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  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and ... their usual work just because they feel like it. And then go to work the ... from the University of Waterloo, whose academic program alternates four

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know ... Attending MIT. MEETING PEOPLE AND DOING THINGS When exchanging phone numbers: save people’s names with how you met them and how you relationally know

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  ="though i have some ideas"]what to do,[/annotation] and how to do it as graduation ticks closer and closer. Right now, I’ve decided to dip my toes into many different ponds and hope something sticks, whether it’s a graduate

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  Rebecca Black. And yes, that is our former Communications Director Ben Jones ... the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the spirit (but without the inspiration) of Ben's big lists, and following up

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
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  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  know more about the bloggers, right?!?!) and I thought it would be cool ... results and their own identities, about the tests themselves, and even just ... of personality test. Humans are inherently adaptable and fluid, which

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  part of that process, I polled the bloggers on blogging features and ... to a need with which many other bloggers past and present concurred ... talked about this proposal, and this need, at the next blogger meeting, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  .091[annotation note="Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry"][/annotation] and 8 ... mental state was (and still is) the reserve of energy on which everything ... students smiling and laughing while sitting on a perfectly sunlit lawn under

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  founders posted on some forums I frequented - and being amazed by people who ... Guan. Charles will be graduating tomorrow with a degree in mechanical ... ://www.etotheipiplusone.net/, where he's posted careful documentation, models, and other stuff so you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  't even mandatory for you anymore and I have no idea what's going on with ... ) ...balance extracurriculars and schoolwork? As is only inevitable, all of the bloggers have already composed pages and pages on this topic during their

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  ourselves with Arduino and C++ by incorporating a basic state machine ... display the maze into the state machine of the alarm clock and added a ... big hopes of working in biomedical engineering and product design. Now

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  the semester and plan on doing a reflection sometime before finals ... hot chocolate excursion was to meet up and chat with Marjorie Liu (who ... into something I love (CMS) and am trying to push myself to do things

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  (2) It was amazing to learn about the universe in a fun and ... listing 205 classes and why they loved that specific class. Here is a summary of those results and a full list of the classes submitted! All the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
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  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to ... have to rush around Boston saying goodbye to people and places that I've known, because I'm staying for another year to finish my Master's degree

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  love that each dorm has a unique vibe and set of traditions and that ... somewhere. I love that students can find a family in their living group and ... home to nine different floors with unique cultures, histories, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
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  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  articles ourselves. but in between the late night pranks and the casually vulgar conversations and the stupid, stupid things we care about–we’re just ... . kids who do research in government labs and kids that expect themselves

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  books were my worlds, and the characters within those universes were my ... Dark Materials and the residents of our universe know these particles as ... things other than science, technology, or engineering”, and I would like

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
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  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  2, English House. Units of measure were alive and well within the ... with units is great, but what I really enjoyed, and still enjoy, is ... I linked to above, seriously, it's short and important) prompted a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
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  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  University, Prof. Ilana Natan This post was first published on Ben Bell in ... clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical, Fiddler on the Roof. If you’ve never seen it, then REMEDY THAT. ;) And while

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
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  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  2006 with degrees in brain and cognitive sciences and biology, and I ... 's government, and was the captain of the cheerleading squad. When I was a ... engineering major named Adam, and we dated for the rest of our years at MIT. In

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
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  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... who built giant marble and stained-glass memorials that have long since fallen into disrepair, and yet probably ninety percent of its visitors just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006