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  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home ... .” Every sneeze is different. Degree of head or body tilt (before and during ... their sneezes cute or adorable. This tends to happen with sneezes of

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  of FOMO immediately resonated with me, almost to the point at which it ... a brief respite finds me on the second floor of [annotation note ... , returning to my dorm, and sleeping, but a desire to commit to the events on my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  spring credit limit is 57 credits, which translates to 4 "full courses" of ... is easy. Generally, you just sign on to the MIT MUN mailing list, and ... extra credits from 30 to 18, which means you only need 2 extra 5's on AP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  you’re proud of, or a realization of how you want to better the world ... ’re choosing to go in no thoughts head empty. Honestly this is the move. Or maybe ... ’ve found is a beautiful, bold act of vulnerability. It takes courage to apply

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  this is a weekend where you spend a short amount of time trying to build ... -dump-way-too-comprehensive-distinctly-personal version of a “How to put on a thousand-person hackathon in six months” guide ... [annotation note="BC FLEX is a chance for all the freshman of Burton-Conner to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  On Friday afternoon, the students and staff of the senior capstone ... ) go to market; they present their products at a huge event before ... projects.  On Friday, that project was to take revenge on some egg

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  , this can also be a good refresher. Some of the following is specific to ... to spend at any given moment, is proportional to the product of these ... with an overwhelming number of quests on top of having to maintain your

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  experience life on the east coast. A lot of kids from my senior class went to ... different, and you get to choose which one you live in. I now think this is ... downtown PA. Start with drinks on Nola's, which is on Bryant right off

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  my friends and I played, or trips to Boston Burger Company I went on ... class and of every race or ethnicity. It is a unique mix that ended up ... this on the day-of-classes-starting eve, is such a blessing. All that

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  [annotation note="this email came on monday, and i had time to kill (which is rare) so i sat down and filled out this incredibly long survey ... aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  chance to start reading again, and to reflect on the semester which had ... performed better. I think it is often too easy for certain kinds of people ... horrifically cursed system of units, where 12 units is considered the equivalent

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  said (in reference to climbing on top of the cabinets to paint the ... temporary rooms: Not very inviting, is it? So we set right to work. The ... Economy Hardware? Sam's blog, of course.) To be fair, it's really not that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to ... MIT arise from accidentally hitting on your TA or forgetting the name of ... for it to come out on DVD, that is, unless you just did something really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  ’s-eye pictures of it, which I was unable to get as I am not, in fact, a bird (as ... a rain of pastries. Or the secret to being good at and/or actually ... √©mon approximation of Tim the Beaver. WRONG.However, I digress. What I really meant to

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  passed and glanced at one or two of these on my way to class at MIT, I can ... indicator bar on its surface that relays to its user that he or she is moving ... -up and now ready to go into training, that the temperature of the horse is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may ... you were admitted on the basis of your merit. So should you report your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... know I'm not the only Jerseyan to say this: Newark is one of the worst ... teacher's aide in an elementary school. If one or more of your parents is an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  . And I'm trying not to get skin cancer.) A better picture of me ... bubble of context, and that you don't have to have a certain GPA or certain ... the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time ... 've found some people to work with on some of the classes. Late nights always ... of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  food on the table, on account of there being simply too much to place ... Okay, I haven't blogged all week... the last week of term here is next week, and teachers aren't allowed to schedule any exams or major

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005