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  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  have a diploma. I have about 100 pictures. I have a sunburn. It's a ... that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for the class of 2012, there has always been one elusive item that confused

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  mind take me wherever it wants. I pull out a piece of paper and a BIC pen and jot everything down. I just had one of these marathon brain ... for now, I’d like to share three pieces of advice. These three pieces of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  things in red cups just like the rest of the nation's college students. The ... : time management. I am sure that many of you can start your homework the ... spots together and it makes you stronger in the end. Stronger managers of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  tired by the end of the day! But I am really happy though since I am doing ... it’s just a lot of exciting things going on!!! First up, my work this ... of the MIT iGEM team. What is iGEM, you may wonder: “The International

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  of college. I hope this entry is a somewhat helpful introduction to ... -down version of what alumni receive. I, along with 100,000+ other MIT grads ... five-year term as Class of 2000 secretary. My first Class Notes deadline

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  family to go to college, and being from a town that sent few of its ... the college of my choosing. On this second and more thorough trip to ... Employer: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology As a consequence of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  a 45 degree angle to the left side of the paper, so it's basically ... not a good idea to staple any part of your college application, actually. Many colleges scan additional sheets of paper that come in, and staples

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include ... from the beautiful roof deck of McCormick Hall; it's worth watching just ... Jeff Silva of Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), who makes each

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  In the CollegeConfidential discussion of my blog post The Difficulty ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT ... fewer-than-half of applicants insufficiently prepared to do the work at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  resident of Green Lake, Seattle for a little over a month now. There's very ... really goes above 80 degrees, and enjoy the infrequent summer drizzles. I ... parks and lakes, and lots of friendly neighborhood cats that love

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as ... TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  humanities, and only one graduate ball represents the coveted MIT diploma. Basically, this class was one of the reasons I came to MIT. Most (maybe all ... engineers, and there are a lot of us! Since February, about 150 mechanical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  Unlike Snively's "Alaska" post of a year ago - which read, in its entirety ... Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of ... earlier this month. My family, while not tremendous travellers, has managed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  -generation college student, yay! But I feel like many of my friends have doctors ... wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The same thing will happen with Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, or

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  whatever classes they want, within the constraint of satisfying their degree ... 's because college teaches you more than just textbooks of information. It ... I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  told they are only admitted to colleges because of their race, gender, or ... have; it’s the system that makes me one of very few college graduates in ... officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  degrees clockwise to face the Harvard bridge, before Kate’s lack of three ... degrees counterclockwise to face Boston. And repeat. After a while of this ... managed a tack turn by wedging the slack of the rope between my knees, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  would adapt and adjust to the rigor and intensity of the course load, if I ... constantly am reminded by the opportunity cost of training and competing full ... went back home just once since I left for college. On the other end, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... interesting experience because you'll get a variety of different kinds of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  second on the list of best colleges for veterans. However, the Institute ... a really bad word to activate the limbic system of the brain (science ... .S. military. The VA didn’t expect me to work for them either. One of my mentor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017