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Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.
In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up and down the California coast visiting friends and family. I worked last -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.
Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity: "Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each -
FAQ / Life and culture
Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?
relatives and friends were requesting help with their academics, so he started -
FAQ / Life and culture
What is MIT Code?
MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.06, which is 4-0-8, for 6-5. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. Translation: You could be in Room 10 -
Blog / MISTI
A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark
, ‘uh-huh, go ahead, bro, I’ll text my friends whatever you say,’ until he ... that most Americans also thought I talk fast. Then I texted my friends ... The day in question is Thursday, one day before the end of my -
Blog / Community Projects
[guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog
This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the first friends I made here at MIT and my favorite "homegrown ... catch up with some of my friends still in high school. Visiting the -
Blog / Personal Travel
chasing the aurora a celestial hunt
pm, I called my friend Caitlin O. '25 and proposed an aurora adventure ... " align="aligncenter" width="1000"] credit: Aleks Siemenn (my research grad student)[/caption] research group chat All evening, my [annotation note -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Signs of Life communication in a covid world
graduating!, a funny tweet sent to a friend, or a tag on MIT Confessions. On occasion, I’ve used Zoom or FaceTime to get a sense of realness in my ... ="53108" /] Little friends greeting pedestrians: [carousel image1="53118" image2 -
Blog / Academics & Research
Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT
ended up being was me bringing my friends food on demand. I remember ... science--’Course 6’. So much so, that about a third of my class ended up ... . My path to entrepreneurship resulted from an entirely different set of -
Blog / Events
Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection
Send-Off Event, a highlight of my August. The welcome from organizers and ... college life. Would my sister Skype with me often? How could I stick all my ... friends in Central Ohio. Calm upperclassmen who taught me how to pronounce -
Blog / Challenges
Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.
of CP Sean Collier). Many of my friends have changed their facebook ... It's hard to wrap my head around the chain of events that unfolded within the last couple of hours. As emails flooded my inbox around 10 -
Blog / MISTI
Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind
because there are many more internship opportunities there in my major ... critical to enjoy the work that you are doing. In my case, I found a good ... research involving polymer chemistry. I enjoyed the best of a friendly -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Snow On working in a winter wonderland.
- opt for wool or fleece instead) and you'll be fine. One day, during my ... 's -51C) wind chill. A few friends and I bundled up and traipsed around the ... campus the night they left, and I took some on my way into work this -
Blog / Academics & Research
One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.
with friends. The second reason it's a hard question to answer is ... example, this is my week: Studying for my 24.900 (linguistics) midterm tomorrow Studying for my 5.12 (organic chemistry) test on Wednesday -
Blog / About Decisions
After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.
all over again. When one of those friends was accepted, her joy was my ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... my classes, my dorm, my fraternity, the hacks, the research -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.
. (Most of my friends at other schools have 8 AM or even 7:30 classes. When ... of my very favorite things in life, which is somewhat sensible if you ... kept detailed track of my sleep patterns for almost three years now. I -
Blog / How to Human
An MIT survival guide
This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading ... give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it's just a nice place to sit and think. So here's my list of Things I -
Blog / Advice
Two Years and how it's changed me
love MIT. Let me tell you about my friends, without naming names: They ... In my first blog post ever, I wrote about my first three weeks at MIT ... , on Fifth West, which is a wonderful hall filled with cats and friends -
Blog / Challenges
good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17
—Piper is a nickname some old friends gave me. my favorite type of candy is ... night. right now, it’s 8:30 AM. hello. let me introduce myself. my name ... talk to each other. section 1–2:30 PM, team D. that’s my team. that was