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  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  gathering the materials we would need to build the framework for our walking ... needed to make the walker based off of our client's body dimensions. We calculated the center of mass to determine the length of the supports we needed

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  can to celebrate being done, even if it’s a Monday. As much of a ... nights too. As a wise friend once said, you’re only allowed to disappear ... heart-breaking reality. And it’s important to remember just how much

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
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  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  very familiar to a lot of people on campus simply because of how much he ... reverting back to a comp sci major. But pretty much, whenever it comes to ... waiting for my plane.  And it was once I got in my seat that I decided to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
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  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  image 1 pixel to the right? Does it even matter, when all I can envision ... together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  professor to take the time to write to a colleague to tell him how much an ... letters with actual human handwriting. I was therefore super pumped to find a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  to hold her up as well as hold people up when they need it.     ... moment touched her so much that it solidified her decision to become a ... , and Kenneth ‘19, to talk about their experiences as members of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
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  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  much to people who've never been exposed to MIT. To MIT students, those ... once used as a yardstick to measure the Harvard Bridge (n.) Tim (n ... . Among other things, they're the people you call when you need to get that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  inbox once I had downloaded them was something I was well trained to do ... shifts (I admit nothing)), and then using an external harddrive to transfer ... excellent barrier to emailing it: it is tradition, a very important rule, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
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  demons on depression

  

  visas, even. Pretty much everything was set for us to go. One Sunday ... was when I thought about how much I complained to my friends about how much I hated myself, versus how much my friends complained to me about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
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  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  we needed to do to get a second floor unit in place. In recent memory ... and raise them to just their second story heights at first. Then, once ... them at once, but we were able to set up an assembly line with half of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  energy with them. The room was quiet. Then, suddenly, the quietness was ... received a notification. We sprinted together down the hallway to 10 ... -empty tubs back to their dorms to share with friends. [caption id

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  better approach and neutrality seemed impossible. As much as I tried to be ... the day, the facts remained: I wanted to go to School A and I needed to ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
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  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  project and what I need to do over the next week or so. 6:35 -- I arrive ... energy in comparison to the apathy of my mother. Still, in my mom's defense ... 'll be sad.) Since the stated purpose of the blogs is to introduce

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
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  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  exceptions to simply trying to spend as much time with one another as possible ... distancing. Fingers-crossed for returning to a much healthier Cambridge soon ... this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  Tech Shuttle. Man, I need to fix my bike. 9:02 AM. I arrive at work. I ... exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... that I thought he had, and that I need. (I am annoyed.) He tells me to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  are so many awesome people to meet and activities to try (and so much ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston ... wasn't just to congratulate me. She said "... but... aren't people on the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  Silicon Valley, I do need to admit that my educational trajectory to the MIT ... position to pursue pretty much any engineering career I wanted. 7. I liked ... semicircular lecture hall as Professor David Darmofal, soon-to-be fluid

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
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  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  ambition fit. I suppose this also explains why I feel a strange need to ... (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like ... sent out a survey to the bloggers, asking them what their results were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  's not worth your time or energy." I came to MIT wanting to be a chemical ... so much at MIT just to get a B in our premed classes that we are forced ... : "So where do you go to school?" ME: "Oh, I go to school in Boston

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
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  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  .  It means that if I need four hours to read this lecture slowly on my ... need to take better care of myself before I run around thinking I ... focus on myself. When I look the next word I need to type. When I care

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018