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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Portland, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound teen is a leader in the school wood shop ... college-going students nationally. The MIT-bound teen insists he is "a ... scored only 3's on the national exams -- decent results, but not great, on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is ... ." I'm not sure if this is a result of simply M A T U R I N G or spending ... "success" is whatever I make of it. And just like that the floating numbers

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the ... the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is an awesome way to earn ... . 5) The MIT Museum The MIT Museum is located just down Mass Ave. in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  parts (maybe the only good part?) about final exam time is the free food ... , hot chocolate, and so much more. Tonight, the 2013 Class Council is ... I'm the kind of person that likes to make lists - partially because I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  the more common questions: Is there a nanotechnology major at MIT? Not ... movement is to get a UROP at one of the many laboratories conducting nanotech ... grad student, submitted this video for the Nanonation Video Contest

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much deeper understanding of not just the mythical understanding of the Fae ... per week. Half of that was fiction, which is easier than the academic

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  covers summer, but possibly the biggest thing skewing my data is the Great ... in the laundry basket. Doing this is just a lot of effort, especially ... awake in the mornings is so nice. My routine is to wash my face, eat a cup

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  Boston. The closest one is in a town called Dedham, MA. My craving for ... the fuck not. Aiden looked pretty unconvinced, claiming it was his work ... graveyard behind the Chick Fil A. The parking lot is completely empty, save

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  room or outside to the fort that is beginning to be built. The floor has ... sorted on the tools table, but here and there is a drill, a crescent wrench ... paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  , exercising is honestly not nearly as high up as it probably should be (read: is ... least (we are convinced) 40 wild cats!! Beyond the right tree border is road, but beyond the left one is the beach! It’s been pretty fun going on

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  if I got into MIT I would be the person I wanted to be. That’s not true. Happiness is not a place. In the following months I went to CPW, shopped for ... new life. The whole time I waited for some sign. This is it, it was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  Oh man - considering the fact that JKim has posted not one, not two, not three, but FOUR times since I last did, it is clearly time for me to ... about the Red Sox. Because had it not been for the MIT Blogs, I'm not

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  ’ve consumed all week, if you’re only [annotation note="which is probably not the ... ’t remember what, nor can I tell from the picture. Also not pictured is the ... or not to take a picture of it. Tuesday I sleep through breakfast. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  reading/evaluating applications, the summer is the primary time during the ... applying through QuestBridge not too long ago. He was volunteering at the ... Questbridge College Admissions Conference at Yale. The idea in a nutshell is to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  Your Mother fans, my semester is so awesome that the following would be appropriate -   The reason it's so awesome is because I am taking ... months ago...which is terrible. Senior fall ended up being a little more

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  opportunity to do so. Greg is one of the most talented makers I've ever met. He ... the form of awesome things. Even though I'm not myself an engineer, I ... Maker Faire, along with another friend from back home Eric, who is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  ’d argue the sample size, n=2, is too small to draw conclusions from), so ... the grime of the day. The showering is the easy part, though-it’s the ... long as they remember not to wear running shoes, they are set. The girls

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  until Thursday, May 21. It is the absolute last day I can accept a thesis ... text on the table between us. He is this German physicist with white hair ... May 8th was when the senior thesis was due. But there's an unofficial

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  , "Academics" it is. The MIT Outreach Initiative "seeks to disseminate ... goal, isn't it? The Outreach Initiative with which I am most familiar is ... charges up your energy meter. The energy meter is depleted every time you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  from the library and is probably trying to make a shelter for the local ... varied it is, I do find myself drawn to the micro theory side. In ... . The North of Italy is much more productive than the South of Italy, and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018