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  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... ." I hope that this gives some sense of how much was riding on the LHC ... period. Naturally, my friends and I decided to go. We walked in early and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  coffee table. And then I remembered the bulletin boards in the Infinite Corridor. I can't seem to make it to my office in the morning without ... director and I had to email Chris, who was in the middle of committee still

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  about to work with in 2.009 -- the people I know will be big value-adds to ... means owning and really understanding your part, while keeping in mind how ... , and oddly-formatted emails.  I've been reading a lot of job descriptions

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... my favourite drinks back home in South Africa; naturally, I was excited ... has the drink, though, so I lived in blissful ignorance about the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester ... . It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The ... about their travels, I thought I would add a few comments from my trip

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  humanities at MIT is non-trivial. In fact, I have just proved this fact in such ... that the humanities don't unfriend me on Facebook. In my endeavors, I am ... requirements. By assisted, I mean something more like “forced to comply in order

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  something. I didn't bring my camera, but only because I knew Bryan would be ... around. Give me anything that has application in the real world and I hate ... beginning to be a bit apprehensive of math (I'm in BC this year) even though I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college ... Orientation, put myself on their mailing lists. But seeing how i'm still evading ... class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 2. 12:02 PM I'm in D-Lab right now (it occurs to me that I ... (I was in a single, which actually really sucked for Orientation), so ... out where the laundry room in the dorm was. Crazy how things come full

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  is, and it reminded me how grateful I am to live in a community where ... Exploration for freshmen in the fall), and Bad Ideas Weekend. I associate rush burgers with my first time in the EC courtyard, when I dyed my hair in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  : Writing Autobiography and Biography. I really thought I would enjoy the ... that this streak would continue. Furthermore, I enjoyed the introductory ... Writing Autobiography"] 21W.022.[/annotation] In fact, I loved this class

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  ...   So there I was, messaging a few friends about things and in one ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention how I really want to do part-time work for a VC firm this fall and he

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  nuance, and I noticed students in my periphery taking more ownership over ... hear it in the beginning of the 70s, which I found fitting. A ... , making predictions on what it would say about MIT and how positive or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  - even easier - than before. With that in mind, I invite you to ... ; notice how your situation changed. Remember times in which you ran into ... here, at this moment in time. Do you know how hard you've worked up until

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

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

  

  and challenges, just a little shocked at how much it actually hurts.  I ... are some recent tidbits of my life~~ I’m falling in love with pink ... recovering from."]gifts.[/annotation] In hindsight, I suspect it’s because I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  blogging again. Maybe I'll even try to match how prolific I was as a freshman ... in Roman numerals, as far as I know....oh, the intricacies of MIT ... of that, thank you. I'm 2A-CIR. Now, what in the hell does that mean

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  stats for the first time was wild, but in no way was I surprised — our ... coaches when you reach out. I would recommend doing your homework to understand the team’s style and where you would fit in."  What is an example of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  -- I blogged it here. Also in this picture is Rachel Glennerster, the ... "pranks" I'm not sure how much I agree with the statement that hacks at ... semester, a class I profiled here. Last week, Time Magazine announced

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  that I'm here working in the Real World™ (sort of), I've learned to ... what I am proud of, is the fact that I've managed to put in these hours ... the transition would have been so smooth. In the end, people who tell

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  sure what could be. In the words of Veruca Salt, "I want one noooooooow ... would no longer be a toy." Mmm-hmmmm, aaaaah, I see! Oh My God I Love ... to our displeasure, that we would be doing an in-class assignment for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008