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  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  [annotation note="More on this in a follow-up post!"]signed my return offer ... — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or two. We were in the same project group for DEECS, the former Course 6

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I ... mechanical). And I suppose every chemical reaction in my body keeping me alive

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  of sheep An om of the universe…   But that om stands still in my ... Poetry Workshop class this semester, where each week you come in with a ... somewhat crowding the stage. In highschool actually, the professors I liked

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the ... Laboratory in Mathematics 18.966: Geometry of Manifolds II 24

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially ... in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note ... exercise I did before for the program I participated in last summer. A little

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  , but the project has been limping along in the summer haze. It’s looking ... pride that I had a fantastic time devouring four enormous cups of boba in ... apartment that she was to live in for the next three months. It’s nothing like

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  like stars glimpsed in an expanding universe. I watch the light reach me ... mercifully scarce in a job that regularly involves glorifying the trivialities ... wish: to pluck the wings of a fleeting moment, spread it out in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a ... building in Cambridge, marking - claiming - MIT's place in the vast cityscape

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  wanted job in the universe next year) -being bright-eyed and bushy ... experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT unlike any other school in the world. As a freshman, you can work in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... something therapeutic about complaining. So in keeping with MIT tradition I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  graduated high school a year early, and had a few friends at MIT who came in ... successful college/MIT student? I'll be happy to answer any questions left in the comments about this -- or any other topic -- in my next Questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  Zoom University. On top of setting stuff up in my apartment (unpacking ... love with the way the universe works in Cambridge—how you're probably ... I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  wherever you go, there you are alive internet theory

  

  magically change? Sometimes I feel like Esau. In the bible, Esau was the ... back from hunting, he was extremely hungry, and his brother offered him a bowl of stew in exchange for the birthright that Esau would get from

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done ... 've always felt that I lack in comparison to other MIT students: I just don

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing ... Learning Materials for Biology aka. THANK YOU MIT FOR OFFERING A CLASS (even

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  , ranging from 1994 all the way back to 1934! In this post, I've embedded the five videos (in reverse chronological order) and written some notes and ... striking old-timey scenes I found. In total there's around 2.5 hours of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  are twenty-two FPOPs offered in August, and each one gives an amazing ... .013 and 7.014 are offered in the spring.  All of these classes cover the ... the institute once again in the fall! So now you've decided to go to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  myself in a mudslide of classwork and undergrad research this January, so ... computer screen in the coming weeks. For the record, it's virtually unheard ... on a personal blog, but also for the admissions blogs in the hopes that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  , and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process ... possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so, reach out to us at ... you need to apply in the timeline that works best for you and don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the ... love to see and hear about all the cool things offered to students or ... . How supportive are MIT faculty in encouraging students' ideas? What

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014