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• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  accepted to MIT Media Lab, the place that I was dreaming of in high school ... I did here and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you ... admissions, then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  in the acknowledgement of lessons and truths I wished were axioms ... . Grades seven to twelve of my education in Nigeria were spent in a boarding ... consistently interesting times. At the same time I was in school, Boko Haram, a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a ... dozen other MIT students in South Wales, I was the only MIT student in ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  , or FR) NEVER TAKE THIS SEAT. I promise you the person in front of you ... that rivals it. You don't have anyone in front of you that can recline ... . Or maybe 20 minutes of doodling on napkins, you can decide.  

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  now, in the midst of flu season, I've been going to Athena clusters ... it gets any "worse." WORSE?! So I guess I'm not used to being in this ... ! (Come on, how unprepared can you get?) It turns out that three of us

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  history of U.S. involvement in Israel, on the Patriot act, the conflict in ... that my line of sight was no longer perpendicular to the laptop screen; I was looking at it from up above, instead of face-on. I noticed that some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  *gettingallthepiledupworkdoneafteranentireweekendofhavingtoomuchfun*cough* :P As usual, let any of us know if we can help you in any way to make ... happens every year). Starting from meeting a couple dozen of you at the i ... of view. Therefore, I would be open to blogs from all of you! Send me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  my favorite "classes" so far and, in a turn of events, I think I ... hours of practice through this class, I can semi-confidently say I can ice ... for every major. Most of this was out of curiosity and [annotation note="I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  myself was in my high school production of Les Miserables my senior year. I ... relationship between three floors--Conner 2, Conner 3, and Conner 5. I think of ... 80% of Burton-Conner deskworkers are from Conner 3, so you can usually

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  ; Usually, I'm biking home in the sweet spot of post-rush hour and pre ... , because of the bend in the road, I hit it at about a 45 degree angle.   ... of looking in the rear view mirror - presumably deciding whether I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  ’t mean much. When I asked one of my friends what I could do in the US now ... and can be arrested and legally tried in court as an adult.” Whoopee! I ... , all in the period of an hour. Finally, when I went down to laundry later

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  also be in Walker, and of the four tests this is the one where I think I ... . In fact, right now I should probably be studying for my math test ... , having four tests in the space of about a week was pretty common, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  blur together in a clumsy mess. Lately, I've been feeling a sort of ... musical roots to combat the negative effects of quarantine. In truth, I ... —whether it’s any of the music I’ve shared or not. What more can we do now but

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  of the tiger, I was in sixth grade. Nicki Minaj was on the radio ... Happy Year of the Tiger! It is my birth year, which means that I ... has been twelve years. I am so very old. A lot has happened in the last

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  incident Some friends and I were sitting on the floor of MG’s room. I was browsing email in search of free food when I came across Splash, a program ... of having two adults in the room, but I was also looking forward to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  , there’s a lot of “darn I can’t take class A if I take class B because they ... something related to course scheduling. In many of these instances, had I not ... good scripts that I can [annotation note="(and maybe publish?? 🥺)"]illustrate[/annotation] in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that ... building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  description. i’ve written about this idea before in the context of meeting new ... recently i looked through a list of all my friends who graduated from college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I ... metropolis of Saco in a couple of hours. I really wish I'd taken a picture ... of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  retrospect, this description makes the decisions I make in the body of this ... wrappers added, for good measure.[/annotation] I quickly piled all of my ... lime-colored. I couldn’t decide if I loved or hated them."](550, in 5East

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022