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  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  students thinking of applying to MIT, his response was quick. “Do it,” he ... guarantee that I’m gonna make it? You never knew if you would be allowed to go ... ’t want to go to college to make money, that’s not my intent at MIT. That

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  communities to love, and how quickly I have found the love returned. In DPhiE we ... will always be there for me, I console myself by looking forward to what ... 's very first FIRST Robotics team. Now they regularly make it to two

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  to make school assignments more interesting by incorporating the things ... Suite to make ridiculous creations for fun. Here is the first GIF I ever ... historical integrity of the piece, you’ll have to reload the page if you want

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  , dedicated to Downtown Boston. Boston Common Located conveniently by the Park ... , and the meaning of truth, make sure to check out Paradox and Infinity ... regrettably failed to take advantage of its historical and culinary wonders, but

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  be like, and realize quickly that a lot of things they set out to do ... growing (it's okay to fail) My sophomore fall was by far my most difficult ... , physical processes that are occurring to make these things possible

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  get to make it yours. I designed the table so that if put next to my ... not to screw up (like making sure the varnish doesn't pool along the ... the real planning began. I picked a name: How To Make Mediocre Furniture

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  custody", to "trust oneself completely to", to "bring into danger by an ... moves to the back button, but before I can click, the page loads. To commit is to "bring into danger by an irrevocable preliminary act", and in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  and are about to finish [annotation note="SPOILERS: Here are some quick ... incorporate electronics, how to work with manufacturers, and how to make sure ... [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  website! I teamed up with Dylan L. ’23 and Emma Q. ’23 to make em7.io. You ... making a website. By the end of week 1, we formed teams and submitted ideas ... from knowing very little to making this website, in [annotation note

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  old iterations of the MIT Admissions website (back to pieces from 2000 ... Flashback to about a month ago, when Chris sent an email to all the ... to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  choice but to start learning how to make my own earrings. Part of the fun in learning to make my own earrings is that I get to express myself and ... questions, including the one written above. Rather than asking applicants to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  to tap into the knowledge/expertise/enthusiasm of MIT students and make ... ) to make the best project iterations possible. Some major takeaways ... without making things and actively trying to get better. I made a class

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  I had been matched to a research group led by an intellectual hero of ... 'd nailed, and I'd never had my ability to complete a course questioned by ... read, and read, and try to make notes of my thoughts, and try to assemble

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  's like and to represent our dorm. By the end of February, we've submitted ... to make summer plans when another email rolls into to the dorm mailing ... to fend for ourselves, lead valiantly by the[annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  advice (implicit and explicit) if you’re trying to make choices about your ... to verbalize a few reasons that make it so hard. Incomparable ... by an MIT professor on MIT students). People are willing to pay just to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  have it shipped to your dorm room, but make sure your sheets are twin ... , because the beds aren't fantastic, and you really need to make the most of ... good idea as well if you want to make the most of your space. 6. General

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  ’s super fun, and there are mailboxes all over campus to make it easy. It ... right UROP (I got to make a guide to difficult conversations for mine ... pleasure, but make sure to attend the numerous events for book lovers around

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I like to mention that there is a writing requirement here at MIT. To some

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  gosh darn it I was going to make that a damn good mid year report. So I ... Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I ... :24pm. I sluggishly made my way upstairs to my PC and log on to my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  my smartpen*. You see, the plan was to make a pencast of the address ... going to, and it might involve scolding by important members of the ... . Next time. Next time I'm that close to the President I'll make sure not

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009