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  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  by a Q&A session) at MIT, in 26-100 (I sit through biology lecture in 26-100, three times a week!) It was impossible to pass up, so I ... the other two, and found out that the man lives in Italy (I think it was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... . In the end, it was an imperfect fit but a fantastic summer. I'm so glad I took the risk. I was in search of a summer rich in feelings

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  professional blogging career. How can I... ...get sophomore standing? The ... whatever you want. And get used to it. I want to double major in 6 and 2 and ... lot easier that I just didn't find out about until much later. I've been

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  MIT a lot, which is natural; I talk about it in my biography after all ... you can read up on at the MIT Hack Gallery but I'm going to skip to the ... class syllabus, just because I can. Required Reading: 1) MIT Hack Gallery

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the ... : I read something online that said, “There are 30,000 days in your life ... molecules. Reformulate the equation. In short, I want you to hack the world

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  't quite emulate that in your own projects. But you can't keep improving ... is the only organ that can regrow large amounts of cells in vivo and ... 'm not sure they know I have these pictures but I was in the group text

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  interested in writing, mathematics, and computer science. It turns out I can ... different translations"]back in Cambridge,[/annotation] I still remember from ... notion, but I think it's useful in interrogating why we do things. Consider

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  country, build robots, or do work in five countries. I also had no idea that ... ’ve described the lessons that I learned in the order I learned them, but there ... . Can you tell that I didn’t sleep much? I had already learned Freshman

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  late, so I quickly checked in two of my luggage bags, hugged my uncle and ... ready to take off. I was keeping everyone waiting. Luckily, I made it in ... collapsed onto my seat, breathing out in exhaustion. “Classic Vincent,” I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
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  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  Three years ago I was in the room I’m still in now, and just like ... inhabits the streets of Cambridge in the morning, and I spent it wandering ... 's see if we can involve stairs in this bad idea somehow. 15:17 - 16

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  thrown my way in isolation. nothing can make one be like that."] I can do ... questions in education are to me. I’m still in a cappella. I still really like ... Graduate Resident Advisor (GRA) in a different dorm. I’ll be leaving my a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  amazing in ways I can’t even begin to count. It’s so easy to fall into the ... partner in this start-up is just as disingenuous.  Personally, I think the ... itself in different ways. I feel like I missed a critical period in my life

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  connections. Also, I can keep fish tanks in my dorm room, which is a major plus ... and I said "MIT," I got a lot of blank looks. My school was in a small ... back in Wisconsin. When I was little I took weekend classes where we

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  . Instead, I can be happy and content and find meaning and value even in ... , but do I know anyone still in Boston during Winter Break?   ... . Everything was going to be different, for better or worse. I needed to, in many

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  spring semesters. the only time i can think of that’s comparable was during ... , this entire quarantine has been a blur, and i remember almost nothing in ... the things i’ve been doing this summer: i am in a urop. i talked

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
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  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  , driving and biking in the city can suck and be dangerous. Though it seems ... professors when you’re struggling. At the very least they can point you in the ... something I brought up in class made him happy. It was nice and existence

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  Here's a post I made in my personal blog, around a year ago, talking ... fourth post in a four-part series, so here’s some context. I went to the ... Boston. It got delayed, so I had to stay in Boston for another night

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
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  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my ... blogs I promised in here will still get written, but I need to finish my ... half - I have never taken just four classes in one semester at MIT. I did

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  interested in the topic area of my work Feeling like I can do good through ... in my cohort. But do I think that I can do it, and moreover, enjoy it ... ’ll succeed in each of them? Probably. And I can’t know more than that in these

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  ) asks, “When's the latest I can get my article to you?", to which I ... Cormick article so I'm not dying to see it at this moment. 8:28pm: Rebecca sends in ... are people in Bexley too. Oh, I think it was about their “student

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011