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• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... . the foreword by ross gay was enough to dissolve me into tears. i did a ... world. This is why attending to what we love, what we are astonished by

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  in a recent post by Hamsika - as part of MIT's Four Weeks For America ... My first final exam at MIT was 8.012: "Physics For Masochists ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  setting up a blind date system for the microbes to get to know each other ... the poster with the llama gets to be in the top half. +1 for the Pac ... didn't want to make it seem like I was judging them personally by vaguely

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  desire to stay in academia at least for a while yet. Hearing me talk, he ... science and ambition, for me, necessarily need to be opposed? As it turns ... . I wanted to get into the best schools, I dreamt of MIT, and, well

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  well. So sometimes I sit in a cubicle 9-5 by myself without speaking to ... ? A few things: 1. I get to learn about so many things everyday ... hanging around old haunts* for the sake of familiarity and comfort. Made new

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  least 6 hours to get it together I certainly have a lot more respect for ... sophomores get to see what our Brass Rat looks like for the first time. Lots of ... . Fortunately for me (and those of you who want to hear about 6.111 and my other

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  're in the area for any of them and want to drop by! ... fluency to analyze the tools they work with, and also new ideas about applications. Students will learn to factor in new variables and pose new kinds

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  , since I seem to always be falling behind in my classes and getting royally owned by incomprehensible orgo mechanisms and whether EMS produces a G to ... to explore leadership (FLP!, Leadershape, and iHouse! =p). By teaching

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  enrolled at MIT. So for all of you who are looking to merge your talents in ... and Media Tod Machover has been getting quite a bit of exposure for ... the new The Beatles: Rock Band , you know where to find it

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  which are all pieces I've been kicking myself to read for a while ... —but getting to read the likes "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold ... that the reading you're using to complete the lab is written by

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  various dorms and houses to decide where I actually wanted to live for the next four years. Now, there’s definitely no way to get the full breadth ... certainly get the gist of it. By the end of the first day, I was already

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  't think for a second that you're guaranteed to get in or stand a better ... Indiana :) I want to get into a heartfelt section here about failure, I ... adorable. Here's him learning to use scissors for the first time at our local

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our ... have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  wanted to do lab research for the longest time, but after getting a UROP in ... disheartening watching my friends easily get solutions to problems it takes me ... 'm ridiculously close to NR'ing it. For the past semester and a half, I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  together and watched the world go by. For the first time, I admitted to her ... wouldn’t get where I wanted to be in life by “slowing down.” And maybe I ... for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  got just dark enough for someone to get injured on playground equipment ... able to afford to fix up our house and get Cory a new (used) car, and I ... . When I came by to pick up the key the person in charge was flustered and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day). After working for 3 hours I decided to study for my 18.03 test that I had ... things you do at MIT. To be honest, I really enjoy them! I get weird looks

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  STARS’ partner colleges get together to host a virtual college fair for ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... of each session leaves time for participants to ask questions, so if

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that I'd like continue investigating. Getting my bearings straight by ... 's course, and hope to get lucky in the end. Let the games begin.

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to ... shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out ... . For the past couple of years, I've used an app called Sleep Cycle to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020