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  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda ... alas, for whatever reason, the cash only soda machine in building 66 didn ... Thursday night, in lieu of prepping for the Career Fair, a group of friends

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  , Wyoming, Nebraska, Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina. For the rest of ... to believe that some people have been waiting for this day for decades

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of ... here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my ... you who have completed all or some or none of what you planned for the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... looked like. For 2016, I wanted to really push for change. I decided I ... plane for a Phi Kappa Sigma conference and spent a week getting to know my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... , president, etc.), but as the time comes for us to truly decide what we are ... you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  über Christa T. (The Quest for Christa T.) by Christa Wolf   ... the good I could do for the world) and would maximize, if I could only be prescient enough to solve for the best combination of choices. Once

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish ... ideas. In fact for Christmas, some of the faculty used their own money to ... entertain what I would consider an “annoying” curiosity, and for that I am

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  -part post. That being said, I’ll assume for now that academics at MIT won ... think about them changes--for the sake of argument. Though I left my last ... my professors--a move I’m pretty glad I took! Asking for help is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  class with a variable focus, would become a comic script workshop for this ... introduction). Our professor for the semester was Marjorie Liu, a New York Times bestselling novelist who also writes comics for Marvel. She helped us dive right

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  . It's one of my favorite things ever. For more, watch the below MITnews ... . Bonus! While digging through old photos for this blog post, I found ... that Cory gave me for Halloween the year before (so two years ago

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  half-day sample of the Stanford Experience. Being home briefly for summer ... fundraising for a project called Fuse!box, a "mobile hackerspace" designed to ... aside, those Stanfordites are all right. They're working for the same

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Hi all, Many of you have already filed your application for ... Action admission decisions are made in mid-March. You can still apply for ... weeks for the SFS office to receive and process your FAFSA or Profile

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  us both if you can, but the transcript is the more important one for us ... MIT tracking page is for!), as it will slow down the processing of documents ... February 15, 2014. For more information and FAQs about this form, read this

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  competitive applicant, about what medical schools are looking for, the ... for the GRE. STUDY FOR THE GRE! It's a dumb test but your score really ... from a college application. When I wrote essays for undergraduate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  's memorial service for Officer Collier has helped us to heal.  And tonight, we ... for a huge concert. Going back half a century, the MIT Spring Concert ... Concert is not the only venue for major bands on campus (e.g. Nirvana played

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  dress for a blizzard... If you're from a warm place and you are a ... though it's blizzarding -- I have the answer for you: fleece lined tights ... lightheated... And then people went for it. By 5pm we were able to catch

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  what they learn to create an alpha prototype for a new product! It's an ... and portable camping stove StormShield: A protective covering for ... fascinated while watching it...) SkyBeacon: A device that would allow for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  just kind of shut down and didn't do anything productive for the next 96 ... by bus) and went to L.A. Burdick, a store known for its delicious ... relaxed and talked for a few hours before my eyelids started drooping and I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  . It was a big, nervous change for me because I am not only change ... *2*4*4=64 options for the lighting in my room, not including my windows. I think ... happiness. Alarm clocks I have two alarm clocks: a radio alarm clock for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  into a proposal for a functional school building. As soon as I started ... ? He kept going. Let me demonstrate for you. He walked up to my boards ... at that moment, I had no idea what I was arguing for, what my project

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012