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• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  This post has been updated as of October 2018 to reflect new ... , for example: new origami designs, a chainmail suit, a potato cannon, a ... Application, we ask you the questions we want to know. Imagine that you get into

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  , somewhat neurodiverse, and very non-scary; we used to be dominated by math ... Kenny, Death By Google-Streetview-Car-Actuated-Nuclear-Weapon, Death by ... ways for us to collectively Be More Sustainable, and Michelle makes

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  promise to drop off the pants at Baker when I get a chance. Fast forward to ... . I’ll even bring some primer over to get things started. me: and while ... few weeks ago, I was heading over to my sorority house to study one

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the ... all the details and getting everything ready for the online submission ... the new Maker Portfolios. MIT's Dr. Dawn Wendell: When Makers Apply to

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  It's been hectic for past few days; I had my first German vocabulary test yesterday and I had to learn like ein bazillion words for that, and ... another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  via the endless stream of short-form videos spoonfed to me by various ... allowed for tomorrow”. Now, I have to check the weather every morning to decide how many layers to wear, whether to bring an umbrella, etc. For

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  friends are doing ok. We are all shaken to the core and disillusioned by ... therapy to get some sense of how to move forward. And yet, everyone around ... being flat-out offensive. If we are to hope for a brighter tomorrow, then

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... what to expect when you get to MIT. Floatillas, Liquid Nitrogen, and peak ... -up company called LiveScribe. They flew us into California for the weekend to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  me for however many years it takes to get a book published. So which ... fisherpeople in Maine to find responses that could be used to argue for a whale ... the set-up of a physics problem to me, and I remember being awed by her

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  field extensions to love and all relationships. The whiteboard by my door ... engineers, and we love to stay updated on their projects. One day, we may get ... courses and years gather together for these occurrences. Sometimes we get

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  at the time, so i learned a lot - every time i wanted to visit a new ... places and making it easy for neighbors to block construction projects ... disoriented and appeared to not be having a good time in general - for instance

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  MIT to work for Amazon for a semester meant that quite suddenly, I had a ... -month mark you begin to see how this new life has affected you, and you think ... 'm incredibly grateful for their friendship. I'm moving back to East Campus, this

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  fast Leaving group needed for it to react Add that nucleophile! [Bridge ... . "What are you doing?! We have to study for our final!!" "QUIET. I ... chemically and lyrically acceptable to say 'get your H on' or 'get your benzene

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... responded with "I have some bad news for you..." to which I felt some concern ... a bit since he came in late and was just scrambling for somewhere to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  the process, I forgot to do things for myself, by myself, and with ... , I had to meet new people, I had to go on exciting College Adventures™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at 4AM and cry for no

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... high school, getting into MIT, moving to campus, etc. I haven't gotten used to how quickly life can change, even if the anticipation for the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  even if there's no reason for me to get up, and usually get less, but ... tomorrow, it ends. Tomorrow, I get on a plane and fly to Newark, New Jersey ... chance to get settled in. :) By the way, I've discovered that if you read

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  or two of some idea that I ‘keep meaning to get back to writing’, I often get distracted by other stuff and lose passion for the initial idea ... have ideas for posts that are going to be great!! So great! I just need

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my ... sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... up for a ton of clubs. If my brain didn't want to meet people, I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  Hey all, sorry to be absent for... what has it been by now... three weeks? That's inexcusable for a freshman blogger! So I will have to make ... million possibilities for each minute, and you would go to every single one

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009