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  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a ... Meet Catsby: He was a sweet boy who loved food, sleeping in the ... ="attachment_86574" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (The cat to the right is a random

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  : there is no such thing as magic This is a sentiment expressed in both my ... tend to do a lot more thinking. The weather is colder, usually snowy (it is right now), and people usually become a lot more hosed, so you have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  . Home is still wonderful. Being home is a great time for deep ... , and the prospect of A's is almost heart-attack-inducing. I don't think ... got a C in physics/chemistry/biology/math Parents will label these as

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  tendencies (although admittedly, this is a work in progress); work with high ... engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time ... involved on campus, taking on roles in my dorm and in clubs, and found a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  eighteen in a week; I feel like my spirit is aging more quickly than my body ... rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to ... month of January on a finance internship in New York City. Both MIT and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... to Science Magazine, who published a study on my expected lifespan in ... older brothers or sisters, with whom I am competing for a space in an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• 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.

  

  will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless hospital gown thinking, "eh, I'll breathe again in an hour or so. Inhaling is ... times, because time management is such a necessity. Sometimes I tell

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  in more depth in one of my essays for a CI-H I took, but the gist is ... change your perspective in a lot of ways, and one of those ways is ... consequences for being out in their home country or state. This is not to say

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... direction is important. you'll need to develop a sense for it." "isn't there ... . losing interest in a hobby you used to be passionate about, with things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  I just said is a horrible lie. Here’s the truth: I have never taken ... was a competition, in which the applicants strove to cast themselves in ... did nothing but study and mire in awkwardness. And I learned that a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  have a major in economics?” I’m going to be like “dude, why didn’t you ... , if you ask me “Is there a group for students who are religiously ... . My point is, we love getting good questions and entry ideas- a lot of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old ... push boundaries, to improve the world. There isn't a day that goes by in ... culture at a critical moment in my career. It taught me so much about the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  . Or see a movie for $3 at LSC. Or bring up singularities in everyday ... would be taking next term at MIT. So, I added a trendline in the form of a ... , it was like 12 AM, and I was going to get a B in the class no matter

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  of Ubuntu in less than a minute because of MIT: You will never see ... .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met ... friends I meet more great friends and so on and so forth. In fact, this is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  .101 Metakaryotic Biology and Epidemiology, 21A.508 Culture and Ethics in Science ... .72 Vision in Art and Neuroscience. The last one is sort of the reason why I ... catalog. You should do it. Now. Here is the link. I have spent a whole

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  ! Everyone loves a free concert. In conclusion, WMBR is awesome. If nothing ... basement of an entry in Senior House, eventually moving to a studio in the ... fact, one of the shows (Pipeline) plays only local music and brings in a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  about this a month and a half ago, but the gist is that i’m working in a ... this was a mistake. it feels as if my work is tearing my body apart, as ... , this entire quarantine has been a blur, and i remember almost nothing in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and ... how fucking cool that is. Standing in the middle of the Killian Court ... Lightsaber Club used to meet in here and sometimes I'd stop for a few minutes

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  the truth, in a Zeno's Paradox sort of way. Part of the MIT culture is ... , beautiful and dangerous at the same time. MIT is like that, too, in a way. And ... wrote a fair bit in high school. Poetry, mostly, with the occasional short

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  , is that for those of you who think being deferred is a kick in the face ... is my friend David K. ‘16. He brought a giant teddy bear friend to all ... from high school. Trying to find a parking spot in Spain. Ice skating

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014