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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  some of my thoughts about it: A lot of the story is pretty much ... mechanism is much harder. As a novice author, my first instinct was “I want to ... Hunt What is a puzzlehunt? Top-level organization Design goals

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  heavy emphasis on how great it is for translational research to have a ... *~*~*discover*~*~* something). While standing at a lab bench all day is not ... about (I am, after all, a normal human being), it is something that I like

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  comfortable here, i can stay here. this is not a four-year long plane flight ... moments where i ask how can it be home when it so obviously, clearly, is not ... probably because the excitement of being at a new place never got replaced

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  Lab. And this is the inside. Clover Food Lab, which grew out of a ... /CEO and host at this conference, is actually a graduate of MIT’s material science department! We listened to presentations on "How to Invent Food on a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  was going to make a joke about how "IM sports" aren't sports you play ... 's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in ... the PE requirement here. If you're a varsity athlete, earning your 8

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  to be so much material for the lapel that it might just be a waterfall ... " yield any styling options?" - Helena W. "Fashion is weird and a lot of ... 's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  jump into a field 70-80% of the market is chasing the current fad.  This ... established companies and other startups. Far better is to think of a new idea ... if cycle time has gotten much faster, then it might be a good time to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  things[annotation note="which, honestly, is more of a kind of savior complex than a positive thing."]when no one else is doing them ... deciding on a course of action, which is very useful for student government

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  ethnic minority in Vietnam. It is beautiful, and there is clean air, a ... don’t seem to have any pictures of this fabled field, but Mai Chau is a ... innocent enough, college age students with a boom box. We added ourselves to

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

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  dropped on a field from a helicopter. How cool is that? That’s the kind of ... . During the day, the sky here is a plain blue and the houses are beige. The ... added a "2"—  is cooler, right? Now when I visit Ohio, I don’t need a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  you're here! There's way too much stuff to do, and it's not a true MIT ... Reading Rainbow still a thing?) Check it out, 'k? 'k. Hi! my name is Dan ... , and I'm actually on campus about as often as when I was still a student

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever ... red box. When I was but a tiny fetus, I remember counting down those ... know that as well. A great deal is involved in the admissions process

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  (you kinda have to be a nerd here). Now is probably the best time to ... apply. MIT is a unique, friendly, busy, and creative place, and I think ... , MIT feels stressful. There is an atmosphere of intensity and a pressure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  so you should be prepared for anything. Boston is a great walking city ... the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a ... -campus student employment, and how your online student account will work and much

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  . This is a theme that comes up SO much in Steven Universe This last ... , is so cool and nerdy! One-One was so funny and such a unique character ... amazed by how cartoons can establish so much character and character

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  is when I sense some carelessness in a product.” Every Wednesday night ... about the prototyping process.  A "works like" prototype is often just a ... to go the accelerometer route; the ADXL345 is a quite advanced 3-axis

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  linear time anyway. Apparently, neither do the Aztecs. Wow, this is a ... laid on a piece of turquoise. This is where the priest would start the ... lyrics to "What is a Youth?" in Romeo and Juliet were nearly identical to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.

  

  Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days.

  • by Snively '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... question is here! Q: What do I do next? A: First, you should create a My ... option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be ... how I take to this one, which involves a lot of modelling and frowning

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022