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  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  For this blog, we are going to try something new with format. Instead ... , we are going to… well, you’ll see. Danny: “Now, I don't know” is how the musical we’re currently listening to, Ghost Quartet, starts, and it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how and what you want to eat for the next 4+ years. For some, it’s as simple as picking which dining hall you want to go to. For others, it’s a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It ... . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few ... doorway. Brenda is bubbly and sweet and used to live on this floor and is

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  scrambling to do well in all of your classes while not losing your sanity. It’s easy to lose track of how much time has passed when you have so many ... came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and ... people to buckle under the pressure. I’ve adapted the response I created for tumblr to this post, which I hope will shed some light on the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  tired. Tired. Exhausted. Bushed. Ready to curl up into a ball and sleep ... , and this Saturday has been the first time I’ve really been able to ... I had trained myself to overcome last year. Instead, I sat in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... this; it’s good!” “We have what you want, sir, trust us!” I turned to ... undoubtedly filled with subterranean aliens would be enough to enforce

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time ... action would be to e-mail my professor and my TA. After procrastinating for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  Responses to comments: Sam said: Laura, I can't make my lab printer ... with photos of the various dorms distributed to incoming freshmen during ... to note that only some dorms, namely the East Campus (Bexley, Random

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  have their neighbors be eaten by countries, have entries dedicated to ... (we only have to pay for the cost of our book this year, while EMT ... , listening to lectures, and training in the afternoon. (It's also the reason

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  asked me to blog an entry that she wrote in Zambia last night, and I ... she's in a third-world country. So I decided to finish up this entry ... dedicated to Laura and Ben Jones's Mom, both of whom are celebrating their

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  -packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam ... decided to go skiing. It had snowed earlier in the week, but most of the ... his way over to Brigg's field, the athletics field right across from BC

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  While bloggers Jess, Paul, and Snively will be listening to President ... President is expected to begin his remarks around 12:30pm Eastern time. You ... concentrators promise to reduce the cost of solar electricity because they use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at ... tied to techniques used for its formation. From the discovery of core ... blow pipe during Roman times, to the modern industrial Pilkington process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  , em-dashes and alliteration. Why? There is a good argument to be made ... powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make ... that ability to convey lots of meaning very succinctly is vital in any

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  Our applicants come from all over the world and from many different educational backgrounds. You should choose a college that will offer rigorous academic coursework, but, more importantly, that will…
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  it to the blogs. Robert is passionate about web design and development ... many of our Course 6 freshman friends reach out to for help in their ... brainstorming: First, we design how this calculator is going to work, Then

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  synthetic chemistry. At each campus, 24 to 36 rising high school seniors collaborate to complete a meaningful scientific research project, learning the ... no one to talk to about 3blue1brown or NASA missions or programming

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Labs, a program that gives MIT students the chance to teach students in ... decided to visit Doha, Qatar, with Jade B '26, a friend also going to Kazakhstan for GTL. Doha was the most common layover when traveling to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  bake us goodies and check up on us to make sure that we're being ... . It’s a competition where people bake a lot of goods with apples, to celebrate the bountiful fall harvest of apples and give us all a reason to use

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024