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• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  've stayed up until five am for most of the past week, working on construction, preparing for hall rush in east campus, worrying about the activities midway ... from the german word for "shape" or "form". the famous example is kanizsa

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  ended up in esp. and as paolo said, i'm grateful for Every Single Person i ... for, what, a month and a half now? it's been two weeks since my last ... as in enclosed spaces for extended periods of time, so this year i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  signed up for an iPad. I decided to transfer my data from my personal i ... plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to ... who made this, but thank you, and thank you to my friend Eren for

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... to do, whether it’s a chore around the house or something for work. So ... start making time, even if it’s literally just ten minutes, for me. Life

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions ... up running around madly and using the compass on my smartphone to ... of college, I searched for opportunities at nonprofit organizations

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... education is perfect for the modern word. With the ability to outsource ... . Now, machines can perform calculus operations for us, but it takes a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  future or telepathically reach the Admissions Office. So for now, try to relax. Apply to Regular Action colleges (for that, refer to 2 and 3). Live ... evaluate your performance and form. Welcome to the applicant pool! For your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  did get myself involved in things (hooray!). Today I went shopping for a ... CPW Midway for Chinese Students Club, and our Noodle Extravaganza event afterward. Then, I’m going to Chocolate City for Ill Vibes, an open mic sort

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  . Luckily, I live close enough to home so that when my parents came up to ... artistically. For my Jazz History course, I've been listening to a lot of jazz ... for my photography seminar. I have 24/7 access to the darkroom in the

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  for the weekend. That was yesterday. Today, we woke up late, spent a ... : "hey all, i'm sorry for the noise coming from the kitchen bathroom - i ... rate i will be done in the next 15 minutes. again, thank you so much for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  (Looking for a CPW Post? Read Rachel's! Looking for retreat ... substitution, or u-substitution, in that monthly amounts are probably good for ... up to offer an overnight retreat involving students, staff and faculty

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  " for the rest of his life), Middle English and the Canterbury Tales (they ... a science essay, and impact crater formation. Lisa is here early for ... going to be here for CPW itself - ESP is flying me to California, to teach

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  Jellyfishing...GEL-ly fishing? Get it? Fishing for new GELs? Maybe it's too late for clever puns, but I'm posting anyway ... Stata Center attempting to do my homework for EID (ESD.051, Engineering

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the pressures that we put on ourselves. Each of us here has high expectations for ... for the tests was honestly the worst experience for me. I stressed so

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  one of these beauties: Usually when I don't blog for more than a ... lack of blogging.) This blog was not initiated for such reasons. The ... noon, he'd give the posters flaky biscuits. Now, the reason it's hard for

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  What up, y'all? I don't go to MIT anymore! ...okay, so I work here ... . Whatever. It ain't the same. For those of you who don't remember me: hi ... imagined that that it would be the place for me. If you're a prefrosh and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  students struggling to graduate on time for the dumbest possible reasons ... 't count toward the requirement they thought it did. One alum I worked for ... , or get nonexistent triple majors, or...for fun. (There's no credit

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is ... , for all you haven't-learned-MITese folks), I UROP'd in a really amazing and informative lab working on the genetics of regeneration. Slicing up

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... middle school-aged son thought it was mean for someone at the Oscars to be ... been married to for 9 years, the father of my kids, and I was cleaning

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  Gregor, one of the two MIT undergraduate dorms open for those of us living on campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this is where I'll come home to for the next couple of months. MIT during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011