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  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... answered by just saying the first thing that comes to mind. There is time ... . If you are new to the MIT blogs, mine in particular, there are a few

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  help, and the great insight you provide to those of us looking in from ... Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense? Well, you're not alone. Tomorrow is the second annual Blog Action Day

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  . According to CMS/W: The curriculum in science writing is designed to enable ... to the public understanding of science and technology. It is also ... is it like to major in science writing at MIT? In addition to Anna

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  was in the presence of a true artist. He wasn't there to busk or beg, or ... night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and ... back and looked at the stars, listening to the cars hiss by underneath

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  alums in the 30 Under 30 for the past three years. (Slice of MIT is a cool ... knowing how what industries Forbes thinks MIT is innovating the most, so I ... suits. The MIT alum in Education is the founder of eduCanon (now known as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  sometimes ran late to work in the morning just because I wanted to talk to my ... to a few times. It’s right on the water, the way *my* park was back in ... “regular-ing”, the more I feel like my existence in Cambridge is actually my

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  Open House In the afternoon leading up to the much-anticipated SONIC ... recitation-room, is to be heated and lighted, and, through the kindness of ... for a college orchestra. The success of this concert will have much to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest ... , I subscribe to the British style, which is naturally the more correct ... If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  is born. And despite the business buzzwords (integrated marketing to ... full fledged business plans, much of the class has to do with exuding ... that the walk to the supermarket is 40% slipping on ice and 60% slipping

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of ... for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... pieces of vegan chocolate cake, to be had. The birthday girl lapped up

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  the blogs is to allow our bloggers to communicate what being a student at MIT is like. You should interpret this mandate expansively. In the ... mostly by student bloggers to help ask and answer the kinds of questions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  was finally able to read over the past week, and propped on my legs is ... 2014. Know the people in my dorm better. I did most of my psets this ... in mind when I wrote this, but one year is a lot of time to hold on to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... , working mostly on the 8am-12pm and 12pm-5pm shifts. Being an EMT is one of ... ’ve been spending a lot of time in the bunk room this IAP, trying my best to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  alumni club living in the Charles River in an effort to convert MIT students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in ... with their teeth to construct dams in the river. They have been known to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  interesting is that while everyone has a room to put their stuff in, almost no ... is put on the system causing it to flip over and drift upwards. My ... designers counteract this problem. Most ROVs have the motors places in line

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... Square to see the Mormon Temple. While in Temple Square, I also ate lunch ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most ... choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... on her shoes. The voice feedback ("Your average pace is..."") is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  ridiculous dreams. Like this one dream I had over the summer. I was in Harry Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  freedom to move in new and better ways. I got hooked. I knew the program ... time while continuing to work in the office. But for a variety of reasons ... thesis, CMS agreed to let me overload and aim to finish in one. The office

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it ... 'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like ... -awesome)! It's also a time to see some folks we haven't seen in a while. It was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005