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  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  like Tungsten is, it's spread out as a gas. For electric current to flow ... general. And thanks to Noah S. '10 for showing me his circuitry and giving ... problem is that people like pictures. And people like to know about the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  for those pieces of your current self and the pieces of who you want to ... Nearly nine months after getting into MIT, one question I continue to ... part of it to maintaining something you are not. The idea of fit is

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  summer, I’ve been thinking about what to do for my last blog post. I ... is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for ... bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  , and on weekends I went places, but for the most part I stuck to the ... Europe to be farmed for fur, and when the furs went out of style the nutria ... favorite rappers for R. who listens to American rap and acts like all the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  magpatila ng ulan—to wait for the rain to pass. You wait an hour, and the rain ... languages have a rich vocabulary for rain. The lightest is probably ambon, a ... enough for. We might describe the weather with pumapatak, or dripping

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  while these economists deserve recognition for their contributions to MIT ... 2 and just before Hayden Library for those familiar), a hack was put ... "] SHASS.[/annotation] I, for one, think this hack was extremely well done

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  ,000 to WTBS in exchange for the call letters. The deal worked out, WTBS ... and the relative freedom (save for some FCC regulations) to do whatever ... 's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  about how it feels to run out of extensions for 6.009 (Fundamentals of ... 6.036 Introduction to Machine Learning 6.042 Mathematics for ... group chats for most of my classes. These group chats are somewhat helpful

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts ... lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  , and penchant for offering room and board to wayward nerds. My own love ... make it happen. So Dave uttered the words every geek wants to hear (for ... working out for them. And they say they haven't really been able to use it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while ... full of ambition and looking to make a name for yourself in the world ... would hear statements like “it is so much easier for people like you to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  saw but didn't manage to ask them for a photo (with permission) Have a ... manifesting for you all"](and also a huge congrats to those of you who have ... close to the sun, because whoever thought that starting to write a blog

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  to go mountain climbing. This example works for many, but clearly not ... virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  . After receiving the Marshall Scholarship to attend postgrad in the UK for ... for me to go.’ While the answer sufficed through its cynicism, a kind of ... ’s what I’ll do for you, I’ll add hot water to the cup, then pour espresso

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  Shooting for Top Gun: Aiming to Arm Students with Life Skills for College and ...        “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another ... as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical ... pursue internships; one of my fellow panelists took a semester to work for ... thought it’d be best for them to go elsewhere for a bit. Neither of these

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  would be, i felt sick to my stomach. a college's admission decision, for ... decision. remind yourself to breathe and ground yourself, even if just for a ... [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  to water will be safer for these children. People regularly die digging ... problems are solved mainly for those living nearest to the well, and the ... which water sources are likely to be inadvertent drains for other sources

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  Some days, I feel good. Some days, I feel like I can work for hours. On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... always hours when it is impossible for me to work. And these are the hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020