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  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn ... , as a science major, I felt overshadowed by MIT's engineers. And I ... either and are primarily interested in business, or architecture, or

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  ’m making the assumption that you’ve seen the show and will not go over plot ... this happened and what the food means with a lot bit of fangirling. Enjoy:) ~~~ Table of Contents The Beginnings The Planning Phase What I Made and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
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  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  laptops that MIT recommends: Macs, Dells, and Thinkpads. I’ve seen MIT students with all variety of these and more. I've had all three. My first computer was an IBM Thinkpad T27 and my second computer was an IBM ThinkPad R

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  This blog post was written by Mitra, Sam, and Bryan. In 1994, one of ... , subtracted, and then I had to walk down the hall and back as I started to shed ... began following the lives of Ben, Matt, and Mitra. Soon after, Sam and I

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
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  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  don't get cellphone signal here? GPS doesn't know where it is, and ... country during IAP, to try and make a difference in communities that need it ... host teaches Algebra I, Algebra II, and Pre-Calculus. The high school is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in my practice gear and taking down the decorations in my locker. So, how ... our post-season went.  Winning our regular season conference title and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
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  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  Ah, 2014, a year full of bumps, slumps, trips, and ... cycles? When ... 's kick the old crutches to the curb as well (overabundant ellipses and ... , you've all heard plenty of life updates and reflections on the MIT (and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
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  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  ... and everything nice! My favorite dish in the whole wide world is ... smoke fills the room and the cook always ends up coughing and crying ... have never done one and have only heard of them)"]ayahuasca ceremony

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  blog to share some of my thoughts. I've gotten lots of love and feedback ... truely is a special place- alive at all hours with people tinkering and ... moving to a new place, falling in and out of love with SF, trying to stay

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
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  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did happen to be amazing). Monday and Wednesday nights are usually dedicated 5 ... , less frustrating, and more fun. But I don't know that many people in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  -profit PERIOD when she was 16. PERIOD has over 800 campus chapters in the US and across the world and fights against the stigma of menstruation and period ... mention her experiences with housing instability, homelessness, and women

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and ... their usual work just because they feel like it. And then go to work the ... before everyone else and initialize the intern culture. Us late bloomers

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  , and Kenneth ‘19, to talk about their experiences as members of ... there is a D9 presence at MIT and show the many benefits of joining one ... -lettered fraternities and sororities. Officially, the nine organizations constitute the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi facts. I put together this video, made with love (though with poor video editing skills) and I hope

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  , celebrations, and sometimes songs. They are also a natural point to look back and ... senior year of high school, and everything that came with it - classes, activities, tests, applications, decisions... If I look back and remember

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  exercise. I've written about grad school and/as the Boston marathon, the challenges of balancing growth and recovery, and the isomorphic relationship between yoga and powerlifting. For me, [annotation note="But not injurious

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
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  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  excellent barrier to emailing it: it is tradition, a very important rule, and ... boon to those of us who are data-curious and kind of creepy. All MIT ... and departments, flame wars, and occasionally lost items. In contrast

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  where students mostly do things other than school, like externships and ... , and after a few days, I get an interview. A day or two after that, I get placed on the committee, and from there it is off to the races. Planning

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  Science and Engineering, assigned it as one our journal club readings.) an

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
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  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  I spent the last three weeks in Italy through GTL, and the two before ... wood, and I woke up every morning to the voices of my family and the smell and sizzling of hot breakfast, and coffee made for me as consolation

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016