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  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  was everything you’d expect the President of MIT’s office to be – dark ... love?  It seems that this may be the easiest question of all for ... row in the same direction. People and projects can be grouped into

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  anytime (he or she will often not be there) help conversations and guidance ... a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the desk worker, who put a big squishy brown envelope in my hands. I read the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  the same for black people at MIT   It seemed to be something ... it can be like being a part of one of the smallest minority at MIT ... be a lot more of the same. A lot of “I don’t feel left out exactly, but

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  will take place on main campus. There’s east campus on the east, which ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ... being located in main campus. (Again, East Campus the building is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  you. “Half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at any given moment. Way more than half of you will be in the bottom half of your ... the idea at first. When you come to MIT, you will often find your people

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  throwbacks in the hallways. Year Four! This year, as a senior, I will be ... – which also means sorority recruitment will be here before we know it ... my sorority has ended up being one of the one of the best and most

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  stretched the length was actually longer than what we measured it to be. We ... people assumed that all of the 2x4s could just be taken and used for ... the step ends could be supported on top of them. Stairs have a lot of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  (which posited that human capital should be included in the model) were ... mental health was the discovery that “being an introvert is a thing.” I ... pressure on myself to do self-care activities that the effect ends up being

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  pass through the 'tute - Obama, Bill Gates, will.i.am, and Lady Gaga ... internet, technology and the world than I ever was before. Now, you might be ... being the celebrity of the company. There are many things I admire about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  be better for me. The change of scenery will be better for me. Being ... ? He’s intent with saying that U will be a better fit for me. In my mind ... of my options very well before I make a decision that will bind the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  Guan. Charles will be graduating tomorrow with a degree in mechanical engineering. But he's probably best known around campus for being the King of ... So the other day I was reading an article on slashdot about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  (as you will soon see…). I’m incredibly excited to be going to Oxford ... different style of learning from the US, so I thought this would be a great ... other and the interviewers. I thought it would be terrifying; the bios of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  wanted to be when he grew up. I reached for the right words to validate the ... loss for words. You might be incredulous at the fact that I hadn't been ... the very least, I learned how to be a better friend. Play fair. Five

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  roof below—I know I must be in the right place. The first floor of ... against walls and the space where the window glass would be, discussing and ... shifts to “Why Can’t We Be Friends.” The action calms and the two sides

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  with images first. The text will then easily follow into the spaces you ... train of thoughts (trains of thought? trains of thoughts? being on the ... should already be making plans for the future (what whyyyy I just got

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  ’t. After Saturday, you’ll still be the same person you are today, so cling to ... ’ve frantically emailed the admissions office after realizing you made a horrible ... offer from Apple and a congratulatory call from the President, with the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  going to be different than the myriad of other competing essays? Too ... college essay. Many feel that there always needs to be a "moral to the story ... will come my way." I feel like the most beautiful college essays are the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  .g., the admit rate is now 9.6% instead of 13%). This post will not be as ... experienced, first-hand, being truly "bleary-eyed". This year marked the first ... to, because we know the reality that less than 1 out of every 10 will

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  younger, which will be the goal of my blogs! Anyway, I’ll introduce myself ... soothe the grief you know is coming. Your wish will never be granted, Ana ... ’s not the right worry; I will be different. I’m worried that I won’t like

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  say about the summer is, “swiftly fly the years”. Be’er Sheva is a ... right now and soon, I’m told, things will be even more laid-back (!) when ... the Mossad (Israeli CIA). Beyond that, we had what seemed to be an

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012