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  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... climates have streams that are dry or have low flow most of the year and can ... semesters in classes like 1.050, 1.035 and 1.036 learning the fundamentals of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work ... were pretty hard to come by in Boston so Raymond ended up buying one off ... of it, a pusher motor that pushes the next dart in and the flywheel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and ... ’m finally back in a place where I need scarves and hats, and now I can make ... engagement, and for simple patterns I can even look up most of the time

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  call argon) is the source of life. This is not in fact the case, and I ... of Homestuck vibes when I read it, mostly due to its presentation ... one of the longform pieces I mention, read this. Has an equally

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  'oeuvres, I served a tray of grilled melon and peaches wrapped in bacon. I ... , I was left unattended in the kitchen in the company of a lovely ... this class. I'm already 3% of the way to completing 8.07! Don't give up

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  is a snapshot of a week in February 2009, when I was at MIT, while the bottom is a snapshot of the same week in February 2010, when I was at the ... to the places pictured in my last post. I admit some of the pictures

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  introduction to MIT's dorms, you can watch the trailer here: 2005 i3 Trailer The i3 project features all 11 of MIT's dorms. The preliminary housing ... funding for the very first i3 project, and several of my very close friends

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  build myself in ways that I can't predict now. I still have imposter ... much as self-forgiveness will. But I think I can turn all of this into a ... out of things so much. I shouldn’t have felt guilty when I needed to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  elevator art on point? (We’re the Home of the Velociraptors, in case you were ... the midterm. alksjdfiwejkndfv. I can’t even think straight anymore. My ... .01. Can’t figure out a part of a part of a problem. Noooooo. Time to go to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  unnaturalistic feels more natural in specific contexts of various people. when i ... to the right spot in terms of this balance. i have been in a strange ... a loss of them and because i have so much to say. in a more detail

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  of downtown Boston. I knew that this semester would be particularly tough though, and that I would struggle to get myself out of my room if I didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... Journalism: Still Images of a World in Motion. Although admittedly it is a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel)! He shares the ... someone who blogs and is very interested in labor economics and methods of ... essence, what we’d like to understand the chains of cause-and-effect in the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  ’t the same person I was at the end of September. In September, I wouldn ... -boyfriends, then let me rant about all of the things I didn’t see in my old ... place of discovery and learning, but can also be a place of distraction. I

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  experiences i had. much of my high school experience (junior year in particular ... outline the rest of my day, but a [annotation note="i've gotten the freshman ... propel myself towards my next event, i push away the cloud of uncertainty

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the ... backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays ... have never found a quantifiable predictor in 25 years of grading that was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... of the only hub of activity for miles, I waited. I was crouched, poised to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  , when I logged into WebSIS, I took special notice of a link that had been ... ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 fine, so I figured there'd be no harm in doing it tonight. A few moments

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  " meaning "sick of" and not "finished, because I have landed my dream job, see ya next year"), so I sort of just wandered around and chatted with ... run across the street to turn in homework, but I do appreciate how new

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  , and can I just say: SO THERE. Study Shows Boys and Girls Equal in Math ... , I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is ... director of MIT-Spain is in Madrid, and all of the interns are meeting for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008