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  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  "mother"? It’s from the same root we get alma mater and matriculate. It’s ... untouched, in the sense that it’s whole, or complete; compare intact, or ... mahal kita. It’s neat that kita is a pronoun that doesn’t just indicate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get up in 3 alarm snoozes. There’s a two-step strategy to this: first, say ... . The commute to the Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, my UROP’s

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  : what am I doing with my spare time? Sleeping? No, that's what I ... direction. Oops. Danfoolery: A Radio Show There's a really deep and ... ?" "Dan that's ridiculous why would we do that" "Why not

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  Computer Science. It’s been a year since I came to MIT, slightly over a year ... !” there’s p-sets and a weather intent on killing me. Close enough. What’s the biggest change since becoming a sophomore? Oh, that’s easy. The

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  . What you’re looking at is a screenshot from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & ... promised him I’d be civil) of Luhrmann’s adaptation. Away we go! For those ...  was made in the 90’s by Baz Luhrmann (who also directed Moulin Rouge! and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  by the Class of 2021's struggles to adjust to the Institute. This post ... something to offer and something to learn—it’s how every class year gets built ... services such as S^3 or MIT Mental Health. You matter. You are not taking up

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot ... that are winter-naive (like myself), there’s hope. And for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen with friends. there’s coffee and crepes with nutella and romantic spanish ... no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... competitions, but I REALLY, REALLY wish I knew about MIT TechFair’s THINK. It

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  skip this post if you’re not feeling well   ted chiang’s short ... story’s climax, he introduces the idea of self-destruct commands - since ... conversation in our suite lounge, and it’s just loud enough that it’s preventing

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  with after CPW, having now lived through 3 CPW’s. Hopefully, those who ... Economics or something ??), so everyone’s strong STEM background intimidated ... wanted to do in life. After taking GIR’s and classes in my major, I feel

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  take in one’s hand a thread which continues always and through all ... of what comes (like a chatty stranger in an elevator) but that’s ... that it all flows logically, but I suspect that there’s more chance and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report, kind of. I`m almost 300 pages through Matt Ridley`s "The Rational ... life seems depressing. What`s the point, I wonder. Especially if I can be

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  . It’s always neat to explain your work to people who know so much more ... skills. Saturday night was my sorority’s annual Fondue Dessert ... , and his wife. Of course, no AXO fondue event is complete without Matt’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  Sam: [folding laundry] Guy: Your name’s Sam, right? Sam: Um, yeah. Guy: ’cause you’re on Mitra’s Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now, too? Guy: Really? Sam:…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  he said was that he didn't deserve to be speaking up there. "Let’s ... filter, or something like that. But there’s no magic bullet. The problem’s ... . There’s incredible advances being made in clean water technology

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  It’s the start of my third year here, and once again I am smiling at the first posts by our first-year bloggers. There’s a common theme: MIT ... despite everything, it’s hardest to leave. So what’s the third year like

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  learned about MIT’s committment to gender equity during my summer research ... subject, and discovered a fascinating story about MIT’s efforts to combat gender discrimination among its women faculty in the 1990s. Below is an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  So it’s been cold lately. And when I mean cold, I mean like our-room-whose-temperature-usually-hovers-somewhere-between-the-sixth-and-seventh ... this is that when it’s cold, it snows, which is pretty much the best. So

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  I slept. I slept voraciously. I slept with a vigor to make up for all the lost sleep in the last 3 months. After obsessively refreshing the Academic Record page…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008