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  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  consciousness as much as this talk. Ed Linenthal has enabled many to understand ... As Virginia Tech held its Commencement recently, the media once again ... really have is to "get used to it". Perhaps this is why time is a major

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  . But I have to say, last night's trip to Shaw's was my absolute favorite. You just can't top the experience of spending that much money on ice cream toppings. Right now I've got to run off for my second 8

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  , collaboration, innovation – does hair color add to or detract from that? "If the ... reflection of that very thing. Training for ECs is as much about what not to ... ring and bright black and pink hair. i'm applying EA to MIT and i was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  space robots. I remember friends teaching me how to handle liquid ... This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  when I am writing, I write out of the itch, the feeling that I need to ... mostly miserable. I had already decided to apply to the Admissions Blogs at ... so I would often talk to her about her blogs, and see her post them. It

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  summer room at EC, and he also needed to run to Target, Costco, and a few ... step is to figure out exactly what's coming in and exactly what needs to ... almost immediately fry the chips, so I need to convert those levels to TTL

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  to shadow once a week. After all, it’s hard to theorize about education ... , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... -centered classroom activities and student-led classes, to explore issues in schools and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  hadn’t blogged, shown up to lab, or spent much time with friends. I felt ... there are those things you need to do, because they are ostensibly what ... just as important as the things I need to do. The goal at MIT, I think

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  and u become afraid and need to be rescued by our tech support i.e. a ... - try not to worry too much! Check out @honeychiffonslimes on Instagram ... swaddled long enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  really doesn't amount to much (particularly since my chem teacher has both ... disciplines, you need a master's to get competitive engineering jobs. You wouldn ... Although I do make active attempts to avoid goopiness and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  funny? Sometimes when you need help the best thing to do is ask for help ... incredibly interesting to see how much has changed since I left, and how much I ... update y'all on how my new schedule was going. And the answer to the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... . Neighbours. He had retired to the town next to mine. I don't remember much from ... deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  attempt to make a robot that imitates humanlike walking as much as possible ... are equipped with muscles that they need to walk, all they need is a ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Concert. Once again, the MIT radio station was able to patch in (and archive ... Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big ... tuesday 1987: Squeeze 1986: Ministry / Face to Face 1985: R.E.M. 1984: Cheap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  excellence.  You need to care deeply about getting something right and also ... inevitably will have disagreements; you'll need to debate and challenge your ... look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  went at the end of last semester before it was time for us to take our ... . This is the Boston term for a milkshake, from the French "frapper" ("to strike") or "frappe" ("iced"). Float: You need soda [soda = pop = coke

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  off steam when I'm frustrated or need a way to vent, or when I'm hanging ... to run rehearsals, the age-old phrases like "I need this to be at my ... there are places I need to improve—I need to look up from my music more

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  floor when we realized that one has to pay a ridiculous entrance fee up ... Bloggers of old have written about the "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  it's also cool because there's so much more time to do the kinds of things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no plans except to have as much fun as possible. Having an empty calendar

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  . Nice. She asks if I need a few minutes to lie down, but I’m already ... need to appreciate them. I pack a few clothes, since I've rather ... library book that I need to return, and leave to deliver my cards. One of my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019