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  50 Reflections

  

  . I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. MIT alums often ... push boundaries, to improve the world. There isn't a day that goes by in ... world and about what I wanted to contribute to it. Much of the time I am

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seak out ... shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let’s call it my stomach ... -tanned shoulders the Disc of the World rests, garlanded by the long waterfall at its

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  Performs Engineering Feat On Second Visit” (March 5, 1926) “I Am Thy Father

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... 's experience. The Recruiting Timeline Unlike college apps, a lot of people apply ... school by now and are just pouring your soul into your college apps, but

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  way in the world of business. The management major doesn't need force or ... , but it's also a vision of the world's systems working in harmony ... programming that'll make the world better. Artist: Elizabeth W. '26, major in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  and figuring out how exactly you can make the world a better place. So ... sinking feeling and nightmarish chaos and the entire world shunning you

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  science and anthropology. I have learned new ways to look at the world and ... the world works. Nothing can be done without consideration for politics

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  else in the world. In other words, you didn't waste a single solitary ... the best of both worlds.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  world – so far I have worked on projects in Ireland, Oman, Fiji, Ghana ... cosmopolitan cities in the world. My five-kilometre commute to work takes a mere

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  few A's. You're on top of the world! You've proven yourself worthy of attending one of the most challenging and respected universities in the world

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  not I'm at work); that, or the world just hates me. Anyway, I was ... transmitter (among other things), and all was right with the world. Of the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  world, because I am alive. Depression reveals itself in different forms ... had withdrawn from the world around them. Some have had frequent anxiety ... pulling myself out of depression has transformed how I think of the world

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  to impact this country, but is going to impact the world. I’m learning ... the world record for deportations in this country—over 2 million, just ... and how we see how the world should be in the future. We don’t only have

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  who had all just gotten laid off, not so much. So the real world and my ... MIT utterly failed to prepare me for the real world.  I wish there had ... training in Excel (the most important engineering software in the real world

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  fields of work. 7. The Real World, Year 1: Value People Skills as well as ... specific knowledge and technical skills and tasks. The real world is not so ... that it’s nearly impossible to work without them. 8. The Real World

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  ), World You Come From ("world" - 250 words), Significant Challenge ... enjoyed the "world" essay - and I thought it was the one of the best prompts ... . Both the "world" and the "challenges" essay are structured so that it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  changes they make in the real world. Unfortunately the commencement video ... molecules. Reformulate the equation. In short, I want you to hack the world, until you make the world a little more like MIT: more daring and more

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  Technology, one of the world's most famous universities. MIT students are some ... change we want to see in the world. With the recent global amplification ... students in the world, and young faculty members, comes from what people have

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  I cared about more than almost anything in the world. Almost anything ... . They are about the many worlds which at once overlap with and stand apart ... lens of these books, I can almost feel these other worlds vibrating

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  the wider world — benefits that have been recognized in the Court ... context. We believe it is crucial for the successful future of our world to ... the world.[/annotation] However, it may be that the Supreme Court

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023