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  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  the 8K (7680×4320!!!) display in the corner to the quality of the food

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through campus windows. Every classroom exuded a dream glow. Every view overwhelmed the heart. I got by on 3-5…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

         “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 does it…

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

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you want, and balance…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  The day after Valentine’s Day is a good time to talk about computers, since my boyfriend’s Dell recently toppled off a desk in building 56. It was fine, but then…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  skill of cleverly manipulating ...integrands - a.k.a. functions to be

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  About a month ago, a parent asked me: “What do all these majors switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  I’ve mentioned a couple times that, like East Campus, Burton-Conner is first divided into Burton and Conner side, and then from there, into floors – from Burton 1 to Burton…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  I’ve always been a procrastinator. I’ve procrastinated on such tasks from toddling around on the carpet and thinking “I suppose I’ll try walking later,” to my second-grade phase of “Why…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  names, so back I went emailing. Kevin led me to Jessica K. '09 and James ... . Fall 2006 to Spring 2008: Jessica K. '09. Jessica lives in Medford ... red walls. Jessica K. '09 writes: When I moved in, it was institute

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  , Meseret K. ‘18, and Brook E. ‘18 at ring delivery when we got our brass rats

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  i graduated! *confetti noises* i took a semester off back in 2015, so i’m doing things a little out of order. instead of walking last spring, i finished my last…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have regrettably failed to take advantage of its historical and culinary wonders, but when the post-finals laze took over, I…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

   my birthday today! I'm officially 23 years old, aka SUPER old. Lydia K. baked

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  This semester has been different from anything else I’ve done. I started out taking 7.06, cell biology, and 6.854, advanced algorithms, the sequel (or what I thought would be a…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a reflection on what the blogs meant to us, or a life update since graduating from MIT.…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the brink of an epic hurricane, a Presidential election, and either the most disappointing or the spookiest Halloween…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about lives lately, in multiple senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or “Spoonsassins”, in which one is given…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn’t like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I usually go in the back door when I’m late but today, TODAY for reasons still…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-02kP3Qnc&feature=emb_title[/embed] Aiden: Alarm Clock In order to ... ]https://youtu.be/XJ_CGR7l7kU[/embed] Shayna: Twitter API To allow the ESP32 to post to ... for tier 3). [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=islVHL0O85k

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020