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

  

  .[/caption] I’m taking one of those classes this semester – 3.155J/6.2600J (micro

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

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  I’m surprised that no one’s written a blog post about this before; the closest thing is this paragraph on Wikipedia. This was originally going to go out just before CPW, but that got canceled, so… Anyway, here

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  pressure, in front of a large audience – a recipe for success! I'm planning

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  my priority, and I'm much happier now. MIT is confusing in many more

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  test it out. I’m not sure why Larry took the drone the beach, as opposed

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  . When I’m up late the night before a deadline I try to focus on the task

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  , and your decisions are released earlier than ours were, but I'm willing

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  . When I'm on the road, or in an information session, or online in various

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  " or "Leadership" that you get to put on your transcript. I'm not an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  (I'm lookin at you, word-limit violators!), handwritten recommendations

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  before heading in to work, I'm not even stinkier! Now, I know what you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  .): Admittedly, I'm the only person who uses this word casually at MIT. It's best

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  conversation starter. I’m surprised that the song, "It sucks to be me," isn

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  involvement to the firehose of opportunities at MIT, I feel like I'm always ... all of the departments I'm dealing with are broadening their scopes ... emphasizing the need for more progress on the 2015 BSU recommendations. I'm

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  : Why? T: What? Me: Either I in, and I'm excited, or I didn't in which ... 'd get rejected. Anyways, I'm in the kitchen with my mother and my sister ... . Apparently, my face was a sight to see. So yes I'm screaming and in much

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  't been able to learn at MIT. If present-me and alternate-me got dinner, I'm ... , so I don't have anything to regret or not. Except: I'm glad I applied ... /feared to make, but I'm confident the choice to try to have that choice was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  content. I'm flattered but, to be clear, the best thing I ever did at MIT ... manipulative because the Y-axis starts at 10K and not 0. Remember, I'm paid to ... every entry and tagging accordingly. I'm convinced that her experience in

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  ="aligncenter" width="500"] i’m not sure if this was the final poster but let’s pretend ... subdirectorships.[annotation note="in retrospect, I’m not sure if this made me do ... the spring programs. I’m pretty sure I want to keep going to ESP

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  be) will be a breeze. I'm grateful to Burton-Conner for providing me ... shenanigans that I'll look back on fondly for the rest of my life. I'm excited ... unfolds again and the renovation is delayed, I'm at peace knowing that the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  something i’m still working on, as i try to balance friends, school, sleep ... too much about “oh no what if random strangers dont think im super duper ... . [annotation note="me when im telling my friends i’m making a deal with the devil

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025