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• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  Singapore (It’s amazing how we managed to meet at another city half way around ... much more emotion and meaning! At the end of the musical, I was singing ... picture at Little Venice in London gave me a deja-vu. I hope my nerdy

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  Transportation is a much smaller conference put on at the end of the week by the ... year, but I figured I would at least ask, and now here I am. The grant I ... what this week will entail and what type of issues are at the forefront

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  during my first semester at MIT. The past two weeks have been surprisingly productive, tiring and relaxing at the same time. I've learned that Python is ... bad two weeks at all. My biggest concern is fighting off scurvy, now

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  The last time I wrote a post as I was flying at some undetermined ... say with complete accuracy, that I am flying over Elmira, NY at 24 ... pot pie from scratch (do not laugh at my n00b crust-decorating skills

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  take some classes at MIT at the econ and anthropology departments. It has ... friends over a drink at a café or bar (especially Berlin

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing ... accomplished what I set out to do: earn my graduate degree…at the cost of ... : Memorial drive. As I drive to my apartment, I can’t help but feel at home; it

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  taking advantage of opportunities I didn't have at home ^_^)  In any case ... that there was no massive video-game-esque explosion at these crashes ... ... that is another bite of my life at MIT. As has been a frequent

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  ). I, like many (but not all) at MIT, knew I wanted to go into math and ... was at home (unlike that school down the road where I didn’t even bother ... ’ll feel once I get situated at MIT, I do know I will learn here. About the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  remember videotapes - it was, at the time, a major production. It cost ... range of social and cultural activities that round out a student’s life at ... prospective students, to showcase life at MIT “as seen through the eyes of a boy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  for Malgorzata and Melanie. We gathered at a restaurant that specializes ... , so we get to manage our time for work, travel, leisure. (At the moment ... old, 70-years at least I'd say. She's not very pushy, as is often the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  with a mug of tea contemplating how I've reached the point I'm at. If ... international development.  It's amazing how things change. At this point in the ... to potholes, looking at how federal policy affects local projects

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  for help. I've asked so many questions at lab that I've probably driven my grad student crazy at times. When something doesn't make sense, it ... solvent buffer in and then the 2 microliters. My grad student just looked at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  when I started, and I get to look back at all I've done. Not gonna lie ... , everything was completely new, and there was a lot. At MIT I learned how to ... both myself, engineering, and life. Plus, I mean, really, look at this

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  from every song I ever heard at a dance from 6th-8th grade. Could my ... them. Others are just cool links for things that happened at MIT. The ... organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  and compacting all the fun parts of a year at MIT into three days. Thusly, five minutes at CPW will leave you far more informed about campus ... . At least I wasn't dropping his class. Know this: average MIT frat

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... (s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... visit through our Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  “Help!” by the Beatles. Relevant verse reproduced at the bottom, for your ... time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved ... . Phew. That first one WAS just a fluke. And then I looked at the comments

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  before). I also get the chance to sing at my church (Pentecostal ... friends are in a band at MIT that is affectionately known as Love and a ... I am a PRO at stick figures. Just wanted to show you some of my

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  MyMIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap ... Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in advance, and we'll do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  work at it. If you have three tests coming up in next week, you might ... to get all As at MIT, and I know people who have done it. Plus, there ... office hours are more or less lifesavers. What exactly happens at CPW? The

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010