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  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  Gerberding and the CDC are trying to address is the fact that the U.S. is ranked #37 in the world for its health system (according to the World Health Organization.) This is appalling; we consider ourselves to be a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by apologizing for being late, and whom am I to reject tradition? So let me first ... tell you about what it was like when your present was their future, as is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  lists. It's impossible to avoid getting added to many MANY mailing lists ... they lack clever names it's usually pretty easy to recognize patterns (or ... of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  thought] led me to study Japanese, in order to learn about its history and ... (This is a very rough, more fleshed-out English translation of this ... , I get a sense that some of those wartime feelings continue to this day

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to ... don't have any questions find it interesting and helpful to hear other ... families and for me is always evident. I look forward to meeting many of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  .006, which I need to complete my major, so the downer is that I can't drop it ... example: a bass drum's frequency is usually around 60Hz, so its ... reverberation after 20-30ms, and it takes sound about 0.89ms to travel a foot, so

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  psychopomp? The answer is about to be served implicitly atop an egocentric ... relentlessly upon Cambridgians' freezing bodies, the confetti to its gleeful ... journey. It is as cold, as they say, as though we were in hell, and a sports

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  its stainless-steel exterior sandblasted because the glare is too great ... to waive the application fee for anyone who cannot afford it. But don ... committee views the applications in, is it alphabetic or otherwise sorted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  's this class at MIT that designs toys, have you heard of it? It's hard to ... have a little alcove that is home to a laser cutter and a 3D printer (I ... pull it along the ground. We had 15 minutes to design a toy and the rest

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  begin to question why it has taken me so long to finish my Bachelors, let ... biology and is now about to finish his MD, with an eye on radiation oncology ... is it easier this way. Though there were countless times during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply ... few it is exactly the right course of action. Most of these students are ... few additional questions: Why is this student applying to college now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  greatly. It is a special MIT gem. Talk to your family. Stay in touch with ... excitement of novel college life subsided. A common suggestion is to make ~1 ... ’t overheat with excitement. Orientation moves at light speed, and it’s easy to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am ... it is important that people have someone to go to when they are not ... - making soup, bringing Gatorade and crackers to the doors of the ill.  It is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  : WHATEVER) It is imperative that you take steps to complete this requirement ... total of 8 Physical Education points. It was your responsibility to ... work on stretching our legs Balance! (Honestly, this is so hard to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... recommendation form. It is also okay -- common, in fact -- for teachers to write ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  . Title Link: I Am Prepared, get it? IAP... (it's okay if you don't want to laugh) My primary mission is to start working on my new project in lab ... weather was a lot nicer for the football game than it was for the parade. I

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  , something to poke at: c'mere and look at how weak Camille is. It wasn ... member who was fat was something I wasn't really allowed to forget. It ... . Filipino food is not really known for its healthiness -- we douse food in oil

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  to my position as an admissions blogger. But this fall is different ... championships. I want another year with B entry. I want to make Post-it art on our ... tunnels anymore, and it’s much harder now to make spontaneous lunch plans or

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  3. learned about cornhole 4. went to Nightmarket It was a very good weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a ... other than that it is very much an experience more than it is a show

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  1702, Bologna, Italy It's late in the afternoon, and the sunlight is ... tonight?" "Giuseppe! For the hundredth time, you very well know where it is ... want it to be with my lute. Vieni, let's go to my performance first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008