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  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  draw a picture for a different prompt every day in October. This year ... exercise our creative muscles a bit and it came up that we both like to write ... each poem was written to. I didn't manage to write for every single

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  here?" But that sets you up for a fantastic response. What do you call a ... terms of what kind of jobs to look for, that's up to you. You're only ... about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  involved putting up posters, broadcasting public health announcements through ... interested in helping us distribute them but needed to call around for us ... plus. We told her we'd be back on Wednesday for the WASH cluster meeting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  homework. Some days begin with silence. I woke up on Sunday morning, a ... tiles, and I laid in bed and watched for a while. Some mornings also ... thought about the word indeed for a while too, and then I leisurely reached

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  took the job. I've been in that lab for two and a half years now; I work ... . I have my name on a poster that was presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting and on a paper that's being revised for publication in Cell

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  Time for some more questions: MIT App Mom asked: "Maybe it's just me ... for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in ... this blog template for me, he named it "Life of a Tecker" after the first

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  array. Each pixel is made up of three subpixels: one for red light, one ... 's overkill for you, don't torture yourself; just skim, or skip to the end ... discussion, between me and one of my friends. We're nerds who like to stay up

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  For some schools, the biggest events of the year are rambunctious ... , and ridiculous amounts of confetti, this event is a must-see for any MIT student. The 2.009 Prototype Launch is the final presentation for one of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  without revealing any other information about the object. for example: i ... that the balls have different colors the point here is that for me to ... for zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge. the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  January"]IAP[/annotation] when I was just about to prep materials for my ... someone on Sunday who tested positive for Covid a few days after. The ... into two freshmen, and we ended up chatting with them until like midnight

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  all weekend and wake up late in the day, then stay up late Sunday night ... live with cool people, but when you zoom out a few notches, it's wake up ... predictable cycle -- wake up, eat breakfast, playground, go to school, have

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  dropped a pillow onto the floor and left four hairs on the bed. For the next ... , smoothing the fabric and sucking up skin cells and water and oils from between ... , or at least they were smooth enough for human eyes and neat enough for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  Depot to buy lumber for no fewer than 4 lofts, an picked up a futon all in ... things I might want to be when I grow up? Well, I think "interior decorator ... special to it, I painted, bought a floor lamp, and threw up a good number of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  past - please scroll down to the end of the entry for a complete listing ... February 6, 2009, you know that something's up in the air. :) The night ... than the 12 from last year, the Class of 2010. For more information on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  say in this post, but I think it can all be best summed up with “I love ... out a DVD and starts up “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” on DVD. I had ... November of last year when I visited Boston for the first time that I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  distancing's taken from me. I'm aching for waking up and dressing up and ... 've gone through the college application process, which meant shoring up all ... company-of-the-week's mission. I made my way through three interviews for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  what the magic is at every level. Besides setting one up for plenty of ... 've signed up for 3 more econ classes next sem! AHHH. This one hasn't been ... . The HASS class I had tried to sign up for was overbooked and, being an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . It doesn't mean you weren’t “good enough” for MIT. Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  mom, for the record, told me I looked punk). She ended up getting the ... -jokingly-triumphant way because I had been uninterested in the project for a while, but felt ... continue? to which I had settled on “probably not” for each. Brenda applauds

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  vehicles (UAV's). Some background I've grown up around aviation. There's a ... rattle was airplane-shaped, and for every birthday/Christmas/Groundhog Day ... -me, so he already had like four potential course 16 UROPs lined up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006