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  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 / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  Institute and our admissions process, particularly for those far ... speaking to as many students as I could. I'm writing notes for my colleagues ... ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;I woke up at 5:30AM and caught a taxi to Logan Airport for my 7:30AM flight

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 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 / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here's the first ... first day of lab and I'm a bit nervous. 2.007 is well known for its chaos

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 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 / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  average of 3 short essays ...not to mention other random essays for ... for an admissions or selections committee is HARD. It's not like ... called an Application Essay, Objectives for Graduate Study, Personal

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  participating in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program. For those who are not aware, MIT has organized an exchange program with Cambridge University for the ... programs for a reason: to broaden the students’ horizon, develop our life

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012