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  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  ="alignnone" width="1000"] A peek into my week of October 1st to 5th, categorized by ... pages from problem to problem, mind drawn to a blank. By the last 30 ... forced myself to get up early to skate from 8-9am before by 9am. I usually

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  pointed at a post on Piazza (a website where students and professors get to ... then implement a full User Interface by semester’s end to tackle that ... Autobiography), or giving several presentations to a classroom full of your peers

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  station was three miles away. Also, if I'm too cheap to get a data plan, by ... . I actually just got out of a thermo test, and now I get to ponder ... soon enough time started to pass by a bit more quickly . I soon learned

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put ... applied to four colleges that had some variation of a Neuropsychology major ... any one thing. If you happen to be looking for an overview of a million

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... assist the shelter, called Ma-Sevana, by a writing fundraising letter. But ... she returned home from her trip, she wanted to empower the girls by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a ... that I knew I wanted to go into neuroscience (which is still a relatively new major at Rice) and the fact that MIT seemed to provide a ton of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  the robot's functions), a human player (who gets to throw balls around ... Ruminants." Get it? Cows? (Yeah, it took me a loooong time to catch on to that one ... , not at all. Admitted Student meetings are just a chance to get to meet

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  By now many of you have seen our new promo video on the website. And ... communication strategy to showcase a constantly changing mix of videos -- from old ... tuned. But for this video, it was our goal to give prospective students a

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some ... ]Granted, this class is still related to STEM, but it takes a much more social ... .000 discovery course,[/annotation]it’s a lot to keep up with.  I was also

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  individuals worst hit by a lack of access to safe drinking water. Worldwide ... 1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to Costa Rica to work with their partners in a community to eradicate the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  I'm currently on a six hour flight back to my sunny, warm, and ... years, I've found myself traveling quite a lot. I've flown to London every ... , but this means that flights just force me to think. A lot. In the time

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  , as a described in that post, that it's possible to overtrain both body and mind to the point where either/both get injured. That's what ... what I'm going to do today. I might swing by HMart, buy some snacks, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  slides, etc) online for people to get a similar educational experience as ... to college without trying to get a perfect GPA first semester. You ... need a perfect GPA to get into MIT?" short answer, no. long answer to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  then wind yourself through a bit of awkward hallway to get to the library ... embarked upon a journey -- a long journey! An arduous journey! -- to visit ... that if a different person visited these libraries, they could get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  What To Bring To MIT Next Fall? If you're planning on having a bike, make sure to bring a good bike lock. Maybe four. I don't actually know if it's been stolen - I have a tendency to...forget where I leave things. Like my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who's teaching you a subject you are not planning to further pursue, as against the ... provided good answers to a lot of the questions about the process): The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  who aren't slackers, you can visit this page to get a good idea of what ... is the most fun topic. I was so, so excited to get the i3 video. i3 ... freshmen can make a more educated choice about where they want to live. Of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  last weekend just to get a Starbucks Green Tea Frappuccino. Well, I ... simultaneous conversations about: --how we should take a trip to Germany next ... too much" in the words of a popular website --delicious chicken

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  required HASSes so it's a good rule of thumb to try and get one out of the ... major. This is a good way to still get started on your major requirements ... 't like writing all that much. That's even more of a reason to get your

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  way through a ropes course. Learn to paint. Roll your own sushi. Wear paper clothing. Travel to Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Spend a day ... weeks. Next week, however, some students will begin arriving on campus to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014