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  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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  with the Men In Black Headquarters, except without aliens (for now). Normally, I would be there for my Fundamentals of Computational Media Design class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  for my next blog post and I took a dainty sip from my aluminum water ... was predictably cold and the Student Center was empty except for a lady ... prepare for something.” I highly recommend Urban Dictionary for all your

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

   Answer: Stuff that I paid for. Right Answer: Stuff that I got for free at the ... the world had come for the sole purpose of recruiting me! Well, not ... I got so much free stuff that I won’t need to buy shirts for another

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  accepted. One question we sometimes get is about cover sheets for letters of ... stress for you or your advocates. How can I check that you have the ... more or less exactly how the PDFs are generated for us. A note on text

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  for the inevitable punch line. In which case I’d happily comply and say ... kind of way. The Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (or BAH!Fest for ... doubtful and saying, “I guess so?” I had seen fliers for the event plastered

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  song Yakko's Universe from Animaniacs, and Pokémon for nostalgia) After ... to for a couple of months. Some of my favorite organized internet ... be creative and write and aren’t alone in doing so. Project for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  , remembering that I (and that we all) have the capacity for both bravery and joy ... ) the fact that I was admitted for who I am. Plus a whole lot of luck. I didn’t refine my short answers for hours or give them to a second party

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  reach of seats by the window. I wrote for a while. I thought of Anis ... , ideas for blog posts and essays, and I save them for later. I stow away ... (once a week, not for credit) called Ceramica Botanica, and here's what I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  pretty easy, set an alarm for 24 hours before your flight and make sure you know what it's for.   Step 2 - Understanding Your Options and ... 's not terrible. The leg room is abysmal for tall people but at least you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  my friends and I started looking for an externship (a short internship ... hard, and nobody (openly) judges me for lying down in front of the ...  fit models who are brand standards for different garment sizing. There's even

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  for now, I’d like to share three pieces of advice. These three pieces of ... “Study hard” or “Eat your broccoli.” As I prepared to leave home for MIT ... think its a good way to start, but there's no substitute for just going

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  algorithm for getting into MIT. Hopefully these general guidelines can help ... /11/11 was the most universally auspicious time for me to contact my ... disorder. So this step may not be for everyone, but it definitely caused

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part ... strolling through the Infinite when I came across a poster for something ... requires for graduation. The MIT Bulletin (which holds information on the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  , seeming strange or feeling too uncomfortable? For example, like this. Or ... Radio way back when? For you prefrosh who've signed up for Terrascope or for those of you that will eventually sign up, it's a class you can take

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  , curiosity, and persistence for it. I'd be remiss if I didn't give them a shoutout on the blogs here - so thanks for everything, guys! You might also ... met a few of the friends, my entourage for the night, in front of the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  include pain for being rejected, joy for being accepted, anxiousness for ... for all I knew or cared. College? Yeah, it was something that I was ... I am proud of all of you applicants for simply applying. Whether or

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  , which I didn’t realize because I accidentally pre-registered for 7 ... set the stage for a positive next two years at MIT. 18.06: Linear ... class is a prerequisite for almost everything else I want to take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  really grateful. For everything. After having lived abroad for 7 years ... that have been supplying water for the bath for thousands of years (my ... at David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. When I saw

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  MIT freshmen for them to answer in a single semester: “How would you ... the picture on the left for 70% of the semester, and like the one on the right for the remaining 30%. heehee

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012