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  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  help make it a better place. It's very, very hard to see the Class of ... Commencement will be webcast starting at 8 AM ET, with color commentary by our ... prefrosh to unbelievably intelligent and compassionate adults. Most of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  said. "This is one area where we're able to make an impact." You can ... How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... local activist groups and residents, he hopes to empower people to monitor

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  snagged one of the bikes for me. That afternoon, I came by to check it out ... basket on back. I liked it, but wanted to touch it up. I began by stripping ... getting by on a netbook since, an Eee PC does not make for a good primary

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... 's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between ... like "duel enrollment" courses. Perhaps these students are preparing to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  by immigrants, why would we signal to the world that we no longer ... in Boston to make plain their rejection of these policies and their ... measures in the Executive Order as a reasonable path to make the country

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  friend of a friend’s place, surrounded by students from BU. We set to ... to work on my own than has ever [annotation note="I make efforts to not ... in the chaos of MIT to make room for another. Frequently it takes time

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  2008 make me want to hurl when I look at them. Sorry, it's true. Anyhoo ... 're skipping all of our classes and making a $15 Chinatown bus trip down to New ... Song" was originally derived from the song "A Son of a Gambolier" by my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  a wee bit very overprotective. The program satisfied her need to have me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really ... on David Bowie's "Space Oddity." Everyone in the room sang along to the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  Killian Court, going to more events by the Lab for Chocolate Science ... kids to forget their worries by just having fun and meeting other people ... drafts, second drafts, third drafts, galore!), trying to finish up my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  comforting. i've started to work by the river/at random places across campus ... after experiencing this tumultuous year, it's strange to be having a blissful summer. here are a couple of things that are making me very happy

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  by the sometimes not-so-friendly college competition to attend as many ... there is plenty of room at MIT to be intimidated by the freshman taking ... life. The Cambridge-MIT Institute was founded to make two of the world

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  ! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears ... the aforementioned Lucy to go for a drive. Driving by muscle memory led ... would also like to add to that list of "rest of the night" activities by

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  tried to make it more casual and went back in and updated the draft over ... bloggers. I usually have to wait for inspiration to hit before I'm able to ... use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it's just a nice place to sit and think. So here's my list of Things I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining the team for the coming year. It was an incredibly tough job to do ... to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  really doesn’t matter to me. I’ll make it work wherever I go. I’ll just go ... helpful to you as you make your decision. Like Danielle, I am sure that ... college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  meat processing factory. Unable to make human contact by phone, much like ... stairs to soak up the rising founts of ambrosia for the ears, by which I ... shelter for Wellesley friends scattered to the cold, Bostonian winds by the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  them that makes them incredible. And the surprising conclusion I've come to is: No one has become great by wanting to be great, greatness is a natural by-product of following your passion. The people who are most

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  followed mere moments later by Bao, who decided that there was nothing to ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common ... headed over to the Garden stripped down to my underwear, and, well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  , led by MIT Music and Arts Lecturer Mark Harvey. They treated us to a ... [by Shelby Heinecke '13] This past Friday, the MIT Symphony ... symphony was composed by Charles Shadle, a faculty member in the Music

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010