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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking about lab and about how these past few weeks in Bhatia Lab have taught me ... 've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  my time in [annotation note="Physics 1"]8.01[/annotation]I was failing ... hemisphere that spends 90% of its life in the air. An Albatross can go up to 6 ... sleep in the air, meaning they can spend years without having to go to dry

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  indifferent in the slightest. Wait, did I say March? I can't wait till March WTF ... was during this time, I noticed a difference in how I viewed MIT. This ... the blogs in 4th grade or so. I, for one, was definitely not one of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  said and done, i feel better. but i don’t know how to do it in ... i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling ... , not today” or lean their head towards me so i can ruffle their hair a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  eat? How do I properly feed myself?  Can I feed myself if I am off the ... ’m stupid for asking so many questions? How can I ration the number of ... ? How would my life be different if I didn’t do crew in the early mornings

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  Ideas IAP started off just how I imagined. In the first week, I practiced ... Ideas Weekend was my calling. I sent in two event proposals, and thought ... wood, or even how to use any power tools whatsoever, I was confident that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  'm confident things will work out for you. Let me know how I can help further ... half done, so I'll answer my backlog of questions in several parts. Here ... many applicants, how many will be accepted, etc." I still haven't seen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  hours in the day (boxes), and there are so many activities I can be doing ... Writing Autobiography"] 21W.022.[/annotation] In fact, I loved this class ... this class. In reality, this isn’t an insane amount, but other classes I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  amazing in so many ways, and I’m envious of everyone that can call ATLA a childhood show. You can read how much I really like Avatar in my other blog ... I started this blog post in the summer with the intention of posting

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  you can buy it at our booth in the Student Center in early May for $65. ... year's yearbook might not actually get done, I can confidently and quite ... with my face though...) P.S. In case you haven't already, you can order

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  also measures how much information you can process at a time. In short ... the material can. In his May 19 xTalk “The Art of Insight ... specifically integration. It’s complicated (so much so, in fact, that I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  finally woke up. I sprayed dry shampoo in my hair, and headed to MIT Medical ... him in the basement of the medical building, and Will R. '16 and I got ... website, and it made me super happy, even though I have my own bundle of joy

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  to the opportunities available in the United States and how anyone can ... Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published ... , Cornell, and Berkeley. He decided to go to college at M.I.T. in Boston. "The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  I was in 10th grade (and since that was only three years ago, you can ... I said I'd do it, no? Many of these websites won't have information ... living in a dorm on campus. I was in this program for two summers (I took

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  , one that can't be reduced to just "let's do things in-person again!" I ... about abstract concepts like "fit" and "where I really want to go". In ... process, how was I going to put up with several dozen more? It tends to be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  for so long that you have it all figured out. One week in, I was back ... ?"]first midterm[/annotation] in 7.012 this week. I spent over 5 hours in the shop ... . I had forgotten how stressful of a place MIT could be, how much

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... heavily, but in some cases yes. / Yes. I am an international student in an ... rest of your application is strong. I am taking my second time of SATs in

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  feels like just yesterday (I graduated in 2013). Last year, I had the ... going in this discipline. But job aside, I’ve also distilled what I want ... , by the way, was something I acquired during an IAP program in South

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  it. But actually, the transition can be pretty painful. I'm here to ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man ... classes, I tried really hard to keep this in mind. But the pressure to take

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  'Oreal’s website, you’ll see the emphasis on science in the cosmetics industry, and ... Stewart (I just couldn’t resist putting this one in =) ): We attended a ... Bryant Park have in common? Besides all being located in New York City

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007