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• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  one. I flew in to Logan Airport on the 7th, wearing my propeller hat ... hat has reappeared on special days including the first day of school

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  number on our waitlist and informed the balance that we will not be able to ... wherever you go, if you choose to do so. I'm closing comments on this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  The same day the United States Government furloughed non-essential employees I said my final goodbyes, hopped on a plane to Canada and shipped ... on the prodding of a few freshers, I found that I didn't have to live

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  , both pictured below) MIT's very very flexible policy on switching ... books and get back to my on-campus family. Update: My flight did not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  to not only ways I can cause change on a large scale, but also within ... Battle for Power on the Internet. Sara Seager, Galactic Explorer (what a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  . Kicked my butt. More on that here.) 8.13 Experimental Physics I (J ... System 12.409 Hands-On Astronomy 21L.460 Medieval Literature: Chaucer 21W

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  numbers or quote them somewhere on the internet because we still have 7 ... to close the comments on this blog so you will all use those forums

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  've given. Next, Anji and I immediately turned our free notebook radar on ... Jimmy (left) works on Groups, a great way to connect with other beginning

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get really excited about snow. The ones who keep yapping on about how pretty ... typeface), my blacksmithing class, and Charm School (more on that in a later

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  's special issue on stress is anything to go by. (If you haven't read it yet ... of experience to go back on, and I can't reassure you about the next 3

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  when I got to MIT, I would proceed to get C’s on pretty much all of the ... 've learned is that though on the surface I’m not the typical MIT candidate

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  Kendall/MIT stop on a daily basis, and I no longer spend my days with the ... community is based primarily on what they accomplish, they rarely cease to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  type. She says that the words that come out on paper or on the screen do ... on problem sets and essays. Like many successful people with dyslexia ... has taken on a concentration in writing, which requires her to take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  cool class in that I'm just like "equations, equations, modeling (on the computer, not on the runway...), equations, whoa science is actually kind of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  occurs when working at 3am on this or that assignment. And while people ... conceptual and problem solving questions (eg. using the Harpoon Mechanism on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  disadvantage; we do not assign blame on why we don't have it. We will wait a ... Action. Decisions: We have not yet determined on what date we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  bachelors degrees elsewhere, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Oxford on a ... the decision that we make on an application, that decision should not

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin glycoprotein (3 ... . Interest in miraculin spiked after a May 2008 New York Times article on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  the world simply as a place to travel to on vacation. Now I see Italy as ... has a good sized airport if you want to travel on the weekends.

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

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

  

  Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... on my immediate surroundings. My mind couldn’t wrap itself around

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011