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  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here ... myself as an individual at my school. Simply put, I wanted to be the best ... the best in some competition. I'm not saying that here at MIT, we don

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  really choked up at CPW when I met some students I'd worked with at MITES ... school or work in honor of Veteran's Day, including at MIT. However, I ... 's lots of nights and weekends of work. But at the end, the final class will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  in, and many of us are busy looking at our shoes as we walk. So to remedy the situation, bloggers would meet together at the first of the year ... , I figured I'd stop in at the Urgent Care clinic to see what they

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  can't do it all here at MIT. So take advantage of opportunities that ... happening to sit back. I loved my first semester here at MIT. So much going ... thought into the Greek system. When my older brother pledged a fraternity at

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  If you are at all following the news, you'll know that the US ... US politics? Professor Pauline Maier, a history professor at MIT ... available prominently at major booksellers like the soon-to-be-history Borders

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  a ferry that carried us several miles, going from a dock at Point ... relationship. Prior to me beginning my freshman year at MIT, it gave me this ... now that I felt at ease in and around the water. More to the point, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  awesome time to be in, at, and around MIT. There's all kinds of art ... generally happy in the media lab: Har, har. Anyway, back to the matter at ... . MIT's 150th convocation was held at Boston's Convention and Exhibition

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  About 20,000 visitors took a peek at MIT during last Saturday ... place at the same time. Wow. If you haven't seen the flashmob video yet ... . As I hinted at in my last entry, the GEL program had a hands-on hour

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  face contemplatively sip coffee at you from my blog header, my tooling ... . Anyways, you can actually step into the unit, look up at the showerhead, and ... Showergy). To reiterate, there are incredible resources at MIT if you are

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , and my decision was only between MIT and Olin; I asked my friends at ... on the tip of my tongue at the time. That was an absolutely stupid thing of me to do, but I guess it reflects the state of my mind at that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  hallway! People keep hair bleach and a variety of colors close at hand, and ... these activities, inviting us to climb at MIT's bouldering wall or go on ... form of peer pressure is not at all bad. Everyone at MIT has a passion of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  ’ve ever taken at MIT. Part of the reason for that is that one of my classes ... Wednesday" (as it was), it should not be due at 1:00am. Indeed, I hadn ... course during my time at MIT (and I think it's important for civil

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  secretly wanted to do this. ...get special seats at fractal Planetarium shows... ...stargaze... I got up at 2am to take a look at Jupiter and ... first time in eight years, and crashed into a bush at full speed. I lay

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  morning I left home for college: at the end of the summer, I would fly ... around my room – at the Manchester United poster on the wall, the stuffed animals at the foot of my bed, the Tweety Bird bedsheets –   You

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  great experience. We've come up with a logo to represent Arts at MIT ... " under "life@mit" at mit.edu) which will soon enough connect to the ... directed by MIT theater arts Prof. Jay Scheib over at Emerson's Cutler

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  “So, you gonna play?” I said, raising an eyebrow expectantly at Daniel M. ’14. It was ten at night, and in the East Campus courtyard ... legal?” Crowds stared in awe at the towering EC rollercoaster, which stood

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  your house, the car is at the shop, and you don't have any firearms. What ... design at neighboring Northeastern University - just sent me this Kotaku ... Band or Guitar Hero drums against the undead is almost over. Here at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  was right. Gillespie is now the chef and a partner at Woodfire Grill ... their wonderful meals at Kevin's Woodfire Grill (I'm jealous). MIT is ... School of Engineering at MIT. Wow, huh? Maria, a longtime elementary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  packed my suitcase yet again (I'm really good at it now, haha) and hopped ... Carin '13. Better late than never, though, right? Here it is at last ... villages we looked at villagers’ lifestyles: how they cook, what they use for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  ’ve had a lot of successes (at least judging by how quickly my cookies ... a little different here at MIT. Sure, I’ve done generally pretty well ... fine. You can’t be awesome at everything, all the time; it’s much more

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010