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  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  's question regarding [annotation note="Kanye recently held a Sunday Service at ... mentions MIT.  "So many people at MIT, let me tell you, MIT right now. Y ... "sellout" or "money hungry" get thrown around left and right at Course 6's

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  look at the message and don't respond. In Spanish as in English, you ... you. UROP early and often. In the life sciences at least, it's crucial ... , I might have done a semester or two at other labs to network a bit and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  took 6.S978 to try my hand at the intersection of law and technology ... the video conferencing setup, with two of us at MIT, two of us at ... ="1000"] A contemplative moment at the Lincoln memorial[/caption] [caption

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... freaked me out at first. Usually there are chairs there, but sometimes there ... atrium at that moment. Only bipedal black screens, continuing [annotation

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  to stand in line at Flour with Remington J. Halliburton V and Alexander ... ="This feels like an oxymoron at this point"]generally favorable administrative ... "]Course[/annotation] at MIT requires the completion of [annotation note="You can take more

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  a few spots that are normally open at the hours that we like to P ... bike ride for me since I live at Next! 3. Long Wharf Although the ... front of a trolley tour bus that was loading up its passengers at the time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  text very well or at all, that's okay! What I'll do in this section is ... ridge, where the roof of your mouth is at its highest point. [j] yes ... potion at the back of the roof of your mouth. [k] king - unvoiced [g] gain

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  through Lobby 10 (that’s under the Great Dome), the momentary gaze at the ... cells to help with that. I shudder at the complexity within all of us ... , my friends will got on boats off the coast of Alaska, work at JPL, CERN

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  job, not a social statement. Among my friends at MIT, announcements of ... it”—because people Like Us don’t actually pursue careers at big banks ... desks. I’m at a desk with relatively reasonable hours (8:45 – 7

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  free pizza, and I’ve spent three of the past seven evenings at Harvard ... commitments are taking shape. My new room has thin yellow curtains and at least ... relatively good at distracting myself with satisfying choices. I’m just trying

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  best decisions I've made while at MIT. 3D printers, laser cutters, and ... intimidated at my freshman-level skill set, it turns out that when you dedicate ... afternoon. This story has a postscript. During Phase I, I was working at a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  lot of health campaigns as well as water testing at the source, although ... first organization we went to - we'd also stopped at CAMEP, a company that ... also visited Dale's cousin's house, whose husband is a dean at the state

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

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  . Li notwithstanding, I ended up becoming the chef on Saturdays at pika ... the most ferocious kitchens at MIT. Knives galore, a meat locker ... week, year-round, with over 40 members. Every Saturday, I'd arrive at 4

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  ONE WHOLE YEAR AGO (man I am bad at this timeliness thing) I began the ... big presentations per year? They're usually at the end of a unit or ... . My teammates Jeremy and Fiona are shown here, hard at work developing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  glad I'm not at home, and many other typical college experiences. Today ... material was brutal. 2.007 was fun, but was backloaded (more work at the end ... the finals, I could pull off two B's. I looked at the finals schedule

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  , after all, some time away from the internet might be healthy right? At ... grab a chair and get ready. Having completed my first semester here at ... that is at times mind boggling (I’m looking at you 8.01 [Physics] Final

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  (Campus Preview Weekend) at MIT. While at CPW I figured out which dorm I ... hours and not getting tired at all. Anybody remember Discovery Zone? My ... at each other. Whoever rolls over the top wins. Nobody won

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a ... with a place to sleep at night (if you want to sleep during CPW ... , representing one of their student groups at the Activities Fair, problem sets

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I ... students pursuing research projects at the Media Laboratory. Topics include ... . We present our toys during the Playsentations at the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man ... called 8.01, at MIT: 8.01 is your standard introductory physics class ... background at the tables (meaning that all the people who took AP Physics in

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007