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  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  university, and win at the ISEF international level. Notice how I had none of ... because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me angry or sad. A bunch of the parents were very skeptical that you don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  Robot?). At the end of the conversation, the wonderful representative that I was ... My story begins a couple weeks ago at Career Fair.... As I attempted to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in BRASIL! my summer in january

  

  , there are remnants of what were likely 17th gold mines at the site, and ... organization offering after school childcare services (mostly for families of ... exhibit at MASP (The São Paulo Museum of Art), the Museum of Favelas, the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 5, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  at the beauty of the message boards on campus? Honestly. There’s just ... world of vectors, DNA translation, and the ideal gas law. I’m staring at ... one of many things. I’m thinking maybe an alligator with rollerblades

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  the top of my lungs. UROP I have a really cool UROP at the Scalable Cooperation group at the Media Lab this semester - after a semester of ... write about your classes. Seriously, look at this mess. (Realistically

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... online reply form at MyMIT. You have three choices: tell us you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall ... close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  at the forces affecting the development of cities around the world. If accepted, I will be travelling with a group of about 30 students to Detroit ... . At the beginning of my sophomore year, however, I decided I did want to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the ... climate-change-aggravated heat of summer and the depressingly long winter that numbs both fingers and souls alike, we only get a few short weeks of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  my last attempt at a New Year's Resolution. in my junior year of high ... thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... ,  and organizing any noteworthy finds into one of my 150+ carefully

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  shifted over time. At first, listening to this new wave music was an act of ... 've never been the best at argumentative papers. I researched a lot of ... I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  community. I went home until the end of the semester and moved in mid-May, so I wasn't involved in the process of finding an apartment. I'm told that it was a hellish six hours involving four tours, lots of walking

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  of meteorites. At the end of the hall, there's a room with a projector ... 's missing one of his front teeth. The typical eight-year-old's look. "I'd just ... two weeks ago, at a McCormick observatory public night. McCormick's 26

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  've received stipends that cover only a fraction of the costs. At one point ... alums of all backgrounds and interests come together every morning at 8am ... the rink, in and out of the classroom, offer a social component to an

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  I am graduating (at the time of this being posted, graduated), I thought it would be interesting to look back at how many of these items I ... two ✅ I’ve done two UROPs so far at MIT. Both of these were during my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  installed) to download a licensed copy of Eudora. Also available at that ... week of rain. :- But... I bet by now, all you '10 folks have your Athena ... solutions out there. You can get instructions on how to set one up at http

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  comes to the rules of society (or subsets thereof), I am often (at best) a ... pursuit of some discoveries. At the end of the book (spoiler alert), Victor ... than engage in his own academic pursuit. At the end of my sophomore year

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  (many of whom are strangers at this point, since I graduated two years ago ... disappeared. This wasn't my victory at all: it was the victory of a new ... teachers at this hour." Now, the robot gets finished well ahead of time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  the Metro. At the time of my visit, the Glass Palace, which is inside ... public and can actually be entered, though at the time of my visit, it was ... Room [Flamenco at Casapatas] Courtesy of Professor Resnick and funding

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  nghi wrote, "can you write about the new management minor offered at ... at MIT and in Boston. Several of the most gay-friendly living groups ... 't. naventus wrote, "Haha glad to see you read slashdot too? Lots of people at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005