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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... psych since 1993. I've thought about the experience of going to that show

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... they’re rocks on a riverbed. The memory of my dad teaching me how to ... Minor on the guitar seems to connect every stage of my life, creating a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  and shelves traced out the silhouettes of what used to live on them ... volume of the angstiest metal we could find, heartbroken at the thought of ... , tidbits of which I've documented on the blogs. Living at East Campus has

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... question to ask those of you itching to ask this question: who the hell cares ... 'm doomed to work at mcdonald's for the rest of my life what should I do

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be ... from the State House Dome transferred some night to the big dome of ... great copy of the photo, but here's what did come out: (Click to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for adults. Former Director of Admissions Matt forced me to practice driving as

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  measure material properties down to the nanometer – that’s a billionth of a ... , so I had a vague notion of how it would work. The main idea was to use different-sized squares to represent the brightness of each pixel, with large

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go ... where your time goes. -- To return to the question of "“be yourself or ... ” in any way except that now, “Chloe” seems to be a marker of all the

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

  The end of a chapter

  

  traveling to all these places though, is the company of all my wonderful ... to the new environment weren’t easy! I also received tons of emails of ... amazing new friends! Thanks to CME, I also realize the different aspects of

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  exception of one or two family trips to Las Vegas. So, when I went to the east ... like I need to figure things out on my own. Most of the time in ...  worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
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  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  visions in my head of what “the return” would be like. A chance to be ... of them at once from the baggage-claim room to outside the airport ... to Random, and wished me the best of luck at MIT. The world needs more

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  -built rollercoaster, one tapping hand on knee to the beat of Galantis (“visualize it ... -foot vertical drop at a neat 90-degree incline, compared to the previous record of ... , the dark grid of windows a stark contrast to the talk and laughter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  business hours access to the shop, but we needed the help of Mike Skuhersky ... getting ready to release the video was probably one of the most strenuous ... --is the programmer you think of a Muslim woman? I happen to know quite a few

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  water, with the rational side of me giving way to trepidation. The bad ... best results. To that end, the last day of my swimming class ended with ... for dear life to the pool's edge, but the inviting depth of the water

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  gift of puzzles, I think about what it means to contribute to the ... graduated in 1983, the task of writing the next Hunt was passed to its winner ... ."]plot points,[/annotation] the 2003 Hunt was the first to have many pages of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  ’s got instincts akin to that of an experienced hunter. Harley is also the ... to kill, and being one of the most annoying household pests to get rid ... table trying to cut sideways. Therefore for the safety of the wall, the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  spirit of MIT. People here want to change the world - in whatever way they ... allow them to be matched to a pre-med advisor. Over the course of this ... applicants. To give you an idea of what these presentations are like: the most

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  people to ask questions about your silly hats. Take pictures of yourself ... the pros and cons of each option carefully. Ask everyone about it ... . Go on walks alone. Go on walks in the middle of the night. Go on walks

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  : Firstly, MIT will train you how to think. The Latin motto of this school is ... " questions that used to be at the end of your math textbook in every section ... to remember the Athena cluster combinations. Find your own best view of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  finished the first layer of wings on my plate. I gave up then... I do want to ... fifth floors of the east building and used the 12 ovens to parallelize the ... enough cookies for every member of the MIT community to have one

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011