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• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  the start of one of the most curious experiences I have probably ever had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... called himself the “chief”; he would come over, yell something in English

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  playlists. The idea was an instantaneous success. I didn't even live in his ... underneath the speaker on the right. Because sometimes, in between learning how ... successful, he just ends up in another maze. I spent much of 10th grade history

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant ... , computers were always my brother's thing. Growing up I would spend my internet ... continued to learn. I wanted nothing more than to carve my own niche in my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to concentrate unless I shared with you guys the most exciting e-mail I've received ... to get these. All I have to do is live in my dorm. I can handle that. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  ? How much should I factor in money over passion in a career to increase ... driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of ... the fridge felt like I was a guest in my own home. Even more than that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle-making and there's so much more happening that I wish I could participate in

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our rooms are filled with piles of psets. AND, here’s what I think is

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  quick wave in Lobby 7) was in May, when I asked if he would be available ... everything he did. I had admired him while a FIRST student in high school; when ... twinkle in his eye. We're both morning people, if I found myself walking up

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  grown up, in general. some thoughts: these days when i'm in an uber, or ... these questions about how i don't know what i want or what i'm doing or ... . not because i'm scared, but because i don't know what to say in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  final show, where the viewers have to call in their votes. It would be ... I got this email a few days back... From: Laura Nicholson Subject ... Gann Hey Matt, There's an awesome blog entry just waiting to happen, but I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  : Notice how I stare at Zach in awe as he scarfs down dog number 7. I am just ... to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was ... to try and find an easier way to consume bread. Perhaps if I dunk it in

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip ... Asia sometime in the future). Thailand The first stop was Thailand. I ... , including the famous Petronas Towers. Closer in, though, I was able to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  In 1997, Fabio Sauli invented the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) at ... ,000 tiny holes (about 70 um in diameter) using a chemical etching process The ... up to ten times. Researchers at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  active in.  (I learned to fly pre-MIT and probably won't have much time to fly until post-MIT - in the meanwhile, I'm mostly spending my time taking advantage of opportunities I didn't have at home ^_^)  In any case

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  . But I have no idea how they do it. Anyway, I had just reached the ... slices. I wasa in charge of mixing the caramel mix on the stove. Then we ... MIT is hard. Seriously. That's why we have study breaks. I know that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  before I sat in Bates Hall for about two hours and made progress on my ... November Sunday: I camped in the Hayden Library to crank out my essay. I could’ve just turned it in without being as hard on it as I was, but I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  : 6:45 AM -- Arrive in Boston. I actually sort of slept on the plane ... somewhere in the neighborhood of $30, and I had already spent $30 at LAX last ... all night, then crashed in bed. 12:15 PM -- I woke up, sort of got

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  this post, I was sitting in my room in New Vassar, waiting for the sushi delivery I ordered to arrive. The sun was out today, fully, in a way it hasn’t been in a while, and I’m really into it. I think the time I spent in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  months immersing myself in as many books as I can cram in the windows of ... semester was kind of in a lull period in terms of work, I vowed to finish a ... succeeded in this by reading The Alchemist and The Road, I quickly found

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  job site in Needham, where I catch one of three trains between the hours ... accompanying sights beckon my eyes to rest. Each day that I work in Cambridge ... amount to something more. I thus turn those train trips into exercises in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012