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  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  and sends pictures of the sky for signs of exoplanets. [caption id ... then gives a prediction of what it thinks the image would look like if ... professors."]UROP[/annotation] with the MIT Kavli Institute of Astrophysics and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community (FLC) hosted by the Global Languages department and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives). The FLC, which began this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  years on the same floor, and in the same room for three of those four ... reading this because you might be looking to move here in the future, or ... them either way. You can check out the MIT's page on housing for more

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  for launching such bands as Nirvana and The Shins. * Rain Man, Die Hard ... Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking ... ). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  Forest Hills. (For you subway people, we took the Red line to Downtown ... made the trip to cheer for our friends on the MIT Cross Country teams ... tent, not to be confused with the tents for the Amherst, Bates, BC, Brown

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  's kind of tiring. But when I look at the list above, I can't imagine ... that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment ... crevice pretty much sends me flying ten feet through the air - useful for getting places quickly, maybe, but not so useful for getting places looking

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  .. The next morning, we piled into cars for a field trip to Green Bank ... my computer, took one look at my Desktop background, and screamed "WHAT IN THE HELL?" Giggles floated across the hall from the other summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  AP/IB. My statement for the record would be that they can only help you ... period, about 2-3 years? I can vouch for the fact that Chemical Engineering ... Linear Algebra; the only Course it's really a requirement for is Management

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  and socialize and grow and cry there for the next four-ish years. Don ... (like math, for me)?5 People throw around the word “passion” a lot, but ... lot of time on. Start by looking at what you’ve spent the most time on

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  . you feel REGRET upon looking at the menu, because you don’t like coffee ... shields. you feel HAPPINESS when you look around the room and notice that ... for advice on how to make time for personal projects during the semester

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  spectacle. So what can I do in this home for the last five days? How do ... that I loved math and science for what I call the “humanities side of ... ? I look forward to finding out. In the real world, I caught up with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... attendance. Last night, my parents, my brother and I gathered for our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was ... was he hoping for something more? While Mike was a nice dude, I wasn’t interested in getting involved in anything romantic with anybody at the moment

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  ’s family home in New Jersey. It was just the two of us. We’d been dating for ... was going to last for, and the economy was steadily nosediving, and I ... with my literary agent after the decision was finally made. When I look

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  blogs. i checked the blogs pretty religiously for new posts every other day for a few months, and the night i got deferred, i just stopped ... platitudes. you can feel that you want to avoid everything mit-related for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  . For the first half, we completed various shooting exercises (e.g. using long exposure). For the second half, we learned the whole process of ... pigeons at Revere Beach, and hunting for cool lighting in the Media Lab in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  ’s going to be here over the next few days for CPW, I can promise you that ... life, so much so in fact, that for the rest of this week, I am no longer ... Thoroughly look over all the events in advance. Schedule your CPW time, but be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  . This past month, I've been serving as the band director for a student ... as the piano-conductor for the band; that is to say, I both play piano ... piano was to fill a random spot for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  floor where I live. On this day let us take a look at the dynamic ... extremely inbred. Awww. His name is derived from the Japanese sound for jelly ... rolled around for a bit and Orion retreated into the kitchen and hid under

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015