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  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  emailed the president, Kathleen S. ‘19, to see how I could get involved. A week into my first year at MIT, I walked by my wing’s main lounge and ... create a way to run head-to-head matches. There’s a lot of work involved in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  I believe the saying goes “everything was all good just two weeks ago.” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn ... weeks ago either, but comparatively speaking, that’s how it feels. Now we

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  waitlist for my gym class, so everything’s set! Scheduling classes this ... time though, it’s kind of crazy how a student who was pretty much at the ... Embedded Electronics. This is my first lab-based class! There’s just one hour

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  pivot attention away from MIT’s exaltation of David H. Koch, and instead ... values with MIT’s mission to brighten the horizons of humankind

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  Here’s a picture of (almost) all the paper I’ve used at MIT so far ... "]Hosed™[/annotation] to put effort into a blog post, so here’s what you get instead. Me ... my favorite. Here’s some documents from a role-playing game lead by

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  dismantling freshmen’s assumptions that I have my life figured out. (I don ... ’t either).          It’s upsetting to walk past rooms that belonged to ... put in, so my detachment is on me.     There’s an innocent energy to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  this year, so I know it’s a bit eager to be starting to write already ... scriptum (written Labour Day weekend) Now it’s a week later, and I’m reading ... culture but man, it’s got nothing on MIT) -made plans, changed plans

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  ’ve had several weeks where I have deadline after deadline and it’s hard to ... semester doesn’t look like it’s going to be any easier. In fact, I got some ... , and that’s new for me. I’m sick of it. I don’t think this is something

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig’s ... -research course, to be called “MIT and Slavery.” Led by Professor Wilder and MIT’s

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  : denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But that’s not quite ... sometime before the New Year’s countdown. Thinking it was just to wish me a ... , Val, Kate’s sister, called me again, and I picked up. What followed was

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  I was. I said junior, and he said, “ah, yeah, that’s usually when ... said, “hm, I don’t know.” It’s interesting, I’ve heard people use that word here before, like it’s a thing - becoming jaded with being at MIT

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  that looks like this: Here’s Boston from the Harvard Bridge, MIT’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  self to stop worrying. Nor should I. Worry was inspiration. It’s why I ... ’t tell. Sometimes I return to that vision. It’s enticing. Not abysmal, as ... was a letter to the future, to be read in five years. But here’s what I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  incomplete information, which means that it’s impossible - even for computers ... opponent’s pieces are. This made the game rather interesting, since we had ... there’s one thing that MIT has taught me, it’s a haunting, incessant

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  first album, starting with a mismatched rendition of Queen’s “Bohemian ... difficult feat, but fortunately our album’s title matched every beat and ... sprinted to Denali’s room to wake her. Once again, despite multiple alarms

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  of Tony Stark/Iron Man, MIT’s celebrity comic book hero, the presence ... knowledge, a lot of sports teams have some form of “our-season’s-over-but-we ... this is the fencing team’s version. There is food, merriment, gifts for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  : 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack ... hacks.mit.edu. (pssssst, hey 2016's! We only have 2.5 years to do #82

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I remember that I need to hire new bloggers 2) I frantically Google for the ... 's the job. Send us something which will make us think you can do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  MIT - what's going on?!" "My teacher said she sent my eval A in ... 's just in the mail pyramid. (See below - Tim is working on it right

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  evil neighbor, a competing mollusk hunter who owns the dock’s only ... one measurement on your neighbor’s scale? Hint: while you cannot open

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012