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  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  graduate school and get my Ph.D. in astronomy. I sent a very happy e-mail to ... Way's magnetic field. I managed to get much better precision than the current software, which is awesome, because the eventual goal is to get the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  Concord, which had been simmering in my to-do list for months. Concord was surprisingly easy to get to: it’s only an hour away via the Fitchburg commuter ... enough to engrave in a stone slab, but it's hilarious. Then in early July

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  pics. All the models are dressed in all black, learning how to walk on ... are filtering in to drop off their garments in the back room, and artists who are displaying things in the gallery are coming to install their

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  managed to get in some fun (mostly while feeling guilty about doing so ... move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break ... ,[/annotation]and I was t i r e d. I was ready to sleep in! To relax! To have fun! Well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  selections, so that you can introduce yourself, get acquainted, and check in ... starts, everyone who opted in is assigned to a seminar and an advisor ... to have an adult checking in with me every week, and to know I had

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... to get from one side of the road to the other. Because there aren't any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  heart going to the poetry store in harvard square with alan and getting ... more things in my emotional toolbox to pull from when i'm faced with ... than get stuck in a self-destructive loop. i think younger mel would be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  you want to "keep it real" get an "A" in Calculus. That's hot! Never ... , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... :       Don't refer to yourself in the 3rd person. It

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up ... transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship ... subway in…  NYC   Before this summer, I went to NYC once with a friend

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  pumpkin. Time to make a stem! Get an assistant to gather a small blob of ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  out there, in the Real World™️, getting to use all of this cool ... Cookie to top it off. Yum. College is when they stuff you in a chef ... biology, you can sprinkle in some more bio. If you want to be an engineer

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  not enough time to do it,” since getting an MIT education is like ... in time to start warming up. The funny thing is that a “weekend off ... Genetics test. In my book, that’s a win. This was turning out to be the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  mathematician, he means that he took 2 years to get a Ph.D. in pure theoretical ... handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had ... penmanship now bear little resemblance to Megan's. And I can write much more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... companies, Sam says, is that they can aim to get 10% better every week. Short iteration cycles allow them to get feedback from customers and improve their

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  anchored to the sky. In West Africa, it shoots volcanoes down on us. I get ... of them before I get to the apartment. I wash my hands in the bathroom ... ’t pretend, in spite of the last year, to not be excited about 2017. In fact, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  trickled in, and sat down. Ashley welcomed us to the course, and explained ... get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had ... continuing to move her hips, began tapping her feet in a rhythm that magically

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth ... me that every scientist should know German in order to be able to read ... told me to hand in my resume, cover letters, and faculty recommendations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  that when i get sick now, it's up to me to manage my symptoms and judge ... very nice. who doesn't like getting little treats? like, i love going to [annotation note="it's a bakery in hmart, so every time i go get groceries it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  semester, so I doubled up this semester in order to get on track to complete ... to slow down here in order to nudge them back into place.  When I get ... help, in addition to regular traditional office hours that are meant for

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  note="in fact, I started this blog to avoid reading it! but it has now ... ’t start out this week expecting to be in this position, but here we are ... would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022