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  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  universes and, in his style of GMing, usually has big reveals and plot twists ... and there. And I. Am. In. Love. I've always had a fascination with ... bunch of dice to make decisions in their made up world. As a kid, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog ... - Fundamentals of Ecology i.e. everything I've ever wanted in a biology class here ... longer my cup of tea. Also we get to grow microorganisms in mud and water

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  bottle to mix them in. And then...BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" He whisks his hand around in a circle, to mimic an accretion disk. *     *     * I met Carl ... -inch refracting telescope was the second largest telescope in the world

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  came to MIT, it started way back in high school. So here are a few ... take care of yourself in a new environment without Mom and Dad around to ... little birdie! 2. Travel (Locally or not so locally) – In today’s world of

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  CPW is Monday, April 2, 2007. That's in five days! I know you're all second-semester seniors, but procrastination is not your friend in this ... . ;-) ------------------------------------------------------- Shameless CPW Plug #1: Meet The Bloggers Want to meet these guys in real life

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  . Schuh, an associate professor of metallurgy in the department of materials ... undergrad in chemical engineering and I have a question that none of my friends in Course 3 have been able to answer. In the movie "Fantastic Four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  It's 6:30am. The natural lighting floods in past the courtyard ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... than 6 months ago, I thought I'd stay in my old room until the day I died

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023