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  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical, Fiddler on the Roof. If you’ve never seen it, then REMEDY THAT. ;) And while ... quiet, humble city. When I first arrived, it didn’t take but a morning and

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand ... wanted to answer some of the questions I get the most, and provide specific

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  those 60 seconds were going to be my last, and then loudly putting my ... computer lab I’d sneak glances at neighboring people’s wpm and quietly gloat ... grades and outgrew the small staircases, my place in the hierarchy of smart

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  . Registration went by easy enough and I was pleased with my decisions. Term rolled ... Head over to /r/confession and you'll find this post lurking near the ... 'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  Science and Engineering, assigned it as one our journal club readings.) an ... that in real life) Guys. Science is really, really cool. It's amazing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  problem is that people like pictures. And people like to know about the lives of MIT students. BUT, right now even though I have both pictures and ... (researching at a Department of Defense Research and Development Laboratory

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  , even with so much time, money, and energy invested in that outcome. Yet ... took the class twice and dropped it twice. It wasn't just because it had difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  about missing me while I was off at grad school, and now, I'm reposting ... : Mikey received an email from a student who had been admitted to MIT and ... and brightest... and I'm a bit worried that I'm not as bright and shiny

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  locations in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville. All of these services are free ... just curious to see what it's like. And lucky for you, I've got the scoop ... , and about another 24 percent of students live in [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  denied five years ago. He and I had emailed a bit when he was denied, but I ... really nice note, and maybe an encouraging one, so I asked him if I could blog it, and he said I could. I've reproduced it in its entirety and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  food. Not wanting a fight this morning, I ran to the kitchen, and dug through boxes of cereal and bunches of fruit until I found something that ... 17th was a Saturday, and it started out as a good one. I was awoken by

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  's day, john invited me and two other members of my team, joseph and claire ... us. he took three chopsticks and arranged them as he explained. one along the length of the boat, and two for the sails. he took the pen he

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  where I UROP in real life and Chris was once a research assistant. I had ... woman, directed by a real MIT black woman, and “lives” in a real MIT black ... new Iron Man with Riri Williams.” This sentence, and the conversation

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  This blog post was written by Mitra, Sam, and Bryan. In 1994, one of ... , subtracted, and then I had to walk down the hall and back as I started to shed ... began following the lives of Ben, Matt, and Mitra. Soon after, Sam and I

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  closes and you receive your bounty through a slot at the bottom! Ice cream ... warm weather, and finally, the cost of real estate. I declined an offer for a free novelty and watched as their boss started walking down the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  in advance, here's considerations on picking classes and schedules ... and second semesters. See also: Cami's post. I have no clue and I need ... good chance to meet other first-years; and third, you get a requirement

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  group of people dressed as fruits (including an orange, pineapple, and ... /wing/entry/house/floor, your frat, your sorority, your independent living group, etc. and celebrate and show your community spirit! And one of the main ways people do

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  that our lab does is really related to anything the Echo can do, and they ... , so I asked [our group director] to get a couple.” And thus I learned ... : The Media Lab has a lot of money This manifests itself in many ways

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  the ocean are cloud-free and thus useful to downlink, which would use ... After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and ... discovered that satellites are extremely cool, aerospace research is fun and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned getting my ketchup taken away and them dragging me kicking and screaming ... chemistry and 7 meant biology; I didn't know where building 4 was and that you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006