Search

Search Results

• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  Bonjour de la France! Photo credit: Rebecca Grekin. I’ve spent the ... (on the right). Photo credit to Sophie de Loubens, one of our JSF guides ... I did last year, it’s not a class (no homework—yay!!!). Instead of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  going to DINEPA, or Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l ... distribution in Haiti and having no luck. Jean Francois sent us to Madame Elise ... , Professor Michel DeGraff. Our other professors are Dale Joachim, a visiting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  learned in 2.009 that this is the place that makes us SUPER. I have no doubt ... sak te hain, jo sab log khareedh ke gaown meh jaa ke de sak te hain ... Unidos podemos usar tecnologías de la información y políticas públicas para

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  ...well, it wasn't pretty.   9.48J/24.08J - Philosophical Issues ... support or reject each view through critical analysis. 9.48J ... really intimidating molecules. For example, I have no idea what this is off

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  life, and nurture them from a place of strength. When you are no longer ... vers la terre, il faut vous enivrer sans trêve. Mais de quoi? De vin, de poésie, ou de vertu à votre guise, mais enivrez-vous! Et si quelquefois

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  molding the destinies of Europe and Asia. The very concepts of de ... short, to de-velop men as individuals who will contribute creatively to ... the same time from ventures in which its leadership is no longer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  means of DeLoreans and quantum what-have-you. "But Doc, I already ... nothing to do with DeLoereans. And perhaps thankfully it had nothing to do ... want you to share some. (sorry about that last joke) *I have no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  designed to be doable--and this is by no means a bad thing. It's important to ... . Collaborate on homework. MIT has one very important philosophy: no competition ... anywhere between 4-8 hours, depending on what you yourself are better

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  've gotten to know through LCE I could have met through literally no other ... listening to reggaeton and watching La Casa de Papel on Netflix, it was also a ... Ciudad de México for Dia de los Muertos was not a real tradition at the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  keep continuing onwards. https://youtu.be/LjCzPp-MK48 Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  , however, was this: Schedule: doable? Um, no. Regardless of how set I am ... including both 5.07 and 5.13, but there's no avoiding that.) Some of you have ... , making it through freshman year with no previous experience in physics, and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  . it did wonders for my mood, and it was a chance to de-stress. i decided ... a future post"]four hass classes[/annotation] and no technicals, which

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  va gustar Boston? No te vas a sentir solita? Sabes cocinar???” My mom ... knew she wished she could just tell me no. “Madre, voy a estar bien, okay? Mira, un año pasa rapidisimo. Estare aqui antes de que me empiezes a

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  ://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1226150-1,00.html Yet another article de-emphasizing the ... doesn't mean it's no good," argues Marilee Jones, the admissions dean at ... . YouТƒфre going to spend four very challenging years no matter what

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Check out these t-shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if Salvador and Amy each read 922 applications,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  (surely "in" is no more important than "and"?) In a nutshell, Google grants ... ...I think I generated more ideas in those 48 hours than I had in the previous ... slapping them onto a board, no "yes, but"s and lots of "yes, and"s, walking

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  towards the end. (No, I am not responsible.) But hey, at least even if you ... ' activities and host Festival de Las Americas-- an event where all kinds of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  around campus in black-and-grey fleur-de-lis patterened high heeled boots ... really cool or clever tshirts, but Course 18's is the best (no, I'm not

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  with Neil deGrasse Tyson, a noted astrophysicist who essentially said ... no qualms about trying things, usually because they simply want to know

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006