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  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  make for the future, and a lot of those decisions involve advising. When ... all the choices you have to make when starting your first year of ... don't get at the end of their time here - a degree. And so Paul had the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone ... time and one finish time for all of its 20,000 participants? Instead, the ... A on the exam. Fast forward to the end of the semester and we see that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and ... thirty minutes away from Alewife, and the little journey began. All four of ... era of the Ancient Greeks and approached that of “the Moderns”. When we

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first batch came out underdone, but a friend gave me a different method and the ... ignore that, and probably all the other stuff. I was so, so wrong

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?

  SMART is MIT's first, and to-date only, research center outside the ... postdoctoral associates and graduate students, and collaborate with researchers from universities, research institutes, and industries in Singapore and
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

   club teams and dozens of intramural sports available. Whether you're a potential Olympic contender or if this is the first time you've ever thrown a ... ! Students interested in playing varsity sports should contact the coach of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  geeks, and this is a class that plays to the strengths of computer geeks ... structure of the UNIX time-sharing system, and the design of the Ethernet. 6 ... class (either 9.07 or one of the others) for the major. Honestly, I hate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  must first understand the world’s wide variety of people and backgrounds ... of the Class of 2018 (and newly-elected member of the MIT Corporation ... figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  the murals, graffiti, and what some would call "vandalism" of ... the walls of our living spaces, and helps define, complement, and ... people and culture that have existed within the bounds of those walls. It

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  Thursday night was my first Central Meeting of the year. Not only did it conflict with the season premiere of Ben's favorite show, The O ... matter how innovative and well maintained, the systems of levees, seawalls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  , my collaborators—friends—and i were wrapping up the first draft of a ... problems in the first chapter, and i thought to myself "i can't solve that ... were utterly confused, now makes sense. and at the end of every semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the ... right afterwards. This was the first and only time she had gone to Rutgers ... . And Junot Díaz stressed the importance of making one's family also feel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  nerdiness on your chest for the viewing pleasure of small children and ... come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... them for the last couple of months, by the way. College application time

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  of us speculated back and forth -- would we know the person already ... passed -- and then the door opened again and a group of people walked in ... particular culture, and the importance of listening to and building trust with

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  , and on the evening of the event, I arrived happily unaware that MIT ... poignant, reflecting the mild craziness of balancing relationships and ... was glorious, and won first place.) After that, we heard a lot of poems

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life ... offer. It was with me the first time I went abroad and has been to as many ... cloud instead and I was behind on the rest of the mountain of work I had

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars ... around me men shuffle and snore. Reviews rave about the cool concept of ... pitfalls of working at a startup, and on the many forms of engineering and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  thread about the first AI model, Shudu, who often gets hired in place of ... Cami: A link to vote for my classes and the blogpost Aiden: Normeo and ... Tok describing the sluttiness of sweaters for my friend Julian '23 Cami: This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  . This week was pretty crazy - due the combination of the some illness and ... Speaking of deadlines coming up really soon, the blogging scholarship ... more of this to come later, but for now, thank you so much for the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  On the third day there was abundant sunshine and temperatures were in ... treacherous stream in rustic fashion. This is the best picture, so it goes first ... nearby mountainside, a patch of particularly dense foliage has assumed the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005