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

  

  revolutionary force doing just that.   Class of 2018, I invite you to open up to the world’s people, new communities, and new ways of thinking, so ... .   Because, people are the root of all of the challenges we aim to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  software, particularly websites. It's trying to cover a lot of ground and is ... I disappeared into the battlefield of the semester, not to be heard ... living crisis to crisis." In the joke, however, was a pearl of truth; we

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  be a lesson to all of you – use your Google calendars!) and thus missed ... introduce you to a couple of them here. Enjoy! Quynh Nguyen '15    Hello ... Quynh, I thought I would be going to my state school (University of

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  , or understanding the progression of disease in humans. I also want to ... , from TV shows and video games to social media and the concept of spam ... slightly more flexible version of the Course 7 curriculum, and is designed to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  that by the end of the night I was going to be forced to dance. Some ... of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be ... stealers. Then it was time to head outside and enjoy the boatiness of the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  rather tricky. Try to see how many of these you can answer (without ... are uniquely set up to synthesize and test a huge range of different ... industry needs while still adhering to the fundamental goal of original

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  learn some hindi and of course urdu know how follows itself. its grt to ... eastern culture is awesome to discover." Well, I'm picking up a bit of Hindi ... , but during Campus Preview Weekend, I do get to put a lot of faces with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  . Since food happens to be one of the protagonists in this blog, here's a ... soaking up huge amounts of condiments, which happen to occupy about 30% of ... up huge amounts of condiments, which happen to occupy about 30% of my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  idea of blogging about the Muslim community at MIT for a while now. To be ... ’t think of a better way to showcase the Muslim community than through some ... admissions in general. I had actually committed to Cornell, I had done all of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  institute of technology went back to class for reals on February 3rd. Before ... calculations to derivate the coefficient of friction on complex surfaces and sum ... because none of us has homework to do. Aurora, the group mascot

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  result of a personalized search in which a website algorithm selectively ... collaborative filtering, a term used to describe a class of recommender systems ... month. I am so grateful for all of this.   I'd like to think MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  ) instead of my usual four or five. My other academic commitments are to work ... organized an apple picking trip and of course I had to go. I don’t even love ... kitchen or head down a flight of stairs to check if they’re around. I miss

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world ... the bed that its owner will be forced to get up to find it when the ... with their bags up to 500 miles on a single tank of premium unleaded

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... of femininity to me, the height of girly-girl-ness, and that’s in part ... lifetime would not be enough to serve the whole region of Kafa, and worse

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

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  to hire me." A whole month of school has already passed, people suited ... mixture of self-aware rambling and MIT things to exercise my Internet ... longer my cup of tea. Also we get to grow microorganisms in mud and water

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... Galveston, which is the Island south of Houston. We went to Moody Gardens and ... challenged ourselves to get full use of our all-access passes and ride every

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  to Wikipedia has "the highest magnetic strength of any element." Ah ... purpose of this story I need you to imagine that: -- My address was 4 ... MIT website: I'm an AFFILIATE now. No longer a student! Maybe that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  since I got into this place. Good luck to all of you! I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW :) Second: I remember when it came time for me to ... of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  ”--because they never tell you how to do any of that, and though the sentiments ... Tumblr is where I put a lot of this reflection. In particular, I seem to ... I was a small child. I’ve now (presumably) grown out of it, to the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  the green or pale pink of street clothes stood out. We’d only begun to ... met the producer in the blur of EC Rush. She pitched the concept to me ... led to one of the most useful editing sessions I’ve experienced. I could

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022