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

  

  island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... . Another seemingly spontaneous addition to our lab’s gadget arsenal was a 3 ... day here, our group director (let’s call him Larry. He oversees my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  dramatized version of Elton John’s life unfolded on our shared TV. I’d never ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s The more I listened the more I felt the lyrics deeply, and the more ... , here’s to singing "I’m still standing" softly to myself and loudly to a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  Pods. I wondered at this approximation of Maslow’s. Who needed self ... dollar bills. “How’s school going?” Her voice formed the shape of ... summer I read former Yale professor William Deresiewicz’s sharp rebuke of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  computer lab I’d sneak glances at neighboring people’s wpm and quietly gloat ... people had wpm’s over 100. Other people started beating me at SET. Other ... moment I joined the MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group to see everyone’s

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  . Sometimes on mahogany walls. It’s not diverse, but still a bit impressive ... “participate” in Harvard College now. What’s even more exciting is now I have ... Library, the second largest public library system in the U.S. (Disclaimer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  You might have read Kathleen’s earlier blog posts (one, two) about a ... surprised I ever found him given the low number of course 14s. I gave him my ... in either 14.30 or 14.05, and further in 14.19 our junior fall.  There’s

  • by Paolo A. '21 G
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  Pao, Pad Kraprow, etc. "]pakaprow.[/annotation]I love it so much that it’s ... other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to ... . It’s tough, but I like a challenge. [caption id="attachment_88968

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  (Preface: This post is essentially a tribute/continuation of Selam’s ... this year’s cohort of students applying to MIT to know that as well! If ... Immersive Media Production), but it was lotteried and it’s difficult to get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  proportion of international students in a U.S. institution. In a 1917 Boston ... Maclaurin traveled the world to recruit foreign students. Numbers prove MIT’s ... these students’ stories and, through their experiences, affirm MIT’s

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  ’ve described the lessons that I learned in the order I learned them, but there’s ... through. Then, it’s also important to look closely at the situation, figure ... over winter or summer break, rent a car with friends, and see what’s out

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  for kicks, let's revisit Junior Fall for a sec, and see how all that ... . Or so I thought. Here's the progression of my todo list leading ... no idea what's going on at ETH and don't know any upperclassmen

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  It’s been 3.5 years since I came to the United States from Nigeria ... , Mediterranean, Ethiopian--and as a self-proclaimed foodist, it’s been one of my ... country’s honor in backdrops of explosions. It was awesome.   6

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  mini-crisis about what the hell I’m doing with my own life. It’s my ... year and it’s a good chance to see everybody before the semester begins ... I’m not sure that’s the best description, actually. It seems to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  ’d imagine belongs to two MIT grads and a master’s student:   Here, on the ... stove is on a different fuse, and for that we are very lucky. Here’s how ... disagree, even though the directions are written on the box, but it’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  ," the Faculty Houses. The dorm's name of '93 would last for ... , which is also the older one: there's never been a point at which ... great copy of the photo, but here's what did come out: (Click to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  School’s done a first-rate job on making me feel like an outcast for it. “You can get a fee waiver once you give us a copy of your parent’s 1040 ... ’t consider my school’s administration supportive or welcoming. My family felt

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  even wanting it to. And maybe occasionally there’s still people on the ... you would do--it’s more concerning if someone has a plan than just a ... eventually, I went to a slot at Let’s Chat, a program started at MIT fairly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  with my friend Tom to meet some of our former teachers. It’s been a while ... school’s been through during the COVID quarantine and the years following ... where I came from anymore. If there’s one major takeaway I got from high

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  possible, “It’s not you; it’s MIT.” In the meantime, I hope you take the ... . ‘14 MEng ‘16 Pi Day Eve by Ceri R. '16 to the 2019s in anticipation ... K. '14 MEng '16 Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) by Lydia

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  learning their parents’ language. The second sort of child liked their family’s ... ’t Denver’s problem, even though the area we lived in wasn’t very diverse, but ... unresponsible! Why would she curl such a small child’s hair?” She couldn’t tell I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016