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  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  yourself and those around you first and foremost, we mean it. This is not the ... the disruption. I have heard from students worried that they are not ... , that it is so [annotation note="Indeed, we are working under the same

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  at MIT who does not practice "pledging" (the other is Zeta Beta Tau ... not studying, but managing to oversleep and forfeit 5 minutes of the ... over a month!) Well, here it is: Starting from pretty much the first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  regattas. This summer is the first I’ve spent outside of academia. Although ... , Holland, Uganda, Boston and Mexico City, this is the first I feel I have ... 80,000, but the largest city in Central Oregon. It is traditionally the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  not raging against the machine, exactly, staying up late to write this; the machine is kind to me, has free seltzer and coffee in the break room all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  walk into the room. This is my third instance of free food today, but I ... , I have been invited to the Biology Undergraduate dinner which is ... ’ve technically turned 22 and the cycle continues. There is a time lag between

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But ... . Everyone is just waiting. Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  . That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I ... [/caption] 6.809 (Interactive Music Systems) - This class is taught by one of the ... is the year long engineering leadership program for juniors, and it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  beauty of this place is reason enough to be here – but the actual purpose of my visit to Anaikatti is to work at one of the tribal hospitals in ... .6 kg... Things I learned yesterday: (1) Sometimes passing out is not

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  is what led Tony Eng, a course VI senior lecturer, to organize the ... cooking school. The rest, including multiple cookbooks and TV programs, is ... the house is now occupied by someone else. But it was shockingly simple

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  in. This is one of the best parts of summer in my mind. Whether you actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... do recommend the book so far. It is totally engrossing from page one

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  class is taught by the legend Gilbert Strang, whom you may know for his 18 ... , so reviewing important concepts took a while, but the class is really ... : The Untold Stories)   This class is fascinating. I decided to take

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  the boring explanation -- the more interesting part is that it makes it ... , the system will wait until the laser connection is unblocked and then ... french is still the standard french translation used today. i've been

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... is no conceivable way any incoming freshman can know or expect what the ... , academic or not, and you leave for college in the fall, on a plane, train

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  night’s kind of took the cake, though, because I think my subconscious is ... anyways, the moral of the story is that I woke up this morning and thought ... something, because whatever he’s asking you is certainly not anything you have

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  asian a cappella group. this post is a look at the different components of ... on trying to produce a score which is as close to the original song as ... singability: the most important property an a cappella arrangement can have is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  not the norm for high-quality research institutions!) which to me is the ... ) Easily-Googleable questions make me grumpy. Ex: "what is the application ... all -- Z. H. asked, Do you read the essays? The answer is no, I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  screen. Of course, since the desk computer is public, now everyone knows ... Boston with Sam's Mom, and, let me tell you, this is the best cover song ... not so much because of the actual musical performances... mostly just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  famous HM case, which is what spurred my interest in neuroscience in the ... out, proposed, got married, and the rest is history--we've been happily married, now with two dogs, for eleven years. The impact of meeting her is

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  is difficult, one that I'm not sure fits the way I think. But, it's the ... guess this is the right place." Most days, though, I just felt like ... the latest—and I thought, "this is great," and my friend looked at me

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  The MIT Career Fair was last Thursday, when three hundred companies ... . While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for ... way through the maze of prospective employers. Some were looking for a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006