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• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things happen: (1) you ... is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why they’re equipped with suites of sensors and actuators dedicated to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  I’m standing in front of my presentation boards, trying to string ... diagrams I can point to. The panel of jurors judging our architecture studio mid-reviews sat three feet in front of me and I can already tell they

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  So, by a show of hands, how many of you are stressing about college ... that’s a lot of you! Last year around this time I wrote an entry called ... a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I've never experienced ... 'm done with all of this deep discussion about admissions and learning from ... lot of time to show me things. (Each crew must have at least 2 people- a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  = verb for using the lathe to machine something) a pin for the pedalbox of ... . I didn't do nearly as well as I had hoped. There were a couple of ... plain left blank...but the cool part was that I got nearly 100% correct of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  : "Did you have to do the lab by yourself? no lab groups? Speaking of which ... individual, not as part of a group. However, you are allowed to collaborate ... with a lab component), have lab groups. Some have a series of smaller lab

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  happening back in the Philippines. Here, it’s ever present: news of gruesome, unjust murders of black people, and news of senseless police brutality, every time I get on social media, every hour, every day. And of course I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional ... . The leaves changing color? Happens too quickly. Really, so much of the big stuff I’ve already seen or heard of through the American films and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings ... the number of people who have died from laughing too hard I decided to write about something that gives a good sense of who I am and what I value

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  We're big fans of Spotify here on the blogs and have been for awhile ... -inducing chance you might get sued for tens of thousands of dollars for the effort."]hard music problems.[/annotation] Last week, a (non-blogger) friend of mine

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  lovely springy pictures. This was drawn on one of the public ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it ... , East Campus lets us store things in the basement free of charge, so I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  intimidatingly) as a “bomb cyclone” hit us yesterday with a foot of snow, and it ... negative sign in front of it, you really stop caring what you look like.  Plus, that ridiculous hood does a great job of keeping the snow and wind

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  I emerge from three weeks of being fairly hosed WITH MORE COOL DATA ... . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all ... green blob is Petey, naturally), the conglomerate of blue, red, and brown

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to ... the DCI site says: The goal of the Media Lab Digital Currency initiative ... important new area of research. The effort will reach across the MIT campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  student. Whatever that terrifying cluster of words means.  Basically, many times I feel a lot of pressure.  But for the most part, when people find ... of my red hair. It's really strange being away from home and getting

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  faces, drained of their usual cheer, widened by shock. "A plane crashed ... the office computer and watched the replay of the crash. I started to ... iMac in the center of the room. We watched as a second plane flew into

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  slew of internships I applied for, a strange idea popped into my mind ... , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  four of my wisdom teeth taken out. Five minutes before the surgery, I lay ... into the room with a cheery "hello!", pulling on a pair of gloves. He looked bizarrely like the father of one of my best friends from High School

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy and girl combine their knowledge of ... accessories. OK, so maybe it′s not that common of a story. Regardless, what ... on the leading edge of a growing fashion trend. More and more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011