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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  respond, I procrastinate on making a new resume by getting back to psetting ... and pseting, I get an email reminding me to sign up for Career Fair and ... need, and get back to studying for 18.02 and making a note sheet that I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The ... different or that you'd like to do and learn from), and then going straight

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  normalcy returns. Please know that for students directly affected by this ... . Get in touch with us when the time is right for you and we'll be happy ... remain. I also saw a freshman for New Orleans. The mall that he did his pre

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  to apply for financial aid by the February 15 deadline ... rewritten the optional essay for my application and I just can't get it to a ... integrity. Thank you for being upfront and honest. There's no need to get a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... for a new plot. These stories depend on each other, but no story itself ... easy for me to recognize why I tend to overthink a lot - and it’s because

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  Mechanical Engineering course 2.009: Product Engineering Processes took to Killian Court (the big grassy quad by the Great Dome) to fire birds at pigs ... to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  motivation to get ahead on my classes for the next semester. This has NEVER ... - or rather, had it honed for me by getting my butt kicked in classes so ... management, once you get over the small hump of activation energy to actually

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  't know how to get people to listen to them," she said. Perlman believed in herself and got people to listen -- fortunately for computer users. Perlman ... at an MIT lab that taught programming to children. Always aiming for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  translates to a lot of verbiage. And while there's nothing wrong with new posts, every now and then I get kind of nostalgic for old posts. Some things have ... blogger alums. (Apologies to the new bloggers...) Matt '00: The Years of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  getting a PhD by offering a gift to his committee beforehand--while most of ... soup spoon tied to his reactor for good luck. And he says that he gets ... can see exactly what our soldiers actually get to eat out in the desert

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  at the last minute to find new placement for the summer, and I’m really thankful for those in the tech world who tried to find new positions for the ... open to new opportunities and new friendships and I try to take chances

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  this is great for MITers, but it seems rather arcane to the outside world ... words too fast and people can't understand me and I have to repeat myself ... sciences" five times fast.) So I'm going to teach you the numbering system

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  are for. I have to say, it's going fast. When I applied to MIT and got ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two ... That's it ladies and gents, sophomore year is over for yours truly. I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  be fun, and you'll get to meet all of the students you've been reading ... Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you ... Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  legendary new unit of measurement, the smoot (now incorporated by Google ... track this far through the August sun must’ve cared greatly for his guests. The marker points to the location of the MIT Club of Central Ohio Summer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  through hard times. We even have a play put on by students to provide useful ... Water War and for the Top of the Sponge roofdeck party. It's funny to ... now, as a junior, we're the ones running these events for the new

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  !!) Graphs Generated by Google Feast thy eyes, and thanks for reading ... answers and their corresponding dorms to create the quiz for the blogs ... residents responding to the poll. New Vassar had the lowest response per

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  school anyway (scholarships, man). For some reason, I went to mitadmissions ... . After all, MIT is one of those schools that you strategize to get into ... contacted the new EC and we set an interview date for the sixteenth. I went

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  of around twenty questions, and, after a few months, managed to get ... ="Alan: also Cameron gets a special shoutout because she went to my high school ... were put together by me and have been edited lightly for clarity. only

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  . When I get back to my room, I realize that only an hour has passed. I ... Today, I woke up and walked to Trader Joe's. The elevator was taking a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022