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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  ? The guy who did the voice for a cartoon horse." Yet even though he didn ... miles to get clean water for her family. Instead, she could spend that ... . There is not always a freaking app for that. Take water again as an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first ... in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... forces you to build for a real customer; when you have deadlines every few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help ... ,000 piece puzzle to leave out in Simmons for people to solve over IAP? If this ... for. A group of six of us worked for most of the evening and didn’t call

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about ... ; Hanna's gone off to New York for grad school, but I'm stuck around because ... FOR THE HOMO SUPERIO-HOOOR!" I picked up the receiver again and said

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to ... Wonder’s “Visions” for the third time. It’s the perfect soundtrack. 11 ... that maybe it’s too hard for the class and not the best assignment. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  that sends out alerts for weather reports and updates when needed. I also ... drought conditions for too long Two days later the temperature suddenly ... and dry. Yay. So on Saturday, to prepare for the worst, I went winter

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  . This got me thinking: what would a success profile for an MIT student ... profile for the Ideal MIT Student™, I do have a good sense of what types of ... 't too hard for most MIT students.  Your standard class does a good job of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  decided that MIT was the place for me, I spent my weekend traversing the various dorms and houses to decide where I actually wanted to live for the ... only a little over half), and stayed for just about fifteen minutes

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some ... (there are varsity heavyweight/openweight and lightweight crew teams for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  difficult subject for me to write about, so I am going to stop and let you ... last Monday for Team MR8 in memory of my friend Martin Richard, who was killed in the bombing two years ago, I also ran it for Sean.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  of goals for this semester: Be less lazy. Yes, it's freezing cold ... . Every day, I've tried to do one nice, unexpected thing for someone. I ... successful at achieving these goals and maximizing my time. For this Throwback

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent ... of sleep/studied for 8 hours and still failed!" with a "I only got 3 hours of sleep/studied for 20 hours/went to office hours and still failed

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... so we (me and another very close friend) met him for a meal before ... we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  wearing a firefighter costume I bought off Amazon for a separate occasion ... ever, after having dyed hair for more than six years now. I've always ... make dinner for our vegetarian Co-op that night.  Shaws is about a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  . Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on ... waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for ... staying up till 4am each night for the past week.     Ok, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister's mountain bike for the ... around the parking lot for a while. I felt okay, so off we went! The first ... , and suddenly (like magic!) I had enough energy to keep going for a while

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  announcements for free activities. Over Memorial Day weekend, we met the Boston 1 ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... weekend, we signed up for a canoeing trip and picnic lunch along the Charles

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  in for my HASS concentration! I will concentrate in writing and reading ... training coordinator for Medlinks for the upcoming year! I am so excited to ... 'll be working on corrosion resistant piping for oil and gas at TMK IPSCO

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  seen, although I suppose you could think of the chain as a metaphor for ... " for "telescope") but I'll finish off with a discussion of light ... detectors, so for many centuries astronomers relied on them. For example, when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this ... by IDEO for the winter, with the stipulation that I would be working at

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014