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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  had one in the summer of 2004 I had a UROP with a professor in the ... ." To summarize: one day in June 2004 I was knocked off my bike by a car and broke two bones in my wrist, and I would not even put that among the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  clarity. Gyroscopes would seem fascinating in those times, and I didn’t mind ... lack of solutions, nor monitor the clock. In 5.112, I’d slide to the edge ... , and reboot the cycle. I quit the six-hour Tech Call job in lieu of a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  difficult. I’m sure you can guess what I’ve been doing..... (*drum roll ... now, in Boston, not back in Denver, but I should have!!) Go to ... everywhere. I didn’t have a car in high school, or a license for that matter

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  of people of color, I need to spend as much time as I can in high ... even in my quiet quarantined home. Tears, anger, frustration… I had been ... , I will for sure be in this same position sooner rather than later. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  stories tall - I'm never really sure because, as you can see, the first ... many times as you can in four hours (bananas and Gatorade provided at the ... So this weekend, East Campus hosted the Bad Ideas Weekend, which can

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  can say is that there's a lot in the environment, the way that I grew up ... burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  obvious culprit, but I can't help but mention some other preoccupations that ... just a little bit; still can't get over how exotic edamame sounds. I ... -walked along the Charles to put in some minutes for getfit@mit. I was happy to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  if I can find one that fits in my schedule and one that I'm interested ... I don't make schedules or use planners. In fact, I don't even use ... double the colors of the rainbow. In a class that I was in today, a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas ... it's nice having this bit of context i can share with my friends ... , personally, have seen this in the world outside mit. but it is in mit i have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  majors (this post is long overdue, I know). In the mean time, if you can ... be scared together because in six days, I'll be six days closer to ... life decisions, but I can suggest a couple things to ease the pain. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to ... that I could never be a good Jew in the case I decided to spontaneously ... . This isn’t a big deal in normal life- I mean, you just exercise a little

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  bio/about section of my blogger profile, which I wrote in either August or September of 2016. I thought, in the style of my last blog post, I ... reproduce right now; I am typing this at 2 in the morning on May 30, and there

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  the hours i've spent in bed recently have added up, pointing to one ... : during my last therapy session, i asked my therapist about how i can go ... said. "i think it should be on your chart? maybe you just can't see it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have ... intention of this article. Instead, hopefully, I can be the umpteenth person ... there or what it took to get in. As I started to fill out applications, I

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  brought it in pieces over from Ireland (I meant Patrick the IRISH Irish, not ... zillions of essays. Over and over again. I literally wrote something in the ... out quite a bit about myself when I was writing essays, so it can be a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  , I applied for an undergraduate research position in the Media Lab. As ... it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I ... it being. After all, it's just a ball with holes in it, right? I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  years here, I'm going to be leaving MIT in July. I'll also be leaving ... how deeply I love the place, and at this critical moment in its history ... . One thing is certain: if I am invested in you - and you know who you are

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  show in the past year can come, and cast his or her vote. There are four ... 'm writing my thesis, which is in product design. I'm taking 2.72 - Elements of ... interest in music, and 2.674, which is a nanotechnology lab. Oh, and I'm in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  excite me, and I can see the direct utility in the material I'm learning ... , even the most excruciating failure can become a valuable asset.  I know ... hanging on my wall: I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  Advisor Steering Committee, which means that I work with the other AAs in ... resouces are available, so that we can point our friends and dorm-mates in ... Overheard at MIT (from sometime Spring 2012 - I've been keeping a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012