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  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random ... a very bright yellow bag tucked under the seat in front of him - it ... research at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) headquarters in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  conversations. I can't tell you how often I find myself having in-depth and ... . (Free admission! If you're ever looking for something to do in San Fran ... pasty white or what???) Another one of the very first things we did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  in a pre-orientation program they thought I'd be able to help. Instead ... screws appear to be in their right holes, in a 10 hour marathon lab day ... graduate of Hamden High School, #6 in my class, good grades fine scores

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  In Matt's recent entry about the movie 21, he mentioned that he found ... forgo the opportunity to decorate their room - especially in dorms like ... on my floor, Burton 1, all decorated in such a way that creates a place

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  , it’s not exactly under-used. Back in April, one of the paper towel ... put your hand in front of it, it’d churn out a piece of paper at about a ... fixed. For three straight weekends in June, I went on hikes. My road

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... pretty informally, the last time I did a sport formally was in 8th grade ... sports to be canceled, and in the weeks before the start of the fall

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  and soaking in the Boston sun on one of those early spring days where ... resemble the campus I fell in love with, the one I encountered in this same ... . Luckily, college orientations are funny in that they're a lot like

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  Pi Day is a big deal at MIT. Not only does it go hand-in-hand with ... . JOHN: We’re both heading over there in a few minutes. Gonna be dope. A ... costumes? The flyers didn’t really elaborate on— FRANK AND JOHN: (in unison

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about ... fall i was in an engineering class that pushed my brain in satisfying ways that validated my place here. this spring, i am in an engineering

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align ... vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  ! Not with paint (as students used to do in East Campus and Burton Conner ... chalk murals in Simmons last year, but [annotation note="For unsavory ... [/annotation]. It was a sad day when we moved back in and saw they were gone, but now

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in ... entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I ... seminar, or while knitting in a library study space, or just in my room

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  friends drank at bars decided that black is my best color played outside in the sun and in the cold played lots of games got back into hitting ... to be a doctor in games computers and learning didn't get into the big

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  pretend   fight me if my past self could talk to me We thrash in ... , fragmented by time Lashes out at its own decisions Stand up and look me in the ... , a player in a perfect tragedy Vibrant prose dances sentences And dulls

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  's Island in Maine, along with Nathan S. '25 and Jonathan H. '25, I took my ... would take us 22.5 hours, crossing[annotation note="I mean, we were in ... darkness of Highway 1 in the evening, until, finally, at 2:50 AM, we stumbled

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  child for success in the college application process?” About two years ago ... probably even more interested in why.  It is entirely possible that your efforts to position your child for success in the admission process, at MIT

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  If you missed part 1 of the Fredventure, be sure to check that out in ... hike around in the thickets of the rainforest. At MUSA, we were split ... arthropods in the rainforest? Or that adult scorpions glow bright cyan under UV

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  't even quite understand what right means in this case. I spent the first month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a ... missed being in a proper routine. This semester I am taking the most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  years before me. In my case, that’s 10th grade, right before COVID hit ... water.) I’m stuck in a bit of a situation where I’m weirdly better at the ... completely filled in yet. [caption id="attachment_80633" align

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  and pick the place where you fit in best with the culture and residents ... published in the Tech in a center-spread titled The Daily Confusion (see e.g. TDC for 2015, 2014, and 2013). In recent years, in an attempt to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022