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  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the ... Self. I was engrossed listening to Ms. Turkle as she described the need ... phones and unplug our Ipods at key moments in the day to fully engage in

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  within to without (simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the ... foundation for the confidence you carry. And your low points remind you to take ... full of finals studying to do. I’ve been one of those 1800 kids for the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  anyway. He went into the bathroom to get some water and I returned to our ... , grinning. We say “wow” in the same way—long, drawn out, typically to signal ... because I’ve been doing some thinking. *** The most profound things seem to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  immediately. I couldn't go to the market myself since I had something going on at that time, but I asked my friend Tiffany L. '24 to get a strawberry ... animals like that. But I was so intimidated by all the terminology and the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  particularly disturbed by yesterday's events to contact the many individuals and ... All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I ... message out to the MIT community: From: Susan Hockfield Subject: Tragedy at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  high school (duh), and most people had to fight to get the opportunities ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... student groups are open to anybody who wants to join. The only person with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  different environment. And then in the third phase we get to do whatever kind ... between Tybalt and Mercutio? If Romeo’s trying to get in the middle of them ... ’s nothing to get in the way of that relationship blossoming online, whereas

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  admitted who don't mind the expense of traveling to boston for the weekend in exchange for free food. Which is totally an okay thing to do, by the way ... candidates' weekend, an event similar to CPW with the major difference that the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  doing up-goer five, I had the idea to take pictures instead of struggling ... went to that baby college down the long water road. There's a lot of ... great game for the mind and body and I want to do it more. [carousel

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and ... less the image of seasons that exists in my head. When it comes to summer ... –a single, static image is enough to capture at least the heart of those

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... expertise didn't vanish, the interest of pursuing it seemed to. I guess it's a good thing we don't have to choose a major until the end of the year

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  up, so I amplified the sadness by listening to more Bowling for Soup ... events led to me, a high-schooler, getting the opportunity to work in a ... ="a completely unexpected series of events led to me getting the opportunity to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  with photos of the various dorms distributed to incoming freshmen during ... to note that only some dorms, namely the East Campus (Bexley, Random ... have to tell the truth. Your room doesn't look like a 'I could be an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I need a mule. I also need to train for ... -nighter on the last day, finishing just in time to glue the bellows, roll it up ... shoot (with a smaller camera), I spent a few hours struggling to fold the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  don’t have anything coherent to say on the topic as a whole. This is a ... as I attempt to navigate the world. I wish I had some hope to impart ... to an extent. I usually say this jokingly, but the joke only extends to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a ... research. still others take the opportunity to travel through MIT MISTI. some ... take the month to catch up on sleep, work on personal projects (or bad

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  . (Also: I’ve had to accept the fact that at MIT, there’s only freshmen and ... late nights every week since school started, involving going to the ... to construct a bridge) -- [Getting started] I've got a variety of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  then sat by the edge of the Han River that flows through Seoul to eat our ... really wanted my presentation to be awesome. The next week passed by in a ... the labs that I’ve spent so much time getting to know and enjoy. The

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the ... we do send notes on your behalf to the admissions team so they know a ... 't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  plenty to keep me busy. Here are some of the many events from this time of ... about sex? Want to prove once and for all who the true players are in ... . The winning team will get a cash prize of $50.00 for their floor. Laura

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005