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  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  ,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest series adieu (not going to lie, it’s a bittersweet ... . Since then, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the key to ... naturally lined up with that. Summer is a time for MIT students to spend three

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  , and I begin to hyperventilate a little bit. A lot bit. After Nina finds ... say that trying to will my body back to homeostasis topped off with a 11 ... 't help but be reminded, like when Obama came to MIT a few Fridays ago. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  . My specific role in the project is to work with my postdoc to find ... him a few days ago, and Langer Lab used some of its massive budget to throw a celebratory champagne party.  Which I was not invited to.  Sad

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before, however, my exchange friends and I did a pre-Spring Break weekend trip in ...   Earlier this month, here at ETH, we had our spring break a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I'm glad I had a time to see my parents, friends, and get a taste of home ... there and you do what you need to in the course of your daily routine. A

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  having a painted room over a white one without having to do any work? Mike said: i don't really know how to say this but i've been trying to find a ... , but I wonder how hard it is to keep a pet at college. Do you have a pet

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  to give me a helicopter ride if I ever find myself in San Diego. We did ... public outreach a gajillion notches - $11,906 worth of notches, to be ... 's difficult to say "hey! you should start a FIRST Robotics team!" when you also

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  ” computers). Somehow, finding this led you to the grocery produce number for a ... (Read on to find why, after this commercial break). The third floor ... (If anyone finds the pattern, I will be suitably impressed.) After a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  a lot of pressure to find my passion, as though doing work i loved and ... which finding and committing yourself to work you love is like romantic ... lingering doubts about going to grad school dissipated. there was a moment

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  scary and a lot to ask of a teen whose brain is not yet fully developed ... first assignment was to profile a person or a place in about two minutes. The instructor was considering removing the option to choose a place

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  . Accents are a real thing, and it’s a humbling experience to find that people ... rather than give up and leave you to find your way alone. I expect a lot of ... a half hour’s reach of my parents at any given time. Now I had to fly

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  was probably the one event I was most excited to go to. There were a lot ... much milk as you possibly can. Casein (a protein found in milk) binds to ... tried to kick a small target on someone who’s running away from me. By the

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  Jimmy (left) works on Groups, a great way to connect with other beginning programmers from Missouri to Mexico. We kept walking to find Fitbit to ... companies like Bloomberg and Intuit were up to.. and we made a brief

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  , taking a class surrounded by countless other students. Similar to the ... need some time to get accustomed to a new atmosphere, but over time, I ... exceptions :o"]STEM classes,[/annotation]but often find it difficult to ask

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the ... . But it’s also a bit of a comfortable spot to do some reflecting and ... went to the end of a T line was when some of my podmates and I went out

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

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  friends back home to make them jealous.  Here's a quick recap of what I ... was as good a time as any to cast off my noobishness.  I'm taking Intro to Python (6.S189), and it's actually a really fun class.  In the first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  us know that you wish to be considered for a blogging position. As most ... 't currently have a blog and you want to be considered, you should probably start ... built a swingset for my kids! Prior to CPW, I used a wheelbarrow to haul

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers ... opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to ... on a game and analyze it akin to what one of our author’s does). If you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  travel, to research, or to visit classmates. Find a way to go -- MIT will ... found funny without knowing why. Learn how to print from a non ... (and by extension, you) is paying a gazillion dollars to have a top

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007