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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  . To check sight target, the eyes shouldn't be focused on the target, but ... before looking up from the sights, and looking at the target. I couldn't ... kind of target. It wasn't a target I was proud of. Air pistol is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any ... -productive flow state was efficient in the short term, but it wasn’t sustainable for ... support my reading. Though this hasn’t been all fun and games—crafting the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  here's the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the Cambridge area. however, even if there wasn't a pandemic, I wouldn't be able ... don't know what the healthy balance is. my process for meeting up with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  determine if you are a good fit for the community? Student: I don't know ... don't know. Me:  Once you decide on the most important thing, you ... essays generally turn out better?  I don't know, but I hope so.  Now, I am

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  This past semester, I haven't been taking much care of myself. Lately ... squeeze these entire ten hour labs into three days so I don't have to worry ... building and building and building and unfortunately I just haven't had the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  with "Washlava," a laundry platform consisting of IoT-connected machines ... )"]part of the building with no elevator.[/annotation] It wasn't a huge deal ... host summer residents[/annotation] or [annotation note="I didn't have a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNBgyziNrA&t ... can’t write about what it’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for ... Slideroom and fill out the blogger application, due July 31. If anything isn't

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  we wouldn't end up with that order. and....you guessed it ... us finished their drink. definitely wasn't me[/caption] ventis, no ... beach wasn't too crowded, but the water was really fucking cold. we spent

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  couldn’t get myself to blog about because staring at screens hurts. So here ... : 4. Recently I’ve been thinking about all the places I didn’t get a ... home, I haven’t spent this much time at home since high school. I’d like

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  some really cool folks that i don't think i would've run into at MIT ... to admit, but i had a note on my phone that listed people who i didn't ... activation energy to reaching out to people isn't as high as you think, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  IAP is a concept I didn’t really understand until last month, oops ... didn’t really get accepted anywhere. But that’s fine, because there are ... aren’t really normal classes. Some differences between normal classes and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  disclaimer, I don’t think paper revisions should be like this. In fact, it ... wasn’t in the mood for another set of bad news. “No rejection today,” I ... ), so my grind didn’t start until week 2, where I started off with a 14

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  s t[/caption] My personal favorite entry was created by Alex Quach from C2: Art indeed.   And don't miss this entire music video ... ! I wish I'd been able to participate this year—it's sad that we won't

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  these strikes from their parents, and think, "Wow, I can't believe they ... the people had the power to enact change. A lot of the time, it doesn't ... aren't just one person fighting against many. And we are not powerless in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  that might fit. But all I can think about is the things that don’t, and ... feel so familiar, there’s a feeling I can’t really describe. As if I ... don’t either leave things or take them with us. We do both. The

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  .009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long[annotation note="The flu isn't fun, kids :("]since I last blogged ... again, I remember how much I love it and I don't feel like I'm making the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  . What is there to study here that isn't Technology? It turns out, due to ... 's acronymal third letter! At MIT, you get to choose your own T. Most students ... -Profit Universities. The Massachusetts Institute of Tribology: I don't know much about

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  eventually...). But since I don't really have anything interesting to say about IAP yet, and I couldn't think of a single unified topic to write about ... Lydia K. so generously created for us bloggers who can't think of anything

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have ... 'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  of all places? Wouldn't other countries be more fun to visit?" Like my ... from the world of those times of war. Japan isn't a perfect country. But

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018