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  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  tremendously surprised I was at how natural the conversation felt. I told him ... about living in Boston, and I shared my frustrations at my home and ... at the world’s greatest academic institution, which happens to share a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the ... actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it's not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimeter; there's also beauty at smaller

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  essentials for you the student to pick up at the store through Pack & Hold ... -campus job possibilities. -- items you use most frequently at your current ... the laptop security stickers sold at Orientation by the MIT Police. They

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  it should be, my problem was that I took these opinions at face value ... this is related to MIT or college life in general, or at least I hope ... opinions at face value. There have been tons of times where I blurt something

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  around -5 F at night, and yet I stayed (mostly) warm.   The secret to ... basically a different outfit.  (At least I count it as a different outfit ... -sleeved shirt and long underwear; you can get these for cheap at Target. That was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  . Why? It's a fun art project. It's tradition at this point, and getting ... in McCormick Hall for about six months. At that point I decided I ... price tier at Home Depot toilet. So did you shoot initially with a toilet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  Last week I started working at the MIT Alumni Association. It was ... for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... (both at MIT and on the road) and have been known to tear up a bit on

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  the next day I could do it no more. Spurts of productivity came at ... the possibility of failure. So I made an appointment at Student Support ... . Every part of my body abhorred that idea. I could not, at the dawn of a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  , and I envision swarms of anxious seniors staying up at night over one ... Boston at sunset, when no one looks at others, but feels them, and where ... . Every day I marvel at their stories. There is a boy on my floor from a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Redmond, WA And what are you up to? Product mechanical engineer intern at ... trips at points this summer, to places around Boston, etc. And GREs ... ? I am doing an internship at Institut Néel, learning how to simulate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  airports and train stations. Yesterday, I was at LaGuardia waiting for a ... touch with my EC and we agreed to meet at his office. He works out in one ... , and glanced up at me with a little twinkle in his eye. Interviewer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  students burgers, as well as dye their hair! Every Friday at 5pm, East ... tube races/battles/funtime. Meanwhile, inside talbot... At the ... it! It was a little strange at first, but we quickly went into

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  get some furniture. Also, while we're at it, Cam's first blog post makes ... series of e-mails from my bff Sophie W. '14. Background: at the end of each ... am writing to remind you that you have until Monday, December 16 at 9

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me ... me. I'm sorry I didn't spend this Thanksgiving at home--I promise I ... in the 3+ months I've been here. Being at MIT has really opened my eyes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm pretty sure they don't actually see me at all in our room since I've been ... done. You know that thing that they say where learning at MIT is like a ... - Notoriously a challenging class at MIT, 2.006 is all about modeling fluid flow

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  . At some point, my letters morphed into their current form - my ... quickly (she was slow.) Having handwriting that you enjoy looking at is a ... .022, then for 8.223. He's a character. // that's supposed to say vacuum at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  provides a "broad base" for physics at all. The approaches in the two fields ... is great! If a course isn't offered at your school, MIT will not ... like math, you are expected to be at a certain level when you get here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  perfectly at ease with social interaction!" Me 2: "Ah-ah-ah, don't be getting ... sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... eventually I'd have to at least meet a few new people. And as orientation week

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  -Student Government at MIT Serious Stuff with Silly Names -Serious Chemicals ... series of alarms, and a lot of sneezing. At some inhumane hour: my friend ... later. At a much more reasonable hour (like, 10am) my alarm. I blew my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  do you think about x global issue" or "what is your goal here at MIT ... idea of at least what direction you're going, but, if you have one, don ... comes first Yeah, academics are important at MIT, but quality friendships

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013