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  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  ; *         *         *   The days of partyboy/astronomer Tycho Brahe reclining in the ... (universities, etc) -- some have a particular amount of time allotted to X ... you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  interning at a fairly large Asian public health clinic in Oakland, CA. During ... surveys, debated in health discussions, helped the clinic to fundraise, interpreted for patients, and participated in community health outreaches and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  airport in approximately 30 minutes. In a moment I'm all too familiar with ... . My suitcase is unpacked-in fact I haven't even brought it down from the ... entrance to Bush Intercontinental, my mom and I settle down in the terminal

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  universe, aced both classes, and decided to major in Course 18." This story ... good at math. I was practically a math prodigy back in the day. Like back in preschool and kindergarden, I was adding and subtracting way before

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  During my college application season, the adults around me (in ... —I mean, these tips certainly make a lot of sense in hindsight, but they ... , I love my parents, but this was neither helpful nor encouraging1. In

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  consider {insert town name I have never heard of} a small town in their ... the inherent strengths of this experience. So this is where I come in ... U.S. Census, about 60 million Americans live in these rural spaces

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... , and in the last few months, I feel like I’ve lost my way more than I ... unusually light—probably because the variety in my classes (algorithms

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  In my blogging folder, I had a draft post that sums up my senior year ... , 2013, I was sitting in the Margaret Cheney Room Women’s lounge on the 3rd ... the only thought in my head was “I thought we would have beautiful

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  at it. No, really! Okay, so unlike some people in the dorm who live in the same room forever, I have lived in a different room (and a ... 's miniCooper, and installed it in our room. (I am unfortunately not kidding

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  robotics research internship in the UK :)   433 units taken Over my ... classes number-wise to double major if I had taken them in the same area ... I’ve taken a 9-unit Drawing class and been in a 6-unit music ensemble

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  lessons for 14 years, played the trumpet in concert band for eight years ... go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... highlights from the class so far: 1) Playing the organ in Kresge Auditorium 2

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  that there are only so many hours in the day. I just didn’t do a ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep ... MIT”. In effect, this takes the form of organizing campus-wide social

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  . Nerdy, silly, sporty, food-offering, you name it, that type of activity is ... theme song on the piano in the middle of the room. Nearby, an ... grasping. I soaked it all in and confirmed that MIT was for me. I was

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

  i hate orthogonality making my furniture diagonal

  

  in a blog post a few months ago, i talked about my dorm last year ... itself is painfully drab in comparison. the hallways are narrow and devoid ... ceiling lights of simmons. in a newly remodeled dorm that was more sterile

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • August 19, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  how many cities you can name in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa or the entire world.  They tried to name all the cities in the US. I wasn’t there ... completely decimated west New York and Jess H. ’24 named the craziest cities in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of ... buildings on campus, and the classes which they will take in the coming four ... fitting in, about studying for classes, and about joining clubs. For those

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  ’s offered in both semesters (albeit with two different professors) so I ... real-feel temperature with wind chill factored in at the time was -22 ... claimed just 30 minutes in -22 degree weather would be sufficient for

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  out, but the fear of missing out. in mit, like in any other university ... ? for example: in confronting the self, i discuss how my feelings of anxiety and feelings of depression often feel at odds with each other. in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs ... the fall semester. In case you aren't from MIT, just as general ... semester gave me a little more confidence in my abilities to be a remotely

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  exited heaviest-coat-in-the-closet weather (and are now entering bring ... , and more that we'll check out later in this tour!   Roberts Field A ... varsity teams call Roberts home. In the fall, women and men's soccer and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025