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

  

  of 2018!   You know, When I reflect on some of my favorite ... capitalize on the strength and potential of our youth   Aquí en Estados ... A few weeks ago, when I blogged about the commencement of the Class

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

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  --quite the opposite. One of the things I realized while working on the Muti ... Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... events. So today, instead of diving deep into what I’ve been doing all this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  on my shoulder. I whirl around to see three or four of my RSI students ... I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  you arriving on campus or for those of you have already arrived, grad ... I'll begin with a flashback. Scene: On my way back from my daily ... least be Bryan O. '07, '12? So the purpose of this entry is to somewhat

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  floor actually has an Apple Bake Chair. While a lot of people on the other ... last fall when, as a result of the competition being on Saturday instead ... ! Apples will be provided by your GRT on Friday, October 21. Entries are due

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  each of the countries—I’ve put them on Google drive so you can check them ... ’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a ... !). It was literally lifechanging. It was my first time out of the country

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  poured down my face and into every crevice of my body. On top of that, the ... ,000 people living at the camp on their campus, or about 4,000 families of ... Yesterday was one of those days where we were fortunate enough to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  am planning to take AP Calculus BC this year. On the first day of our ... look odd on the application if I get recommendations from both of them ... good chance of finding success the second time around. It all depends on

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  going on. The story is told in both the mother’s point of view and the ... of people right now. I could write essays on the issues around this ... they bought a Firebolt on behalf of Sirius Black), cleanly removed from

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  Before I go on, I need to comment: this was the day of the Doctor Who 50th ... , 956 sessions** 1330 hours of classes *mostly MIT undergraduates **you can sign up to teach >= 1 sessions of any class 1330 hours of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  neither of us knew what it was. When Ariel the mermaid showed up on his ... professors."]UROP[/annotation] with the MIT Kavli Institute of Astrophysics and Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  instead of trying to put it into our lab on the 7th floor. [caption id ... MARC is one of the few conferences people have in their academic ... , why would you not go? If you haven't yet read either of Andi '25's

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  the river On its bridge with wooden piers, Like the odor of brine from ... over a longer period of time. Instead, I tend to lean on a series of ... , so I catch the sunset on my way out. Some of the sunsets have been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  , I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing interesting has happened yet on my end, but stay tuned! Friday, 16:22 I ... to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer ... will be here in two years to start working on my Ph.D, most of my friends ... : "why in the hell are admissions coming out at 9:14am on 12/14/19?", as if

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  my Brass Rat on my finger, and with some of my stainless steel earrings ... .032, or Mechanical Properties of Materials. You can take the class on Ed ... different impacts creating, using, and disposing of materials has on different

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  students accept our offer on May 1, and also a great deal of uncertainty ... list helps us manage the inherent uncertainty of not knowing how many students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  completely on basketball, and have extra time to do all of the things I put off ... pretty and festive, and all of the trees on Newbury St. and Commonwealth ... you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  will get a lot cooler to play with as time goes on. Some of my ... I emerge from three weeks of being fairly hosed WITH MORE COOL DATA ... . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  , and it is a good feeling. I plan on attending the Houston MIT Class of ... here in Texas - people up north are yankees, and people who live on the ... student. Whatever that terrifying cluster of words means.  Basically, many

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014