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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  . You’d think it's an insane amount of time to be doing this, but it’s not ... example, this pantoum, written by Heather '13— “Institvte” To learn anything at MIT you must be willing to ask the difficult questions that

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  that when you come to MIT you'll be moving to a different area code and ... to be offering this $200 rebate promotion on a wide selection of phones ... 'll be able to figure it out. Well, that's my experience with cell phones

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day ... thrill of waiting for the admissions results page to load by proxy, via my ... me, it might be a good idea to plan this one ahead. But to each their

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 ... moved back to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm here for three days trying to ... airport in Philadelphia, and from there I'll be in the aeroplane over the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  ’t make a specific choice when I think I need to make it, there will be a ... instructions that I would need to follow in order to be sure I follow the best ... that reality isn’t supposed to be like a Hollywood movie where every

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  stage and compete to be the year's top poets. MIT was even lucky to host ... 't end up feeling that way, then reach out to people - you will find ... you can count on to keep your mind where it needs to be. Then, once you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  not sure that I would want everything to occur the exact same way that ... 't know about it as much as I did computer science, so I wanted to be "safe ... apply to be members of the Student Advisory Group to the Corporation

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  way things are going to be. This focus on doing research that's likely ... to be my biology advisor (if you have two majors, you get two advisors ... finish the project by the time I graduate, I get to write the first draft

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  if you are going to be assigned to a non-RBA dorm. That way, you ... to be a junior next fall. My schedule for next fall will not have any A ... classes, we cannot expect you to take them. Also, not being in the Intel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  the axolotl has fallen sixtyfold. Today there are estimated to be ... axolotls are scarce enough to be a rare catch for fishermen. The Amphibian ... pathogen that kills up to 80% of amphibians within a year of being introduced

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If ... , their decisions are real enough to be on your mind, but not all real enough to yet be materialized as a concrete “you’re in!” or “we regret to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  to be a professional clown? Absolutely not. But now you can say that ... experiences that have somehow managed to weasel their way into my permanent ... nowhere to be found. To make a long story short, a store employee found

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... workarounds had to be made. There is still a structure that rolls and coasts ... , and you can be damn sure there's going to be an epic roller coaster next

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  world’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way you ... i choose that will still be meaningful and make me memorable to the ... enjoyable and relaxing way to exercise creativity while connecting with others

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  easiest way to get a UROP, most people will be more willing to hire you and ... works out to $9.00/hour, when you are funded by the UROP office. Need to ... relevant to ongoing projects in the lab, help design experiments, and be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  Lawn again, accompanied by instruments to strum and bubble teas to sip ... whizzed by like a door violently swinging open on its hinges, revealing to ... , and if they weren't so sweet I would have been way more embarrassed by

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  involves clear, transparent documentation of the actions that need to be ... voice. As Hassan puts it, that voice can be as simple as the ability to ... to be executed, and the project funder may decide a payment release

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  will be an exciting month. By now, I've read my first folders of the ... they're called that). For the next month, the admissions staff will be ... awesome. It is incredibly inspirational to read about you and see just how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  't have to be formal; it could be as simple as "hey do you want to pick this ... people tend to be universally okay with using spreadsheets. how to do ... . how to be on top of your email. i've learned that mit runs on email, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  by a coyote to be relevant? She has to ditch her friends, who are ... hoping to be enlightened and empowered by a whimsical teen comedy just ... -watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020