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  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  start volunteering at a local hospital. Nurse: Birth date? Me: 31 October ... , at the elementary school where I volunteer on Tuesday afternoons. My ... at the sink, and carried it over to the table. Silence fell as the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  note="I just discovered this jasmine oolong tea at a Chinatown ... that existed prior to college applications. Even at MIT, I’ve rarely felt ... commits the crime (murder) within the first 10 pages, and then spends the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  dinner at Pika for the first time. It was kind of cold, and I was tired ... , because to be honest, I’d been feeling weird about UROPing at all. I didn ... "]email[/annotation]about the bio UROP mixer—I looked at my schedule, saw that I was free

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  at MIT, my mom couldn’t contain her tears. Holding my hand, she was the ... sentimental; inspired by my dad, I’ve set off to intern in Germany for the ... her. She’s closer to my parents than I was at her age; since visiting me

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  going to. But still – at least I knew I’d be going to school somewhere ... moon at NASA, imagining what the moon as the 8th continent of Earth would ... internal reflection.  I got lunch with a high school friend recently back in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  've been doing the last two years at mit. i need to leave and stretch and ... into keeps me up at night: the moving and the furniture-acquiring and the ... scariness than any of them did. i've never felt quite like this before at the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  develop a docking port for little satellites on the International Space ... case, it's kind of delicate and at the same time kind of badass, becase ... satisfaction and ego that I sat down at a soldering station and started stripping

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  released, which defeats at least half the purpose of the whole form. And ... subject section like this: Java I (taken at B.C.C.) A+ Multivariable ... circumstances? Some schools -- including many international schools -- have no

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  Do you ever feel like you can't do just one thing at a time? These ... story. (Photo credit: Woohae Cho for the International Herald Tribune ... winter at the very least. Admission was just 10,000 won, which is a little

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  UROPs. You've heard about them before, but here's a refresher. At ... at every new cut was a real "whoaaaaa what?" moment :) But though ... satellites on the International Space Station! How cool is that?! Just a

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  , interning in China allowed me to really step back and re-evaluate what I want ... combination of those). I'm not even a senior yet, but at this half-way point, I ... advisor yesterday, and at some point he said, "When the time comes, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  freshmen are just starting to filter in due to FPOPs or international ... people at MIT who want to help you, who are willing to help you - though ... ask, they'll at least help you figure out where you should actually be

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... closest with Tom DeWitt, a marketing professor (also on the committee) at ... project, look at these sites: • http://www.livingeconomies.org • http

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  relief to finally understand everything people said, but here I am, at MIT ... to have fun at the same time. Surprisingly enough, I actually came up ... and Design and minor in International Relations. I also plan to spend a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : American Inventor Wednesday, July 25 at 9/8c "Episode 207" Time for America ... undergrad at Georgia Tech, David Moeller, on the invention. Here's the blurb ... relies on an internal rotary mechanism." I hope you'll watch, and, if their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  multimedia thing our teacher and others put together internally at MIT, using ... funny when they’re so worked up, shouting at each other into little ... ’t have an Xbox. :) We got a couple more Anthonys at EC – one on my floor

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  Lloyd Banks performed.) - an International Fair that sells yummy food from ... dessert at a cafe next to Mike's Pastries, which is probably the North End ... senior prom. Well, did you know that you'll have a senior prom at MIT too

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  Initiative at MIT is a new multidisciplinary research and education effort that ... one another." "The Environment at MIT" website: "MIT's focus on the ... entire community. Use this site to learn about everything environmental at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  completely unsupervised at first, as if it was just going for a casual stroll ... sheet music at the 26-100 piano that, upon sight reading in my head ... sure that 16,000+ pages of exams have been fairly graded. It’s chaotic

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  is ai so bad at making hands?[/caption] Recently, I read something by ... the same (and a quick glimpse at Twitter would prove that they ... conversation between the page and me, and that journey won’t disappear simply

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023