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  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  ; Of particular interest to our office are the Class of 2017 ... years, we, as MIT staff, have come to know and work with so many of them ... chance to see them strive and struggle, and to become the people we knew

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... greatness. We reported to the sailing pavilion at 5:30 am on Saturday ... airport we quickly stopped at a grocery store for food and the hotel to drop

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to ... lot of work to do. So, when I arrived on campus, I was pleased to see ... (and other delicious things) they've made to celebrate Pi Day (which is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  Is this what it's like to be an upperclassman and only take classes ... ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... this class teaches you specifically how to write safe, well-verified, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action ... I wanted to post a quick entry that answered some of them publicly. What new stuff should I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... over the grill. From weekly family dinners, to Pancake Sunday with my brothers, to just hanging out making lunch with my mom, meals have always

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  than those I just mentioned. I have, however, been able to do some pretty ... to play with), I realized how much I missed my synths from back home. Luckily, I live close enough to home so that when my parents came up to

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called ... allowed me to stay calm, I started seeking help to manage my stress, and I ... 't have anything to do, I felt guilty - like I should be doing work or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  On New Year's Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When ... integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who ... silent, he cued Elder McKinley, who asked us to join the cast in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  've been using since Interphase to make my life a little bit easier ... absolutely fall in love with the class (shoutout to Tim P.(but to be fair, every TA for this class was amazing)). 2. Try to go to recitation, it

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  Cailou (a show my young sister was adamant to watch) I'd saunter off to the kitchen to make some food before hopping on the computer for what little ... levels in WoW, FlyFF, Maplestory, or whatever other free to play MMORPG I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  straight face, I asked Jenn to go inside and get the sheet off the bed so that I could put it in the washing machine. When she tried to push the ... country. They go to school in Michigan, California, DC, down the street at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  responded to his offer first and would therefore be receiving the Dalai Lama ... them in the "Miscellaneous" category, and wondered if my posts ought to be a bit more topical. I proceeded to spend two weeks freaking out

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  To all of this year’s applicants: Pi day is long gone, and after 6 ... think that by the way I was feeling, I had been determined to go here ... eventually going to have to think about. All I really knew was that I liked to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ...  or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel ... isn't so surprising. When applying to MIT three years ago (it's been 3

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  . According to a recent New York Times blog titled "The Rise of the Toilet ... think of. As our Internet culture continues to mature, words such as ... aware of this problem in my life until our trip to Seoul in my last week

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable ... -credit basis to drivers until they’ve paid off and own their own vehicle. In

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  Architecture & Planning students to Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain to explore foreign architecture and ... Dima Ayyash, Maggie Nelson and Nathan Prevende, went through MISTI to try

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in addition to being a WWII vet, was also ordained as a nondenominational ... that, I won't be posting quite so much. But I did want to take a moment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011