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• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  without building an entirely new radio system every time. that's kind of ... some of the things i learned in my favorite technical class at MIT, 16 ... , edited by nicole starosielski and lisa parks (who is one of the new

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  but it is still cold worked at a big place where people watch games on line and made bits go fast bought and killed some green things made new friends drank at bars decided that black is my best color played outside in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  one of the new academic year.) The blogger meetup came about because ... in, and many of us are busy looking at our shoes as we walk. So to remedy the situation, bloggers would meet together at the first of the year

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  of the game?” Four weeks later, I arrived at my new home - MIT campus ... , casually tossed a disc around, then lined up at our respective ends of the ... would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  department at MIT interests you and why?'" First, I should note that it has no bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in ... to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  friends found a new friend group that they began spending lots of time with ... of events are often blessings in disguise. friends joining new groups ... for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  with were along the lines of building houses, playing music at nursing ... Winfrey's new TV show called the Big Give, but that's the kind of mission ... at MIT. In fact, your biggest problem might be deciding which of the

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  of Mount Rainier. The larger meadow at the top of the mountain felt ... -up rock of the mountain--gray, rusty read, even turquoise in places. At one ... I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  light" of his new $3 construction lamp, acquired at the Swapfest. Alas ... whole point. Tim found a new perch. Understandably, all of this ... rained for the majority of the week and everyone generally stayed indoors

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  spread the word of Jesus recently. Everyone around us at the restaurant was ... of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique ... [/annotation] of the weekend: inauguration. Here's a cluster of weird and very

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most ... movie or favorite scenes/lines. I'll post the results of the "Weekend at ... As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  entire summer at an internship and didn't get a return offer, and that ... fun of by everyone in the grade. You'd exposed your own vulnerability and hadn't even gotten any benefit out of it. And middle school students

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  had nothing to offer me but to tell me to practice. At the start of the semester I had been assigned a seat at a table in the very back of the ... frustrated, failing everything, and can't see the light at the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  I've done a couple of posts about life at MIT, so I figure it's time ... take advantage of the new feature they implemented after Randall Munroe ... ”) system where you'd get a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 for an A in an AP class. At

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  good at theoretical plasma physics you have to know a lot of things that ... one of my longest friends at MIT through this research. it just ended up ... for the world?[annotation note="to be clear, plenty of people at MIT

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  nerdy side of things, I also joined the MIT Science Fiction Society at the ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] Choosing a set of colleges to apply to can be ... when I read the Admissions Blog entries of a certain biology major

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  puzzling at the end of eighth grade, but as high school dug its claws into me ... at our lunch table. Within a few days of returning home, I fell in love ... new hobby, or if you miss one you used to love, or if any of the things

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so ... into a discussion about the kind of person who's happy at MIT. It

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  at MIT, and I promise, I’ll blog about it soon. I’ve been thinking of ... fifty minutes of Multivariable Calculus. At its core, MIT is a community of people who aren’t merely brilliant and quite apt at undertaking the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013