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• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  getting applicants to share information and insights about their lives in ... to better understand you and your achievements. ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture ... makerspaces, if you know where to look. The issue is, it’s difficult for any one student to know where all the makerspaces are. PhD student Rima Das is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  try to always make the best decision, your life will later read back as ... blindered by your work that you will never be able to look around and see what ... change your life for the better. It can be hard to avoid the treadmill

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of ... collaborate, work with others, and rely on your peers and classmates to succeed. It's a way to teach you that you aren't alone and that your weaknesses

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  you want to be when you grow up. Eventually, you'll get there. And it ... up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We used the phrase when we were little, starting at around kindegarden, to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  Do you want to relive your favorite pop culture moment? Do you enjoy watching your lab partner/roommate/secret crush/pset buddy/TA reveal hidden talents? Do you long for opportunities to support a good cause while being

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  should take another picture at the end but we didn't get the time to do so ... requirements of two majors to get a double degree, rather than a simple double major. This means you get two diplomas at graduation. Probably to decrease

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  side-effect from being here for so long - you become tethered to your ... Today is Day 5, after my laptop refused to boot after turning on ... 've experienced the five stages of grief (one of the few things I managed to retain

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  lonely? But I also adore a wide-open schedule, getting to watch whatever I ... ’s Day plans. I didn’t, so he asked me if I wanted to go out to a nice restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  approved by the hall (or at least not objected to), your door is your own to ... could get painting, so I resolved to paint the tree over spring break ... 't get started until winter break. My zeroth step was to clean my door

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  , used to get 'em Now you're getting fucking sick of looking at 'em.” such ... of your life) i. people who haven’t been in relationships tend to ... i could get x to like me or life would be much better if i were dating

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  , because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... from a corner where the wall is painted black to a corner underneath my ... .  Apparently the UA Committee funds travel grants for MIT students to attend

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  'm pretty sure that you're a bit more likely to get a bid if you appear on one ... for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... couple of things I want to touch on when answering your question. The first

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  ’ve been texting someone, and you’re getting along well. There’s still no way ... that seek you out to spend time with you – be it to get lunch, or to sit ... Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the [annotation

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  biology, architecture and computer programming to design fashionable ... independent designers are producing pieces with scientific content, and Jesse ... using math and biology to produce the designs of their earrings, bracelets

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been putting pencil to paper(s) and finger to keyboard(s), writing my first ... audience, especially when you're trying to explain complicated research to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  extra socks (it's just starting to get extra freezing here in New England ... otherwise, even the little voice in your head that's telling you to just strap ... I am starting to run out of excuses for when I disappear for long

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  going? Well, not too bad. In a way, I can't seem to ever get away from MIT ... introduce myself to them, and they say, "Oh, you're not an undergrad, right ... writing and being nice to people that I don't know). I don't even get carded

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  trip to get fruit snacks from the vending machine. Bryan runs into friend ... that are still fond to your heart in order to move forward. So with that ... depending on your status, undergrad/grad/alum/faculty/staff. I look forward to

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  a decision? If so, what are your remaining questions? What factors are you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of you on the wait list, we won't know if we'll be going to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005