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  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  have the same feeling when I look at my personal blog and realize it ... magic. Take a look at what one member of the MIT faculty, Nick Montfort ... underway, we write. We put pen to paper the old fashioned way for 15 minutes

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  ," the Faculty Houses. The dorm's name of '93 would last for ... see the full-size photo.) That photo is incredible for a lot of ... looking through old hacks, take a look at the IHTFP Hack Gallery, where they

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  —a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the ... that is good about life as a student. For the visiting senior, there is ... times were probably in their rooms behind closed doors, waiting for the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  residents can tap into 24/7. Since the [annotation note='the primary gym for ... convenient for those living in [annotation note='now referring to the dorm ... better suited for free weight workouts. Because of the small surface area

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of ... 50 revisions" means. I know I spent some time using the agenda for its ... maintenance on the text. My agenda created plenty of opportunities for me to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  So I was looking through some old notes that I was working on for ... . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting ... ?! For real. If there was a crystal ball you could look into that would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  Every time I look at the faces of younger MIT students, especially ... for our family line--the Dynasty Family--that captured my hope that our ... treasurer   The seniors of New House 4, where I lived for most of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  supports. But the table was so small that those supports would look comical ... looked great, all four legs touched the ground. The only thing I hadn ... looked right after I finished it: How it looks 99% of the time: (But

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  them still intact. Sorry for the “Admittedly” pun back there. I just can ... particularly helpful for passing the time on the morning of decision day. Have ... look lost, just inform them that Harry and Ron have to take the Ring to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  feel like looking at the actual thing. And like many things, different ... interesting detail. For fourteen years, the author didn't realize they had anosmia, up until they were asked to describe the scent of a peach for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  leaving the gates, the thought of being out in the world for several hours ... . This was one sweet-looking branch; the buildings were newer; the football ... that we had only two goals for the rest of the semester—to have fun in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... made out a detailed schedule for the week yesterday, so I already know ... !" out loud, and one of the postdocs gives me a strange look. 10:15 AM. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  definitely in the clear for the programs I was looking at, 80th for verbal and ... it, here’s my probably-more-comprehensive-than-you-were-looking-for ... , in general. Where you end up for grad school has less to do with the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  scientists and share their stories with the public - FOR A LIVING! Sounds ... procrastinating on picking classes for the semester, I went online, made a list of ... rehearse for the musical, because no one would be able to hear me) and phoned

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the ... that I didn't even know what the rules were for a lot of the sports I was ... tournament for the first time in program history. They were knocked out of the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  . Hopefully they find what they're looking for. Some notes on the process: I ... fifteen days. At four separate times, the TAs for the class emailed out ... , ash and debris blow up into the atmosphere for days, creating a dense

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... I've been looking at Ben's "50 Things" post recently, since classes ... before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  -art research facility for nanoscale science and engineering. Built near the end ... meter! Since MIT.nano’s inception, researchers have used the space for ... designs. The original plan was for students to submit pictures to be etched

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this ... seems unlikely, because why not shoot for the stars? However, at MIT, we ... institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the ... interactions could lead to the development of better treatments for ischemic

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012