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  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  legs back to the bus station. I had earned the certificate by presenting ... depression experience—how she crawled out of the cave little by little over the ... out my own ideas. I was so excited by the project that I stayed up from

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  improbably old. According to science (and by science I am obviously referring ... their spring 2010 edition) I should have died by now, considering the way ... lover," "panty-dropping," and "we're all out of tacos") by giving you some

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
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  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  by now, because suddenly all the questions I am asking myself have ... to tell you about this semester. Eventually, one-by-one, they will ... days of my junior year studying for and taking exams. By the time I had

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  my brothers were trained as engineers; I, by contrast, come to this ... ambition. I began by Googling homemade power racks and quickly discerned that they involved lots of triangles made by pressure-treated lumber. I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  version has one digit more.   At MIT, lecture is supplemented by recitation, led by TAs (Teaching Assistants). At Harvard, this work is done in discussion section, led by TFs (Teaching Fellows). A Departmental Writing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
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  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  17th was a Saturday, and it started out as a good one. I was awoken by ... of the road from exhaustion and lay there until some dog came by and ... Orientation flew by, during which I discovered that the Red Sox and clam chowder

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  weather today for the marathon? But it should be done by now though” and ... somewhat lightened up as I witnessed how many people stopped by to ask where ... hours passed by with no signs of capture. I got some sleep at 7 am after

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  “Going up in flames” “Trial by fire” “Burning out” “Burn it all ... [/annotation] rollercoaster. Our paper, titled “Paint By Word,” was on using input words to manipulate images generated by deep learning models, as shown above. For this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  ..." A solid minute of silence, broken only by more interjections of my own indeterminacy, passed by before my friend tentatively asked "hey - are you okay ... committee by feeling which muscles are tight, and how tight they are. I am not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
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  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  . This map originated from a poll taken last year by Casie Chen ‘17, who ... this particular poll are fairly East Campus centric (as evidenced by the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  may not have been tears in my eyes by the end :’) This past month, I ... myself, I’d be in jail” (from “Girl Named Hello” by of Montreal ... first learned about it, I was awed by the ways in which economists were

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;Top left photo by John Chow.   End-of-the-semester class ... ideas, which were then converted to kits and assembled by students in an ... shape. It’s 1 hour until instructors will be coming by to examine

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
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  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  lie when your lies are 8.25 by 11.75 inches. Jack Johnson plays in the ... hard hats are lit up by yellow lamps. Multicolored walls glow through ... of the trees is washed into tinted grey by the yellow lights

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
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  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  negligence w/r/t basic testing, not to mention the logistical curdles posed by ... served by continuing its current course of self-directed educowtion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
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  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  wonder what she could possibly mean by this. “Huh?” “Well, this is just ... Killing Time. Sitting by the Charles watching the moon do its thing was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
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  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids ... out. march on, march on. guest post by Piper ('17) -- a new friend, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
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  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  downs, but by my last semester, I felt comfortable at MIT.  This did not ... kids. From September 2010 to May 2011 I barely scraped by on my tutoring ... add in some truly practical Solidworks training.  And I stand by my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  have done to help you get to where you are, not only by telling them so, but also by demonstrating that you understand that much is expected from

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  this: This hat has been worn by many generations of French House ... pretty dramatic. It was made even more dramatic by the fact that it was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
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  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  . Most movies like this go by without my notice. But last month, I heard ... ’t bitten by a radioactive spider, he’s somebody who created a suit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008