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  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  they’re paying attention when in reality all they’re doing is scribbling incoherent pen-markings in every wild direction on their notebooks. You can ... most hilarious and zombie-affected pages of my physics notes for October

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  . You know, Ben Jones, there's no category for "FREE FOOD!" in this vast ... somewhere to be in 45 minutes. I looked inside the new reading room and, you ... that it's such an important part of MIT undergrad culture that the site

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  accepted me for who I am in such a short amount of time. I really feel as if ... in my sorority and living group. I visited New House for the first time ... loud or too...Cami for my sorority, but in fact, I think they just bring

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  thought about waking up at 3am in a panic because a [annotation note="or an ... even look at jokes about it. It was an internal mantra that I told myself ... and sent a link for an adjustable dumbbell set we were thinking of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lonely but exciting road and choosing to traverse it

  

  ’s adventure into an unknown future and the hope she holds for what might lie ahead of her, and it really resonated with me as I looked at my life as an ... for people like me to occupy the spaces that I’ve found myself in. I

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  Truth the next semester.) Anyway, our 21A.453 class had only 3 students in it, and we met in the Anthropology Department's conference room for ... below) you can apply for medical school. For example, an acquaintance of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  there are in their speech. For example: did you know that children often ... In my New Year's reflections post, I mentioned that over the winter break, I applied to a UROP (an undergraduate research opportunity, aka a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  NASA field center in Pasadena, California.  Pasadena is about an hour bus ... showed us pictures of space things, a look at the space museum, and an ... ) vegetarian dish and really enjoyed it! All in all, this was an incredible

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  for a saguaro.” I looked and saw that she was right. I told her so, and ... prize wheel for a class project. It’s four feet in diameter, mounted on a ... note="undergrad research opportunity; mine is in an earth science lab but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  SO cool, both in concept and look! Omg Atticuses reflection being all ... in the 7 months later scene looked so happy! Such a good ending! And ... could we not love this?! Luckily, we were not the only ones crazy for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... pizza so I’m going there instead. No interest in volunteering with the Red Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14.21J: Health Economics, a class in which I had an exam today, we recently ... (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  metaphor for the support that friends and family provide in one’s life - they ... did you do for fun in high school? How did these things define who you ... got lost at MIT or in Boston/Cambridge. Was   it an enjoyable experience

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  give an overview of the IPA symbols that are used in English. By the time ... be quite common in other languages). I recommend you take a look at ... three are nasal: for these sounds, there is an obstruction that we make

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  then there was Hall Rush (or In-House Rush...I guess if you're in, say ... Early Warning", which I think is a great name for a party. At the East ... it was an official event and we weren't allowed to use the moat around

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  wanted to stay in southern California for the sake of my grandfather, out ... to visit me in Massachusetts for "when" I got into MIT. He knew about ... he's fragile and delicate. The way we look at him with pity in our eyes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  chip in December, demonstrating useful error correction for the first ... quantum engineering class in the spring. Next, when planning my classes for ... I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  pm. Tickets will be sold at the door...or pick them up in Lobby 10 for ... question and answer session. ----------- WALK IN STUDENT FLU SHOT CLINIC ... Fatigue or A Ten Second Sting?? you decide. WHAT? Flu Walk-in Flu Shot

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  . Second, be on the lookout in your email for more specific information later ... repeated in another section below, is: "As an LA native, please bring some ... hardcore, but I'm glad I ended up visiting. I've lived in EC for three years

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  scores from ACT will reach us in a few weeks, in plenty of time for EA ... November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015