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• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  you need to carry cake to work on your bike, then you sort of wish for a ... some notes for a poem I’m planning to write when I get back, just in time ... because I didn’t know where to buy cake. I also had an end

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  packed up our winter clothing and headed to Colorado to spend a week in the snowy mountains. (I always find it funny that I look forward to going home over break to escape the Boston weather, but spend half of the break in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let ... to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of ... Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won't be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go to vote for MIT you get this lovely screen: YAY!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  arbitrary wing in Next. You’re allotted one week to wander around and figure ... your room”. He says “the room was completely inferred”"]ride to my room ... concerned about when I’d actually be able to get to sleep. To be clear, I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to ... I've stopped watching this sneezing puppy long enough to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  ET). To check your decision on the 16th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids ... is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a Class 1 storm), the foreboding weather phenomenon that caused Boston to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  action-packed week, and I’m interested to hear your opinions on some of the ... few weeks you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look from yours truly at the ... than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have to have a co-signer if you're under 18." I was like, "I AM TWENTY

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  come next. I wanted to complete the Turnaround, I wanted to get freshmen ... other. We were even lucky enough to get a meeting with the upper level ... my stomach. It reminds me of the countless mistakes I made to get here

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  must be dying to hear what I've been up to. I expect the barrage of questions and interrogations to start pouring in any day now. Just kidding. However, lucky you, I'm going to tell you what I've been doing anyway. I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  afraid to think outside the box. Your base discipline, that which you are ... can even do a lot with just one. Where you get with your “two” might ... ’s also the area people think about the least: how your brain knows to move

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2 ... 've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I ... but honestly gone to my graduate student and reported each of my

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

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  attempting to fall asleep, having heard stories of people doing this at times ... and I rolled out of bed and ran 3 miles and ate breakfast and walked to ... audition because I missed the actual auditions and trudged to the other side

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions & Coca-Cola Check-in Last-minute questions, and Coca-Cola Scholars check-in.

  

  there get a chance to connect!). ... With CPW less than a day away, I'd like to use the comments for this ... do this in Mollie's latest entry). Students who have to miss CPW for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break! A little guessing game.

  

  I have to travel east from Boston to get there. ... At approximately 9.30 pm on Thursday night, Spring Break will begin. I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  ) - so I didn't get a chance to practice before then. Disaster. My first ... challenge to get any noise out of the instrument, since the amount of air ... are over, so don't worry: your face has nothing to fear.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011