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  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  that I’m going to make an impact tomorrow. For my fellow course 2’s, we ... solve, and we look to each other, other people, when we search for ... to the world’s people, new communities, and new ways of thinking, so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  me an explanation of what DSL is trying to do with it (and, for that ... offices at MIT are. Among them is @MITStudents, an account maintained by Kellen Manning, Communications Coordinator for MIT's Division of Student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  new opportunities for themseleves and others, and more. The vast ... I've been promising an entry specifically for homeschooled applicants and other interested parties for a long time now; this is an early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  Now Playing: Talk to Me - Cavetown   I stared at the river for ... them for long enough, they will implore you to think. After hastily ... friendships are even supposed to look like. I’ve been told that my standards for

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  fascinating backstory that I won't spoil for you because I know you're going to go and watch MLP to find out for yourself ;) Doing a humanized (or ... original concept, and a picture of the character for comparison.    To

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  's perfect). But when there get to be a lot of errors, we start to question how ... applications. Last year, it was 17,909 to be exact. And we don't just see them ... several times by various committees. In other words, an application is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  and rewarded by the world, and I haven't learned them yet. I'll learn to ... Santa Fe, New Mexico   What: Working at Surroundings and ... -Nehisi's spark-making June cover story, The Case for Reparations, and Roxane Gay

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  .  Whether that’s true or not, I love performing to songs about female rage for fire shows. I spun to “The Lighthouse” by Halsey for my very first show ... club. For the most recent fire show, I revisited my roots and spun to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  unhealthy. We decided to get the bare necessities for lunch sandwiches ... shuttle to a Zipcar station where we were greeted by the Volkswagen Golf my ... finally figured out how to open the trunk to look for the ice scraper Zipcar

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  old textbooks they don't want or need anymore for anyone on the floor to ... lesson in RLC circuits to the seniors in AP Physics. I must be getting ... to give up on the circuit problem for a little while, even if just to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  January"]IAP[/annotation] when I was just about to prep materials for my ... on the spot and then schedule it to get published right after. I ... ="MIT undergraduates have to fulfill a swim requirement by either passing the MIT Swim

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to ... purchase meal tickets and how to get to Lobby 10, and shuffling through ... to sign up for 11 hours of classes. I don’t regret making that decision

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  interest to the PSC and its donors, so students who apply for these ... on a team Fellowship project initiated by the PSC... You do not need to have organized a team to apply for a Network Fellowship -- the selection

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... New England Regional (more details here). Now I've been to sports games

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... my other entries, so hopefully many of you are avid players by now, if you weren't already. Nonetheless, for those who don't know, here's a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  , who acted as TDC's team leader for the challenge. In addition to ... up, they became inspired to get involved in service events," said ... centered on child advocacy, including a visit by three sorority sisters to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  friends, put them in my life for a day, and get them to think about it, they ... handing people markers and getting them to solve crosswords, the next night ... by writing this post, i get nothing. nothing! there's no deep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  people tend to make great teams.  These are the people I get super excited ... getting something right is hard.  It's not enough just to care about excellence.  You need to care deeply about getting something right and also

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  I was heading to Paris for all 3 months of blissful problem set ... my apartment and introduced myself to people that lived close by. And ... in French libraries, trying to get used to the French keyboard... it

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007