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  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  “He touched the brim of his hard hat and glanced back at the dome, white and round like an ancient temple, while a thought crossed his mind ... hours and many questions later, I had reached my last slide and was asked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  started out taking 7.06, cell biology, and 6.854, advanced algorithms, the sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis ... , emotionally, and it's hard to balance with classes. I've gotten used to having

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  (knock!), 5) Off-campus institutions, and 6) Talks and symposia. 1. People ... programming languages by that point, and started my first company while in the ... participate in research while they're here - in labs and machine shops and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  ="Freshman year was Madrid, sophomore year was Tokyo"]the United States[/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in Austin, Texas? The land of cowboy boots, sweltering heat, and a city that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  struggles, academically and professionally, and many know what it's like to ... that a professor can be a mentor and a listening ear and not just an instructor. I hope - and think - that I never participated in a conversation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  .096: Architectural Ironwork, a class which not only counts as both 2-A credit and HASS credit for me, but also accelerated my blacksmithing knowledge and practice hours considerably. And I made a dragon sword! First we had some lessons

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to ... AM with the (vaguely) shocking realization that I had to read and ... ignore the paper for another 42 minutes and watch this week's episode of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  , excruciatingly slow, and unpleasant task no matter how you approach it? Have no ... you're writing a report, and feel completely productive and proud of ... Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering, this semester, and you can

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  “The winter has come. The days are dark, cold, and dreary. There is little happiness, and little to look forward to; no hope remains. In this climate of despair and misery, we finally go crazy. All rationality is lost

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  get to know someone. We can talk about institutional change and the ... could talk for hours about Homestuck and grilled tomatoes and calligraphy ... Splendor or Carcassonne, and if we get enough people we could play Modern Art

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  to offer and time management, all while doing a good job. It ... self arrives to campus, you’re given a booklet with pages and pages of ... . Nerdy, silly, sporty, food-offering, you name it, that type of activity is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  that and began writing this post with a heavy heart. … Monday, April 15 ... floor of building 3 with a graduate student and we were both working ... claps of thunder. I looked up at the sky and it was greyer than usual and

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  windows, three showers, two toilets, two sinks, 1507.75 wall tiles, and 3907.0625 floor tiles. There are 960.296875 wall tiles, 439.1875 floor tiles, and 70 ... blue sky for walls, and in this space the three floors above us are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  when we all went off to different colleges. It was by chance that Tom and I were both in town and had nothing to do. Other than that I cut my hair shorter and he grew his hair out, it was like we were in high school

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , and then offered me the job three days later. I’m worried I won’t know ... course, this process is a little smoother—return offers from post ... ="though i have some ideas"]what to do,[/annotation] and how to do it as

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  move on, don't drag them back down into an unhealthy state of sorrow and ... 's nothing quite like being at home, even if it is just for two weeks, and even ... they get here, and I like sharing with everybody the types of things I do

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  attend something very cool: my very first academic conference! And also as ... 'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to CHI PLAY 2020, an "international and interdisciplinary conference for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  appreciation for people like Brian Greene and Oliver Sacks, who are great ... Quammen and Richard Preston, who aren't scientists by training but have a knack for delving into scientific fields and then writing about them. If

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  So about a week and a half ago I handed in my last final in Johnson ... pictures). Part 7: The Battles Go On... So the whole Students and Sleep vs. Professors and PSets Thing? Yea that never ended. But all it takes is a few

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  surrounded by people who excel in every corner of the universe, and no longer ... walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to him tell his life story to me and talk about what he wants to do after

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019