures now, I am often frozen in the process of trying to complete ... the endless noise of constant motion that comes with living in a house

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  people have disagreed with my decision-making process, but I stand by it ... As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  at a corner of the table, not distrubed by the lack of attention ... sandwiched between two tortillas and surrounded by islands of sour cream and refried beans and silhouted by shot glasses full of Tobasco sauce, soy sauce

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  consumption of literature and sociology papers did not. Later, I asked her why ... recruiting events. The latest one, held in early May of this year, was at Abide, a bubble tea shop on the outskirts of campus. The recruiters had tried

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  of a D9 organization. He grew up surrounded by [annotation note ... everyone. Many of the traditions were established by either founding members ... experience would be like. Outside of reaching out, going to events hosted by

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  ), and take advantage of all the resources around you if you ever need help. ... real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018